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Pilot AI Descriptions

Description
Shows Pilot AI level in Pilot Description.


Pilot descriptions in unmodded MW5 have key phrases that are tied to each skill level, allowing you to figure out what AI they are using if you pay attention. Unfortunately, there are at least fifteen different phrases for each level, and not all of them are very intuitive. Worse, in-game pilots ranks do not necessarily correlate with their pilot AI, making it difficult to quickly identify if a pilot is worth your time. (For a detailed description of how Pilot AI is communicated to the player, and why this matters, Naranja's guide does an excellent job explaining: https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2834500688)

What this Mod Does:

This mod replaces the second AI description sentence of each randomly generated pilot with a sentence explicitly stating the pilots' AI model.

The levels of AI skills are:
0 - Novice
1 - Regular
2 - Veteran
3 - Elite

NOTE: This mod does *not* affect the descriptions of the hand-crafted pilots you may encounter throughout the game.
19 Comments
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(=^ • . • ^=) 5 Nov @ 7:53am 
I personally have never seen definite proof that an AI level does or does not exist, but from my experience it at least FEELS like there are differences in the quality of my AI pilots aside from just the weapons/defense skill levels.
(=^ • . • ^=) 5 Nov @ 7:52am 
AFAIK, the dev's have never clearly stated YOUR pilots do not have different ai "levels". The thread you linked also does not support your argument - there is talk about "hidden attributes" (what is even meant with that?), but it mostly revolves around the assignment of "combat roles" which result in different AI behavior (which is something not related to this mod, see the guide linked in the description).

So it is down to interpretation if the mentioned "hidden attributes" include an AI level. If the linked guide is correct, the AI level is technically not "hidden" - it is just represented by a descriptive text which you can read ingame (but you would need extra knowledge to understand that some pilots are just better because their text is different - so therefore it is kind of hidden? obscured?).
wulf9474 9 Aug @ 6:56am 
This mod is NOT needed. The dev's have clearly stated YOUR pilots do not have different ai "levels". They are just for NPC pilots so the game knows which pilots to match with different enemy mechs and how to control them.
The different ranks your pilots have (lieutenant, major, captain) mean nothing either, they are just for "flavor"/ rp purposes.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mechwarrior5/comments/qbp8bn/game_developer_enemy_ai_have_hidden_attributes/
levap 10 Feb @ 10:15am 
Hello, thank you, this is useful mod. Btw there is typo in Veteran (yedunboy noted this first)
NvMe 令 29 Oct, 2024 @ 3:29am 
nevermind it showed up after awhile, you are correct. I made the mistake of being in an industrial area first, had to jump away to a new system
Pode 29 Oct, 2024 @ 3:22am 
It only works on new pilots if you add it mid campaign.
NvMe 令 29 Oct, 2024 @ 1:45am 
dosen't seem to work mid campaign
Pode 16 Oct, 2024 @ 5:19pm 
@Bullwinkle near as I can figure out, 330s Pilot Overhaul doesn't touch this issue, Quality ratings from that mod refer to their max ratio of good and bad quirks added by that mod. So I think the ideal pilot is x/60, Elite in PO, and shows Elite AI from this mod.
Mauvias 29 May, 2024 @ 2:18pm 
Works with DLC up to this point. Only for pilots that you are going to buy. Not for ones you already own before installing this mod. Once you have bought them it still show what grade they are forever though. Thanks for this Mod.:cozybethesda:
Bullwinkle 12 May, 2024 @ 11:08am 
Any idea of Pilot Overhaul overrides the text method of determining pilot AI? I'm getting conflicting labels where the biographical text ways "Novice AI" where Pilot Overhaul is labeling them as "Elite" in it's UI.