Dragon Age: Origins

- AI

AI

Dragon Age: Origin's Artificial Intelligence system for the player character and their companions is highly customizable.

There are 3 layers of control that the player may use to micromanage their character's behaviors:

UI Control Options

Dragon Age: Origins offers several UI control options that impact how characters behave in game:

The 'Hold Position Button' - Located under the character portraits on the lefthand side of the screen, this handy button allows the player to instantly freeze all their characters to their position, preventing any movement until manually directed. Note that characters will still fight and otherwise behave normally, they will just not move anymore without direct order.

The 'Toggle Weapon' button - Located to the leftof the ability bar, this button switches characters between different weapon sets. The character's basic AI will change depending on what kind of weapon (melee, ranged) is selected.

Character Behaviors

The following table summarizes the selectable AI behaviors in game.

	Default	Passive	Aggressive	Ranged	Cautious	Defensive
Strike back when attacked	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Chase enemy when fleeing	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Start fighting when enemy perceived	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Prefer ranged weapons when possible	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Prefer melee weapons when possible	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Evade nearby enemies if possible	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Avoid melee enemies when possible	No	No	No	No	No	No
Try to flee Area of effects attacks	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No

Tactics

AI Tactics are a unique system that allow the player to 'script' parts of their character's AI.
For a detailed explanation of Tactics, please click here