Atty
August 16th, 2007, 05:31 PM
The “If, then” show: AI Programmer Damian Isla is welcomed aboard this week’s Bungie Podcast. On this week’s show, Damian explains how the AI in Halo 3 works, how Equipment changed his job and how Halo 3’s AI has changed from Halo 2 to Halo 3.
The Bungie Podcast is available on iTunes: Subscribe here (http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.a pple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore. woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D260716482)
It’s available via direct download: here (http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/8/5/d85ce76f-0cb2-41df-aaae-a8c96790332b/Bungie_Podcast_81607.mp3)
It’s also available via RSS: here (http://www.bungie.net/podcast/bungiepodcast.xml)
Bungie Podcast 081607, 1:02:34, 71.6 MB (http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/8/5/d85ce76f-0cb2-41df-aaae-a8c96790332b/Bungie_Podcast_81607.mp3)
1:20 – Meet AI Programmer Damian Isla
6:25 – How n00b members of the press play Halo 3
7:28 – Differences between Halo 2 and Halo 3’s AI
10:12 – The “Garage” Encounter on Tsavo Highway – think tons of Brutes
11:33 – How AI works, boiled down to simple terms so that we can understand
13:52 – Conveying the intelligence of AI to the player
20:22 – The evolution of the Brute pack structure
26:03 – The dynamic AI of Halo 3’s Covenant Scarab
29:50 – How Niles Sankey sets a scene for a Scarab encounter
36:17 – Fake commercial break, without a fake commercial
37:23 – More on Ske7chZork, his self-created Junior High text adventure
38:20 – Ske7ch is a high roller in NYC
43:00 – Ske7ch and Epic’s Cliffyb are BFF
45:25 – What Luke really does after work
47:02 – Playing with fire in an earlier time in Halo 3
48:55 – Reader Mail
1:01:17 – Sign-offs and farewells
The Bungie Podcast is available on iTunes: Subscribe here (http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.a pple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore. woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D260716482)
It’s available via direct download: here (http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/8/5/d85ce76f-0cb2-41df-aaae-a8c96790332b/Bungie_Podcast_81607.mp3)
It’s also available via RSS: here (http://www.bungie.net/podcast/bungiepodcast.xml)
Bungie Podcast 081607, 1:02:34, 71.6 MB (http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/8/5/d85ce76f-0cb2-41df-aaae-a8c96790332b/Bungie_Podcast_81607.mp3)
1:20 – Meet AI Programmer Damian Isla
6:25 – How n00b members of the press play Halo 3
7:28 – Differences between Halo 2 and Halo 3’s AI
10:12 – The “Garage” Encounter on Tsavo Highway – think tons of Brutes
11:33 – How AI works, boiled down to simple terms so that we can understand
13:52 – Conveying the intelligence of AI to the player
20:22 – The evolution of the Brute pack structure
26:03 – The dynamic AI of Halo 3’s Covenant Scarab
29:50 – How Niles Sankey sets a scene for a Scarab encounter
36:17 – Fake commercial break, without a fake commercial
37:23 – More on Ske7chZork, his self-created Junior High text adventure
38:20 – Ske7ch is a high roller in NYC
43:00 – Ske7ch and Epic’s Cliffyb are BFF
45:25 – What Luke really does after work
47:02 – Playing with fire in an earlier time in Halo 3
48:55 – Reader Mail
1:01:17 – Sign-offs and farewells