Expose value of idle circling with 'attack-any'#7011
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The attack-any order is extremely useful and utilized order, and there was one aspect that was ripe for exposure to modders: the `CHASE_CIRCLE_DIST` that was used to determine how big of a circle to fly around while the AI waited for new hostiles to arrive. For ships with high speeds, like FotG and others, the default radius of 200 m was a bit on the small side, which lead to ships flying in tight circles. This was was counterproductive to goals of tuning the AI to have a more cinematic style, such as where AI would fly around in large distances while waiting for enemies to arrive. Fortunately, this value is easy to expose and allow modders to tune with just a new ai_profiles value. Tested and works as expected.
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The attack-any order is extremely useful and utilized order, and there was one aspect that was ripe for exposure to modders: the
CHASE_CIRCLE_DISTthat was used to determine how big of a circle to fly around while the AI waited for new hostiles to arrive. For ships with high speeds, like FotG and others, the default radius of 200 m was a bit on the small side, which lead to ships flying in tight circles. This was was counterproductive to goals of tuning the AI to have a more cinematic style, such as where AI would fly around in large distances while waiting for enemies to arrive. Fortunately, this value is easy to expose with just a few lines, and overall it allows modders the ability to tune the already useful 'attack-any' order while idling with just a single new ai_profiles value.Tested and works as expected.