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I see this in AI templates, but what does it do? If it is set to 1, what happens? For example, if it is set to 1 and used on a machinegun tempate?

I looked at the BF: MDT backup site but it says nothing. I tried a search here, but no one has talked about it.

Direct means the need to aim at the object to hurt it. Indirect means that you need to aim near it. eg. Artillery, Battleship guns ect.

The thing is, I tried indirect on one of my MGs and the bot still tried to aim directly at the enemy before shooting.

I think they still try to aim at the target. they just don't make it a priority.

I think it might initiate arc trajectory calculations for firing long distances/over hills.

Vilespring wrote:I think it might initiate arc trajectory calculations for firing long distances/over hills.

That's what I was thinking after I saw the bot looking at enemies through objects and the heightmap. Must be arc trajectory related.

It's plain simple:

indirect means that bots can fire OVER obstacles, so it's a must for any artillery piece and ship guns which are to be used as artillery pcos (with the proper coding of course !).
It doesn't make any sense to give a straight shooting weapon like a rifle, tank gun etc. an indirect firing, ONLY weapons shooting in an arc must have them.

If weaponTemplate.indirect is set to true (1), the weapon is fired in the 45-90 degree range, if it is set to false (0), it is fired in the 0-45 degree range.

Although most weapons in the game are set to true, I have read in some coding forums that setting both burst and indirect to true (1) increases the bots ability to aim (and therefor use) certain weapons more effectively, like anti-aircraft weapons for instance. I have not, however, played with this personally.

Hope this helps.