enemy density curve

[Die4Ever]

some maps get disproportionately difficult at 1000% enemies, like liberty island and warehouse, but we would want to retain high enemy counts for maps like hongkong UC

warehouse is the difficult one since the number of enemies isn't that high, it's more an issue with their density

if you make a function to output the curve based on some parameters then it could be easily tested and tweaked in an automated test, like:

function float GetEnemiesCurve(int num_enemies, vector minpos, vectormaxpos)

you can make it log the arguments it receives and open the maps you want to test with and then put those values into the automated tests so you don't have to manually open the game and load maps

DXREnemies.uc does not yet have function RunTests() so it would need to be added

[MQDuck]

Can you clarify what minpos and maxpos would be?

[Die4Ever]

Can you clarify what minpos and maxpos would be?

minpos = vect(smallestX, smallestY, smallestZ) out of all the enemies

basically just the extents, or the bounding box containing all enemies on the map

[MQDuck]

Do you mean the smallest X,Y,Z of any one enemy, or the smallest X of any enemy, the smallest Y of any enemy and the smallest Z of any enemy?

[Die4Ever]

Do you mean the smallest X,Y,Z of any one enemy, or the smallest X of any enemy, the smallest Y of any enemy and the smallest Z of any enemy?

I was going to answer this, but honestly whatever you can think of that works best, it was just an idea/suggestion/brainstorming

the actual goal here is to solve the issue

[MQDuck]

Are there any maps with hidden, far-off enemies that might throw this off?

[Die4Ever]

Are there any maps with hidden, far-off enemies that might throw this off?

yes lots of maps, you can use their in-world position or ignore the out of world/hidden guys

[MQDuck]

you can use their in-world position or ignore the out of world/hidden guys

How would you detect either? Or would it require more manual investigation?

[MQDuck]

The enemy density of Liberty Island is actually quite low compared to other maps. It needs to somehow be taken into account that there are spots where lots of enemies are perhaps.