What it is
A fixed-sequence simulation plays the same events in the same order every time. After a few runs, trainees learn the sequence instead of the skill.
In adaptive scenario training, the environment stays familiar while the situation inside it changes. Scenario variables can be changed between training runs to reduce predictable repetition.
How it works
Each scenario is built from an environment, a set of actors and a set of variables with defined states. Before or during a run, the instructor selects or randomises those states within limits set for the training objective.
The same room, street or facility can therefore present a different problem on each run while remaining comparable for assessment.
What can vary
Variables are defined per project around the training objective. Typical examples:
- Civilian presence and number of people
- Actor behaviour: non-threatening, ambiguous, hostile
- A hostage situation or an armed subject
- Visibility, lighting and weather
- Timing of events
- An unexpected secondary entry or route
Instructor control
The instructor chooses the scenario, sets or randomises its variables and can inject events while the run is in progress. See Instructor Systems for how sessions are set up and steered.
Data capture and after-action review
Sessions can record positions, actions, events and timings. That record supports a structured debrief through After-Action Review.
Integration options
Adaptive scenarios can run on VR, MR or conventional displays, with tracked trainees, physical equipment and multiple participants, depending on the requirement.
Questions
- What is adaptive tactical simulation?
- It is tactical training simulation in which conditions, actors and events can change between runs, so trainees respond to the situation in front of them rather than a sequence they have already seen.
- Why vary scenarios between training runs?
- Repeating an identical scenario rewards memory. Varying it trains observation, judgement and decision-making while keeping runs comparable.
- What can an instructor control?
- Scenario choice, variable states, event timing and live event injection. The exact controls are defined with the customer for each system.
- Can simulations support multiple trainees?
- Yes. Scenarios can be built as multi-user simulations in which several trainees or teams share one environment.