# Rampant
Factorio Mod - Improves the enemies tactics by using potential fields/pheromones allowing probing of defenses, retreats, and player hunting  

# Forum Post

https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=31445

# Notes

There will be a slight pause the first time this is started up due to indexing all the chunks that have been generated.  

MP should be working

# Features

Tactical Retreats - these will take place when a unit group is in a chunk that has reached a death threshold  
Unit Group Merging  - if multiple unit groups retreat at the same time there is a chance the groups will merge  
Unit Group Forming - any chunks with spawners in it that is covered by a pollution, player, player base, or player defense pheromone clouds will form groups based on the evolution factor  
Probing Behavior Against Defenses - unit groups will attempt to avoid chunks that are soaked in death  
Player Hunting  - unit groups will track the player based on there emitted pheromone cloud  
Pathfinding - unit groups will use potential fields to perform only single step pathfinding allowing for efficient and dynamic pathing

# Planned Features

Tunneling Biters  
Fire Biters  
Suicide Biters  
Base Expansion  

# Version History

0.0.7 - updated for 0.14  

0.0.6 - some speed improvements 
        MP is working (https://github.com/veden/Rampant/issues/1)

0.0.5 - fix for nil chunk in ai attack (https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Veden/Rampant/discussion/2512)  
        checks for main surface (https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=94&t=31445&p=198228#p198563)  
        updated info with forum homepage  
        
0.0.4 - initial release