Star Citizen’s AI Has Learned To Throw Grenades And Attack Or Defend Areas

Cloud Imperium Games looks back at what they’ve accomplished in Star Citizen over the past month in its monthly development report for January. Of significant note is the ongoing work to improve AI behavior in the space simulation MMO, including teaching enemy NPCs to throw grenades.

The team reports that they’ve also added attack and defend area behaviors for AI, adjusted AI flight combat responses, and made progress on NPC pathing. They’ve also been hard at work on improving the performance of the skill system which should benefit characters in multiple ways, including reduced stamina drain when they do repetitive tasks.

Progress has also been made on Alpha 3.18’s cargo system which includes improvements to the tractor beam and cargo loading and unloading, along with the addition of new cargo missions. Details can be found in the January 2023 development report here.