[Slasher]

Is there a way to force the difficulty level in a mission?  In other words, override what the player has set?

[Scotty]

...

why?

[General Battuta]

Set up an AI profile where nothing changes by difficulty and assign it to that mission. Time-consuming but simple.

[The E]

To answer the question more directly, no, it's not possible and never will be.

[Slasher]

I take it even the AI profile trick wouldn't work then.

[The E]

Oh, that would work. You won't get rid of the difficulty-specific player buffs, but you can make the AI behave consistently on all difficulty levels. The BP2 Wingman AI classes do just that.

[Slasher]

Mainly concerned with fire rate here.  I'll look into it.

[Fury]

You won't get rid of the difficulty-specific player buffs

Most player advantages can be altered in AI profiles.

Code: [Select]

$Player Afterburner Recharge Scale:
$Player Countermeasure Life Scale:
$Max Missles Locked on Player:
$Max Player Attackers:
$Player Damage Factor:
$Player Subsys Damage Factor:
$Player Shield Recharge Scale:
$Player Weapon Recharge Scale:
$Max Turret Player Ownage:
$Chance AI Has to Fire Missiles at Player:
That's about everything that really matters. And you'll find that IIRC none of the BP2 AI profile values are same as in retail.

[FUBAR-BDHR]

New rate of fire sexp available in 3.6.13.  Of course difficulty would still matter but you could do percentage based on difficulty.

Also if this is for TBP quite a few of the weapons now use burst shots and fire at the same rate across all difficulty levels.

[Slasher]

My concern only pertains to cutscenes.  The player isn't going to care about the difficulty, but I want what the player sees to be as consistent as possible across all settings.  Someone playing on Easy will see a considerably less active cutscene than someone playing on Insane, if there are dogfights involved, for example.  Since most people aren't insane, you can see where my concern stems from...

In any event, thanks for all the tips.  I wasn't aware about the new AI table options or the fire rate SEXP.  

[General Battuta]

Yeah, AI profile is what you want here.

[Dragon]

BP already has everything needed for that, it's cutscenes should be break-proof because of that.