Tails AI Hack Idea

The only thing I see wrong with the concept is, considering how easy it is to lose Tails in the game normally, I can't see him posing much of a threat even with such ill intentions. I mean, you have to jump for him to pick you up in the first place.

 

Haha, that actually sounds hilarious and interesting. Would take some rather complicated path-finding algorithms to make Tails do what you describe, and coding them in ASM would be quite a challenge. If possible however I have a feeling it would be easier to port the tails object into Sonic 2 and work on it in there since Sonic 3(&K) is more difficult to modify.

 

I like the overall concept, but how about you play as tails, and have to bring sonic to his ultimate demise?

 

Doesnt tail's current AI take up much of the CPU as it is? If I recall correctly from some background effects thread, disabling Tails made the game lag much less because the CPU had much more free time, unless I recall incorrectly.

 

Mmmm....could be quite hillarious and a challenge at the same time, but I think you should make tails much faster, so stop it being too easy for Sonic to outrun the screen.

 

Also adding to the point Tails doesn't even appear in some levels in S2 or S3.

 

It's definetely possible. Maybe an extended Tails path finding algorithm could be written, one that doesn't only calculate the path to Sonic, but to the desired object (so it's usable for Sonic and enemies, too). The hardest part would be finding the path to the pits (it's layout, not objects). Unless you *added* an object where bottomless pits are.
This is a good idea, anyway, even if a bit odd, but yeah, Robotnik's Revenge's a bit odd but it was very well received.

 

It wouldnt be hard to have a AI where tails follows Sonic closesly and doesn't lose him as much. Sonic 2 beta, and Sonic advance had this. It was done by having Tails mimic the controller presses in real time, or something.