BF2 - BF2142 AI Tutorials

Q & A with DICE AI Developer

How to add Singleplayer Coop to BF2-2142 (WIP Overview, but the links are currently all broken)

New Video Tutorial: How to add AI to a map by Lt. Fred

Navmeshing

• Navmesh Editing Quick Overview by mschoeldgen
• Navmesh Editing Overview by Clivewil
• Getting Started with a Navmesh

• Navmesh rules

• Generating the Navmesh

• Setting up the editor for adding Singleplayer
• Navmesh Editing with 3dsmax
• Fixing the Navmesh
• Create a Navmesh
• Blender Battlefield Navmeshing Tips
• Packaging the map for Playtesting
• Navmesh testing tips by Joker
• Transplanting a Navmesh
• Navmesh a Long Wooden Bridge (By stickman)
• Understanding Navmesh Materials
• Understanding the Obj format of a Navmesh
• Navmeshing with the Preopt
• Import a Navmesh with Blender
• Import Heightmap for nameshing with 3dsmax
• Navmesh Transplant
• Creating a Custom AImesh (Example: Pathway to the Yellow Knive Titan Docking Bay)
• Operation Shingle Navmesh example
• Navmeshing Analysis
• Navmesh Generator for Python 3
• The state of Alternate Navmesh tools

   AIMeshes

• AImesh Import 3dsmax
• Create AI Meshes with 3dsmax9
• AIMesh Hierarchy Editing
• AImesh Export 3dsmax
• How to set up 3dsmax collision mesh schematic
• Understanding the AImesh (COL3)
• Troubleshooting the Aimesh
• Creating an AImesh from a multi-part object
• Creating an AImesh for a Multi-Story Building
• AImesh_Trick_for_Problem_Stairways
• Tricks for AImesh interiors
• BF2142 AImesh Creation Project
• AImesh - Stairs vs. Ramps
• Analyzing the BF2 AIpathfinding Files

AI Coding

• Common AI Issues (WIP - Needs formatting cleanup)
• Dice Strategy Primer (For BF42, but most applies to BF2)
• Strategy Guide
• Weapon AI Templates Explained
• How to code a destructable bridge for AI
• Class Specific Bot Behaviors
• Improving bot pilots through AI Behavior Tweaks in BF2
• Bots and Weapon Accuracy
• Using Common Handweapon AI
• How to change bot's use of the special Handweapons
• Understanding the Coop Game Mode Limits
• AIBehaviors and the Navmesh
• Using BF2142 Autocontrolers