Tutorial: AIW recording from replays

[atomed]

I´ve written a small tutorial for recording AIWs from replay files. If you think something is missing or wrong please let me know.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16cL0PXCWk8GLbMq7RRELJzjAeKDOMS-q/view?usp=sharing

https://mega.nz/folder/CIIlGQ5C#jmMrO8sfvanSx4D6X8PaLg/file/aYxV1aJC

 

[philrob]

Great work on this

 

[atomed]

Thanks, I think it's a great oportunity to have good AIWs, as we can ask top drivers to do some laps and convert them to AI behavior.

 

[juanchioooo]

interesting

 

[PatientRF2fan]

Really nice, some great tips in there too.

 

[EmperorOfFinland]

Yeah i think this will be useful for everyone on how to do it. i will use it on my own tracks

 

[Emery]

Thanks, I think it's a great oportunity to have good AIWs, as we can ask top drivers to do some laps and convert them to AI behavior.

More importantly, once the fast line is recorded for the AI, you can then use type 1 AI training to generate the shortest path, video record the AI driving that optimum line, and then apply this second video to DEVMODE.

 

[atomed]

Wow, that´s a great idea, I´ll try it.

 

[Corti]

Fantastico!! Many thx mate.

 

[atomed]

@Corti hope it helps, I gave up with the video capture

 

[R Soul]

Great work.

 

[PatientRF2fan]

Your a book man anyway atomed! Lol resist the streaming! love the classic guide.

 

[atomed]

Your a book man anyway atomed! Lol resist the streaming! love the classic guide.

Lol I own a book store, it couldn´t be any other way

 

[atomed]

Added a couple of useful tips regarding AI behavior at the end of the document. If you have more of these please tell me and I´ll add them.

 

[Alex Sawczuk]

In my experience, you can not create an AIW file purely by driving. In fact driving fast is quite unimportant. It's more about having a smooth line with no sudden adjustments in the corner. These make the AI behave worse. Quite often we manually smooth out the lines afterwards using the smooth by radius tools in the AI editor. We do have a full AI documentation under review to be added to the modding documentation site soon.

 

[Manfredk2]

We do have a full AI documentation under review to be added to the modding documentation site soon.

Great to hear

 

[philrob]

Great news Alex

 

[atomed]

I agree, the key is smoothness, but never said otherwise.

 

[PatientRF2fan]

As mentioned by the community. This is very well appreciated @atomed.

 

[atomed]

Thanks. Of course a raw replay AIW is not enough and it has to be retouched. Same as any other method first AIW design pass has to be retouched. That doesn't mean it's not a feasible method to get perfectly functional AIWs.