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'''Artificial Intelligence''' (AI) means the intelligence of machines, and is commonly used to refer to computer-controlled units in RPGs. Enemies are AI-controlled, but in certain cases, player characters can also be computer-controlled.
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'''Artificial intelligence''' (AI) means the intelligence of machines, and is commonly used to refer to computer-controlled units in RPGs. Enemies are AI-controlled, but in certain cases, player characters can also be computer-controlled.
   
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With the [[Status Effect|status effects]] [[Berserk (Status)|Berserk]] and [[Confuse (Status)|Confuse]] allies are taken out of the player's control and start performing actions on their own. Even if Confusion is always considered a negative status, Berserk can be used to the player's advantage at times, and is considered a positive status in some games.
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With the [[status effect]]s [[Berserk (status)|Berserk]] and [[Confuse (status)|Confuse]] allies are taken out of the player's control and start performing actions on their own. Even if Confuse is always considered a negative status, Berserk can be used to the player's advantage at times, and is considered a positive status in some games.
   
 
==Appearances==
  
==Appearances==
 
===''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''===
  
===''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''===
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[[Cyan Garamonde|Cyan]] is controlled by the AI where he is given an AI script just like the enemies. For three battles in the [[Imperial Camp (Final Fantasy VI)|Imperial Camp]], his AI script is as follow:
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:1st Turn: Fang (33%) or Attack (33%) or Attack (33%)
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If attacked by anything: Attack (33%) or Nothing (66%)
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In the [[Dragon's Neck Coliseum]] player characters are controlled by the computer and will randomly use any commands they have available, even ones that can kill the character, like [[Self-Destruct]]. Thus the battle outcomes are often random and risky.
  
In the [[Dragon's Neck Coliseum]] player characters are controlled by the computer and will randomly use any commands they have available, even ones that can kill the character, like [[Self-Destruct]]. Thus the battle outcomes are often random and risky.
   
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[[Umaro]] is an [[List of Secret Characters|optional]] playable character who cannot actually be controlled in battle and is in a constant state of Berserk. Umaro only uses physical attacks, unless equipped with his special [[Relic (Final Fantasy VI)|relics]] that allow him to randomly use a special ability.
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[[Umaro]] is an [[Secret characters|optional]] playable character who cannot actually be controlled in battle and is in a constant state of Berserk. Umaro only uses physical attacks, unless equipped with his special [[Relic (Final Fantasy VI)|relics]] that allow him to randomly use a special ability.
   
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[[Gau]] can emulate a monster, when s/he does s/he becomes a computer-controlled character in battle, and has the chance of using two abilities. One of them is always an [[Attack (Command)|Attack]], the second can either be a special attack, a magic spell, a lore, a dance ability, or an enemy spell.
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[[Gau]] can emulate a monster. When he does he becomes a computer-controlled character in battle, and has the chance of using two abilities. One of them is always an [[Attack (command)|Attack]], the second can either be a special attack, a magic spell, a lore, a dance ability, or an enemy spell.
   
 
When [[Mog (Final Fantasy VI)|Mog]] selects a Dance, he will randomly perform one of four abilities from the selected dance. The player will lose control of Mog while he's dancing.
  
When [[Mog (Final Fantasy VI)|Mog]] selects a Dance, he will randomly perform one of four abilities from the selected dance. The player will lose control of Mog while he's dancing.
   
 
===''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''===
  
===''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''===
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[[Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)|Sephiroth]], while as a [[Guest|party member]], is entirely computer-controlled. He can attack enemies with physical attacks and powerful magic that targets all opponents. If [[Cloud Strife|Cloud]] is [[Knocked Out|dead]], Sephiroth can use [[Arise|Life2]] on him.
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[[Sephiroth]], while as a [[Guest|party member]], is entirely computer-controlled. He can attack enemies with physical attacks and powerful magic that targets all opponents. If [[Cloud Strife|Cloud]] is [[Knocked Out|dead]], Sephiroth can use [[Arise|Life2]] on him.
   
 
[[Vincent Valentine]] is computer controlled when using his [[Limit (Final Fantasy VII)|Limit Breaks]]. When using his Limit Break form Vincent has a random chance of either using a physical attack or a special attack, but the special attack is always rarer, in each of his turns.
  
[[Vincent Valentine]] is computer controlled when using his [[Limit (Final Fantasy VII)|Limit Breaks]]. When using his Limit Break form Vincent has a random chance of either using a physical attack or a special attack, but the special attack is always rarer, in each of his turns.
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===''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''===
  
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[[Rinoa Heartilly]]'s Limit Break, [[Angel Wing]], turns her into a sort of Magic Berserk state, in which she is computer-controlled and casts random magic from her stock, without actually expending the spells. Because Rinoa only casts spells she already has, it is easy to manipulate Angel Wing into a powerful one by letting her only have powerful spells, such as [[Meteor (Ability)|Meteor]].
  
   
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[[Rinoa Heartilly]]'s Limit Break, [[Angel Wing (Limit)|Angel Wing]], turns her into a sort of Magic Berserk state, in which she is computer-controlled and casts random magic from her stock, without actually expending the spells. Because Rinoa only casts spells she already has, it is easy to manipulate Angel Wing by letting her only have powerful spells, such as [[Meteor (ability)|Meteor]].
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The player also has the option to set [[Squall Leonhart|Squall]]'s and [[Zell Dincht|Zell]]'s Limit Breaks into automatic, in which the computer performs the Limit Break without player input.
  
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The player also has the option to set [[Squall Leonhart|Squall's]] and [[Zell Dincht|Zell's]] Limit Breaks into automatic, in which the computer performs the Limit Break without player input.
   
 
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===''[[Final Fantasy X]]''===
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[[Magus Sisters]] and [[Yojimbo (Summon)|Yojimbo]] are optional [[Aeon (Final Fantasy X)|aeons]] whose commands the player cannot actually directly control. While commanding the Magus Sisters, the player offers suggestions to each one individually, and the AI will choose a relevant ability and target. Sometimes they may fail to take an action.
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[[Magus Sisters]] and [[Yojimbo (summon)|Yojimbo]] are optional [[Aeon (Final Fantasy X)|aeons]] whose commands the player cannot actually directly control. While commanding the Magus Sisters, the player offers suggestions to each one individually, and the AI will choose a relevant ability and target. Sometimes they may fail to take an action.
   
 
The player uses [[gil]] to manipulate Yojimbo's actions: the higher the amount paid the better attack will Yojimbo perform. The Overdrive gauge also plays part of which action will Yojimbo choose.
  
The player uses [[gil]] to manipulate Yojimbo's actions: the higher the amount paid the better attack will Yojimbo perform. The Overdrive gauge also plays part of which action will Yojimbo choose.
   
 
====''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]''====
  
====''[[Final Fantasy X-2]]''====
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All monster allies are controlled by the game's AI.
  
All monster allies are controlled by the game's AI.
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===''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''===
  
===''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''===
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{{See Also|Gambits}}
  
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Player can set the player characters' gambits to have them perform actions automatically in battle. The player is still ale to interrupt these actions and give the characters commands manually, but if the character has no player commands to execute, they will act according to their gambits.
  
   
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{{See|Gambits}}
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[[Guest]] characters are computer-controlled allies. In the original version they were entirely computer-controlled, but in the ''International Zodiac Job System'' version the player is able to set the guests' gambits. Also in the original version, [[Esper (Final Fantasy XII)|Espers]] are entirely computer-controlled, but in the ''Zodiac Job System'' version player gains full control of them.
  
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Player can set the player characters' gambits to have them perform actions automatically in battle. The player is still able to interrupt these actions and give the characters commands manually, but if the character has no player commands to execute, they will act according to their gambits.
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[[Guest]] characters are computer-controlled allies. In the original version they were entirely computer-controlled, but in the ''Zodiac'' versions the player is able to set the guests' gambits. Also in the original version, [[Esper (Final Fantasy XII)|Espers]] are entirely computer-controlled, but in the ''Zodiac'' versions player gains full control of them.
   
 
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{{Main|Command Synergy Battle}}
  
{{Main|Command Synergy Battle}}
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The battle system in ''Final Fantasy XIII'' has the player control the actions of the party leader, and the computer controls the two others. The player can also choose the Auto-Battle option, which has the AI choose the commands for them depending on various battle situations. The actions the computer performs depends on the characters' [[Paradigm|Paradigm Roles]].
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The battle system has the player control the actions of the party leader, and the computer controls the two others. The player can also choose the Auto-Battle option, which has the AI choose the commands for them depending on various battle situations. The actions the computer performs depends on the characters' [[Paradigm|Paradigm Roles]].
   
 
====''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]''====
  
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====''[[Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII]]''====
  
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[[Oerba Yun Fang|Fang]] and [[Angel of Valhalla]] are computer control characters.
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The developers wanted players to feel they are actually with friends, and thus built up AI and animation system on that. During the project, the team considered developing an open seamless world and developing realistic AI for [[Noctis Lucis Caelum|Noctis's]] friends the main challenges. The allies were designed to pay attention to Noctis and walk together with him, but randomize the speed and the distance from the player character. If they get left behind they come running. Because the system is constantly calculating the friends' AI, its CPU cost is high.<ref name=4Gamer>{{Refwebsite| page url = http://femto-jiokichi.tumblr.com/post/142546480678/uncovered-4gamer-interview-translation-interview| page name = Uncovered: 4Gamer interview translation (interview with Tabata-san and Nozue-san) | site url = http://femto-jiokichi.tumblr.com| site name = A Bit Of Laughter| access time = 20180421164612}}</ref>
   
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]''===
  
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In ''Final Fantasy Tactics'' the player controls most party members, but not [[Guest]]s, who have similar intelligence to enemies, but fight on the side of the player. There also is an Auto-Battle mode, where you can select actions for the characters (such as "Fight for Life") but they will execute them themselves, as if they were Guests.
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The player controls most party members, but not [[Guest]]s, who have similar intelligence to enemies, but fight on the side of the player. There also is an Auto-Battle mode, where players can select actions for the characters (such as "Fight for Life") but they will execute them themselves, as if they were Guests.
   
 
===''[[Final Fantasy Mystic Quest]]''===
  
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[[Benjamin]]'s ally, if present, will be guided automatically by the computer. The AI control character will exploiting enemies weaknesses or cast their most powerful spells on the enemy party. There is a [[Magic Bugs|bug]] that involves [[Phoebe]] being controlled by the AI. When controlled by the computer, Phoebe will sometimes randomly cast [[Aero]], a spell she does not have in her possession.
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[[Benjamin]]'s ally, if present, will be guided automatically by the computer. The AI control character will exploit enemies weaknesses or cast their most powerful spells on the enemy party. There is a [[Magic bugs|bug]] that involves [[Phoebe]] being controlled by the AI. When controlled by the computer, Phoebe will sometimes randomly cast [[Aero]], a spell she does not have in her possession.
   
 
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[[Guest|Temporary party members]] have poor AI. They'll attack walls and trees, and even thin air for no apparent reason making them hardly useful.
  
[[Guest|Temporary party members]] have poor AI. They'll attack walls and trees, and even thin air for no apparent reason making them hardly useful.
   
 
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The Auto function allows the player to set a character(s) on an automated function, where one or more will become automated. When a character(s) are set to Auto control, they will usually act in a manner befitting the situation.
  
The Auto function allows the player to set a character(s) on an automated function, where one or more will become automated. When a character(s) are set to Auto control, they will usually act in a manner befitting the situation.
   
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==Etymology==
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[[wikipedia:Artificial intelligence|Artificial intelligence]] (AI) is the intelligence exhibited by machines or software. It is an academic field of study which studies the goal of creating intelligence. Major AI researchers and textbooks define this field as "the study and design of intelligent agents", where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success. John McCarthy, who coined the term in 1955, defines it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines".
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Revision as of 03:26, 13 January 2020

Template:Sideicon Artificial intelligence (AI) means the intelligence of machines, and is commonly used to refer to computer-controlled units in RPGs. Enemies are AI-controlled, but in certain cases, player characters can also be computer-controlled.

With the status effects Berserk and Confuse allies are taken out of the player's control and start performing actions on their own. Even if Confuse is always considered a negative status, Berserk can be used to the player's advantage at times, and is considered a positive status in some games.

Appearances

Final Fantasy VI

Cyan is controlled by the AI where he is given an AI script just like the enemies. For three battles in the Imperial Camp, his AI script is as follow:

Attack Turns:

1st Turn: Fang (33%) or Attack (33%) or Attack (33%)

If attacked by anything: Attack (33%) or Nothing (66%)

In the Dragon's Neck Coliseum player characters are controlled by the computer and will randomly use any commands they have available, even ones that can kill the character, like Self-Destruct. Thus the battle outcomes are often random and risky.

Umaro is an optional playable character who cannot actually be controlled in battle and is in a constant state of Berserk. Umaro only uses physical attacks, unless equipped with his special relics that allow him to randomly use a special ability.

Gau can emulate a monster. When he does he becomes a computer-controlled character in battle, and has the chance of using two abilities. One of them is always an Attack, the second can either be a special attack, a magic spell, a lore, a dance ability, or an enemy spell.

When Mog selects a Dance, he will randomly perform one of four abilities from the selected dance. The player will lose control of Mog while he's dancing.

Final Fantasy VII

Sephiroth, while as a party member, is entirely computer-controlled. He can attack enemies with physical attacks and powerful magic that targets all opponents. If Cloud is dead, Sephiroth can use Life2 on him.

Vincent Valentine is computer controlled when using his Limit Breaks. When using his Limit Break form Vincent has a random chance of either using a physical attack or a special attack, but the special attack is always rarer, in each of his turns.

In the Chocobo Races the player can let the chocobo be controlled by the computer, in which case the chocobo is controlled the same as the other opponent chocobos on the track. The computer does not usually take the most effective turns on the race tracks, however, and might waste Stamina.

Final Fantasy VIII

Rinoa Heartilly's Limit Break, Angel Wing, turns her into a sort of Magic Berserk state, in which she is computer-controlled and casts random magic from her stock, without actually expending the spells. Because Rinoa only casts spells she already has, it is easy to manipulate Angel Wing by letting her only have powerful spells, such as Meteor.

The player also has the option to set Squall's and Zell's Limit Breaks into automatic, in which the computer performs the Limit Break without player input.

Final Fantasy X

Magus Sisters and Yojimbo are optional aeons whose commands the player cannot actually directly control. While commanding the Magus Sisters, the player offers suggestions to each one individually, and the AI will choose a relevant ability and target. Sometimes they may fail to take an action.

The player uses gil to manipulate Yojimbo's actions: the higher the amount paid the better attack will Yojimbo perform. The Overdrive gauge also plays part of which action will Yojimbo choose.

Final Fantasy X-2

All monster allies are controlled by the game's AI.

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Final Fantasy XII

See also: Gambits

Player can set the player characters' gambits to have them perform actions automatically in battle. The player is still able to interrupt these actions and give the characters commands manually, but if the character has no player commands to execute, they will act according to their gambits.

Guest characters are computer-controlled allies. In the original version they were entirely computer-controlled, but in the Zodiac versions the player is able to set the guests' gambits. Also in the original version, Espers are entirely computer-controlled, but in the Zodiac versions player gains full control of them.

Final Fantasy XIII

Main article: Command Synergy Battle

The battle system has the player control the actions of the party leader, and the computer controls the two others. The player can also choose the Auto-Battle option, which has the AI choose the commands for them depending on various battle situations. The actions the computer performs depends on the characters' Paradigm Roles.

Final Fantasy XIII-2

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Fang and Angel of Valhalla are computer control characters.

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Final Fantasy XV

The developers wanted players to feel they are actually with friends, and thus built up AI and animation system on that. During the project, the team considered developing an open seamless world and developing realistic AI for Noctis's friends the main challenges. The allies were designed to pay attention to Noctis and walk together with him, but randomize the speed and the distance from the player character. If they get left behind they come running. Because the system is constantly calculating the friends' AI, its CPU cost is high.[1]

Final Fantasy Tactics

See also: Guest

The player controls most party members, but not Guests, who have similar intelligence to enemies, but fight on the side of the player. There also is an Auto-Battle mode, where players can select actions for the characters (such as "Fight for Life") but they will execute them themselves, as if they were Guests.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest

Benjamin's ally, if present, will be guided automatically by the computer. The AI control character will exploit enemies weaknesses or cast their most powerful spells on the enemy party. There is a bug that involves Phoebe being controlled by the AI. When controlled by the computer, Phoebe will sometimes randomly cast Aero, a spell she does not have in her possession.

Final Fantasy Adventure

Temporary party members have poor AI. They'll attack walls and trees, and even thin air for no apparent reason making them hardly useful.

Final Fantasy Legend III

The Auto function allows the player to set a character(s) on an automated function, where one or more will become automated. When a character(s) are set to Auto control, they will usually act in a manner befitting the situation.

Etymology

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence exhibited by machines or software. It is an academic field of study which studies the goal of creating intelligence. Major AI researchers and textbooks define this field as "the study and design of intelligent agents", where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success. John McCarthy, who coined the term in 1955, defines it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines".

References

  1. ↑ Uncovered: 4Gamer interview translation (interview with Tabata-san and Nozue-san) (Accessed: April 21, 2018) at A Bit Of Laughter
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