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Star Wars: Republic Commando Dev Diary

Joe "OuTkAsT-1" Topolnisky

2005-01-29 00:02:00.0


GameSpot has posted a developer diary written by LucasArts' John A. Hancock regarding the Squad-AI in their upcoming first person shooter, Star Wars: Republic Commando. Here's a nugget:

Out of these requirements, our “Search and Destroy” command was born. Search and Destroy is our default squad stance and puts the squad into action: the squad charges ahead of the player, led by a set of objectives for a level specified by the level designer. In this mode, the squad moves towards its next objective, taking up cover positions, fighting enemies, backing up the player while he performs an action, never moving too far ahead, always present. To avoid getting in the way, the squad takes up cover positions in a battle, knows to duck if they cross the player’s line of fire, and moves aside if nudged by the player.


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