Användning av förstapersonsspel vid militär simulering av strid i bebyggelse
TechnologyFPSFirst Person ShooterSquad tacticsUTUnreal TournamentInfiltrationGamebotsBotFörstaPersonsSpelAISIBSamarbeteTEKNIKVETENSKAP
The goal of this master thesis is to show the benefit of using computer games of the type First Person Shooter, FPS in the field of military simulations. The main focus in this is around a couple of topics. Creating the AI that controls the behaviour of the computer-controlled characters, the bots. Create an environment where it is possible to supervise the bots and also design a framework that enables cooperation between a group of bots, a squad. The result is Total Unreal Studio, TUS, a program where it is possible to add bots to a squad, connect them to a game server and inspect what the bots are doing. Several maneuvers that could be applied to a squad has been implemented such as room clearing where the squad clear a building from eventual enemies, room by room and other different attacking strategies. Also it is very easy to create new maneuvres for a squad as effect of the design. As the name of the program indicates, the well-known game Unreal Tournament is used as platform for the simulation. But because we use a interface between the game server and TUS, it is possible to switch to any other game and the interface is the only thing that has to be modified. To get good situation awareness a lot of node analysis is required, for instance calculating good sniping positions, pinch points and advantageous locations from where to perform an ambush.