REAPER_ImprovedAI Arma Reforger Mod

Key Features - Improved reactions to incoming and distant gunfire - Exposed soldiers actively search for nearby lateral cover - Coordinated fire-and-movement tactics with separate moving and covering elements - Support weapons remain in covering positions longer - Increased use of enterable buildings and authored interior combat positions - Controlled distribution between interior and exterior cover to prevent entire groups from crowding into one building - Combat cover positions are released after 150 seconds so units do not camp one location indefinitely - A minimum spacing between occupied cover positions reduces unit stacking - Improved Defend behavior using observation, gate and cover positions - Upright combat movement instead of constantly moving while crouched - More intelligent frag grenade usage against covered targets and clustered enemies - Group-wide grenade coordination and cooldowns - Empty soldiers search nearby casualties for compatible, non-empty magazines - Ammunition recovery is limited to three magazines per visit and restores the matching firearm - Defensive smoke usage after casualties or leader loss - Smoke grenades are avoided inside occupied buildings - Temporary morale effects after casualties, heavy pressure or leader incapacitation - Reduced fire rate while a group is shaken, followed by gradual recovery - Improved medic coordination with fewer duplicate treatment attempts - Non-critical treatment may be delayed under extreme threat - Distant sound investigations are limited to one fireteam instead of attracting the entire group - AI can close ordinary doors after passing through them - Door closing respects nearby followers, vehicles and blocked doorways - Stuck soldiers can toggle a nearby door to clear their path - Player-issued commands receive maximum priority and override autonomous cover relocation - Improved vehicle and helicopter boarding behavior - Fixes a Vanilla AI boarding activity lifecycle issue Performance The mod is designed to remain lightweight: - No global update loop - No continuous world scanning - No per-frame entity searches - Uses existing Vanilla AI events, cover queries, smart actions and behavior systems - Corpse inventory searches run only after a real ammunition failure Compatibility - Standalone mod with no dependency - Compatible with Vanilla AI groups and player-commanded AI groups - Does not globally increase AI vision range or weapon engagement distance - Buildings require valid navmesh, cover positions or authored smart actions - Other mods overriding the same Vanilla AI methods may affect compatibility depending on load order Changelog - First public release: - Added autonomous ammunition recovery from dead units within 20 meters - AI only selects corpses carrying compatible magazines with ammunition remaining - Limited each recovery visit to three magazines so one soldier does not empty an entire casualty - Restores the matching rifle, machine gun, sniper rifle or handgun after pickup - Prevents repeated corpse searches while the pickup behavior is already active - Added a 150-second maximum hold time for every combat cover position, indoors and outdoors - Improved separation between occupied cover positions to reduce unit stacking - Added stuck-door recovery for AI blocked by nearby doors - Kept combat movement at run speed and upright stance - Added lateral cover movement and staggered moving/covering elements under fire. - Expanded Defend behavior across authored combat posts and improved threat-aware door handling. - Added tactical frag selection, defensive smoke and temporary casualty/leader-loss morale effects. - Improved medic task coordination and treatment decisions under threat. - Kept formation relaxation situational and preserved all Vanilla vehicle safety checks. - Increased use of reachable interior building cover during combat without adding a world scan. - Limited distant sound investigations to one fireteam so the whole group no longer abandons its task. - Improved long-range reaction to sustained gunfire and exposed combat repositioning. - Improved access to nearby authored cover for defending groups. - Added coordinated grenade timing and delayed AI door closing. - Fixed the Vanilla group vehicle-boarding activity lifecycle error.