KUDOS to the devs

[RootlessAgrarian]

I am pretty sure I was somewhere in Sweden... PM2 country... delivering some nasty ol' chemical containers to some godforsaken industrial zone out on a rough road. Pulled into the yard (a bit tricky getting into the target parking space there) and was amused to see a guy in a hi-viz vest sitting on a crate or something, ahead and to my R as I entered the gate. I thought "I wonder if he's just a lawn ornament, or if he moves."

Next moment I almost fell off my chair laughing, 'cos the guy looks up, looks at my truck, looks at his watch, looks down again... maybe at a clipboard... It was the most lifelike and hilarious AI action I have seen so far. Congrats to whoever left that charming easter egg for us to find.

OTOH speaking of lawn ornaments, there is this police officer (also wearing hi-viz) standing by his car at an intersection somewhere in CZ I think, and he's been standing there every time I drive by, day or night, never moving. I'm beginning to think he's a statue kinda like a decoy duck on a lake...

But the "look at the time, we expected you hours ago, where the hell you been" guy in the yard (in Sweden?) was a mini masterpiece. Thanks for that! The sense of Wow lasts a very long time with PM2.

[MandelSoft]

Actually, thank SCS for that. They made these wonderful animated characters
(For me, honestly, it feels bad to get credit for something you didn't do. A sort of a false achievement. So, credit where credit is due...)

[RootlessAgrarian]

@Mandel, so you can place these animated AI folks at your discretion when you use the world-builder? what a great resource. I noticed some animated road workers on a recent afternoon transit of a country highway -- a guy with a jackhammer plus 3 guys standing around with clipboards and so on, very realistic I will post a bouquet for scs, thanks.