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Mission Illustrated
In CGF, missions are the way to define and start a customized battle: missions define
the forces and teams in the battle, their initial positions and plans, and the
objectives.
Because of these objectives, CGF missions allow the player fight with other goals
than just just survival (as in standard AQ2 team play). This way, CGF really
adds some single player experience to AQ2.
Below, you'll find both screen shots and the mission definition for a 'hitman' mission:
it's your task to eliminate Sabotage, some criminal leader. Sabotage is hiding
in one of the map's rooms, and is protected by some snipers and patrolling teams. (And
Sabotage is armed as well). You receive assistance from some fellow bots who
will engage Sabotage's patrols. You accomplish this mission only by eliminating
Sabotage in time; if you don't meet the time limit, or both your buddies and you die, the mission
is a failure.
Mission information is provided to the player, (left). Both friendly and hostile force (bot)
teams apply varying team tactics and procedures (center). Individual bots apply specific
Action behavior as well, such as sniping (right).
Fight alongside the bots - the player's presence will influence their tactics - solo, the bot might
hesitate to attack, but now the player is present, he may venture to attack (left). In single player
action, AQ2 features such as ejecting shells no longer create much lag (center). Fights
with hard to predict outcomes occur between the opposing forces, ensuring replayability (right).
The team AI explicitly tries to acquire good positions previous to and during combat,
as the player is about to feel (left - note the third bot in the lower left corner).
The bots meet their maker (player/programmer William), and down him without further ado (center).
Sabotage, the guy to be eliminated by the player already noticed the fighting
and has become alert and curious (right). Of course, this mission resulted in a failure
for the player.
(Note that these shots have been recorded during several missions. You're also
seeing upgraded MP5 skins and AQ2 icons from the AQ2 Guild site).
To create such kind of mission, a script similar to this
sample mission has been created (for the Urban map).
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![Two bots advancing [but crossing the road the safe way]](http://www.botepidemic.com/aid/cgf/shots/mclanes_zebra.jpg)
![Technical CGF information [AI and design]](./graphics/aidesign.png){kind=small}
![Links to related sites [such as AQ2 or AI sites]](./graphics/links.png){kind=small}
