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Enhanced realism of a real-time simulator having multiple computer-controlled units results from making the units capable of reacting to only those other units that each of them can be aware of because of their spatial relationships to the unit. Awareness is based upon probabilities; it can persist

Enhanced realism of a real-time simulator having multiple computer-controlled units results from making the units capable of reacting to only those other units that each of them can be aware of because of their spatial relationships to the unit. Awareness is based upon probabilities; it can persist after a relationship changes; and it can be influenced by a unit's designation of a target. Each unit selects a target based upon a score incorporating multiple aspects of its tactical situation, and can change targets when the situation changes. A unit selects a strategy in response to which of a set of tactical configurations exist between the unit and its target; the strategy can change short of completion when the configuration changes. A plan produces guidance commands from the high-level strategy. The guidance commands are converted into control settings for guiding the subject unit using a physics engine for simulating the physical dynamics of the unit. The control settings can interact with each other under certain conditions. The time rate at which each computer-controlled unit performs the above operations varies with the tactical situation, and can be different for different units. The operator for each unit precomputes some data required for multiple calculations in performing the operations.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A simulator implemented on a programmed digital computer for simulating simultaneously both a player-controlled unit and a computer-controlled unit in a simulated environment, the simulator comprising:player controls for producing a sequence of player settings for a first

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A simulator implemented on a programmed digital computer for simulating simultaneously both a player-controlled unit and a computer-controlled unit in a simulated environment, the simulator comprising:player controls for producing a sequence of player settings for a first group of controls available to the player for directing the player-controlled unit within the environment;a controller directing the computer-controlled unit according to a computer-generated strategy for interacting with the player-controlled unit within the environment by producing from the strategy a sequence of controller settings for substantially the same group of controls as the player controls; anda physics engine for interpreting the control settings from both the player controls and the controller so as to simulate both the player unit and the computer-controlled unit in substantially the same manner.