Currently AI unit's rate of fire seems to be dictated by range, without any variations in fire rate (or burst length) at a given range. This rhythmical firing is noticeably "mechanical".
To make the AI appear a little more human, it would be good if their rate of fire (and burst length) varied slightly each time they fired.
I already posted about part of this. I have been harping on the need for variable burst length and rate of fire since OFP:CWC. Maybe they will listen to you.
You can break up the AI shooting randomly with something like :
while {true} do {
{
if (random 1 > 0.83) then {
_x setCombatMode "YELLOW";
} else {
_x setCombatMode "BLUE";
}} foreach allunits;
sleep 1;
};
This would lower the rate of fire overall by making pauses between bursts and shots.
^^ the above can be seen as a workaround, but this should be definitely native.
I would see logical to have the fire rate tied to an expectation of sucessful hit on target which can relate with nearTargets returned value position accuracy. Or with a supression order from the leader of group.
Related Arma 3 dev build change log:
21-01-2015
EXE rev. 128957 (game)
Added: AI rate of fire randomization (new parameter aiRateOfFireDispersion)
Tested again in 1.54.
Infantry show good variation in time between burst of shots, but vehicles still show no very little variation.
I can not see any obvious variation in burst length.
No change in 1.70.141764.
Infantry show good variation in time between burst of shots, but vehicles show no variation.
No obvious variation in burst length for either infantry or vehicles.