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Complex AI - Gate Guards (Beta)

(Beta release, please read full description.)

Expands gate guard AI allowing them to open and close gates when cities are under attack.

Massively increases the difficulty and realism of attacking cities, you will now have to build far larger armies to break through the outer defenses of a town.

-----Technical Info-----
Uses a combination of dialogue triggers and AI contracts to function. Dialogue is given high priority so it should always trigger if applicable. Only the leader of the gate guard squad should interact with the gate, adds leaders to gate guard squads which were missing them.

There are two packages included, a town guard package where guards will lock gates if they see a fight outside of the gate, and a prison package where guards will lock gates to keep you inside.

Adds behavior to vanilla gate guard squads, characters, dialogue packages. Should integrate seamlessly with any mods which use vanilla resources.

-----Beta Glitches-----
Occasionally caravans will bash the gates of cities which are locked down which can result in a massacre. Added coexistence between trader factions to try and prevent massacres:
United Cities coexist with: Nomads, Western Hive, Traders Guild.
Tech Hunters coexist with: Nomads, Western Hive, Traders Guild.
The Holy Nation coexists with: Nomads

NPC pathing can be broken when gates are closed in many ways, causing unintended effects such as guards walking incredibly long distances when arresting characters.

Sometimes the AI package for the gate guard does not trigger / finish correctly and the squad leader will go aimless. This seems to happen when your squad is defeated by the gate guards and some members are enslaved while others remain outside of the gates. Still testing, please report any issues.

Recommended to be used alongside Unofficial Patches for Kenshi and Crunk Tweak Compilation to improve consistency of AI behavior.