Run Away! Run Away!

I ran across an article this morning about the climatic battle sequence from the Return of the King. Apparently, programmers created virtual armies in which each combatant had a repertoire of physical moves, the ability to analyze his surroundings, and the choice to make what he deemed to be the correct and most advantageous moves.

Result? The heroic defenders of Middle Earth consistently ran away.

Eventually, the geeks decided that the program needed some tweaks.

Posted by bt at December 15, 2003 1:03 PM