[freeciv-ai] Re: long-term ai goals

[Raahul Kumar <raahul_da_man@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Per I Mathisen <per@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> completely from the server, and that clients get the possibility of an
> omniscience cheat.

Ack. Why do you want to give the clients omniscience?
 
> An important step is to move the goto code into the client. Also, the
> current CMA agent will split out its core calculations for use in
> client-side AI that do not use agents.

Good.

> The final directory structure should look like this:
> 
>  client/agents           - this is agent territory
>  client/ai       - this is where AI implementations go
>  client/ai/common  - this is where common AI code should go

What exactly are you going to put here? Not just a simple move of all
AI code in common to here is it?

>  client/ai/XYZ/          - AI implementation named XYZ
> 
>  server/         - no AI code allowed

I assume this includes warmap code. What is the plan for migration?


> We also need to give the current AI a name to prepare for a multitude
> of AI clients. Suggestions welcome.
> =====

Original, Syela, kludge ;), Standard AI(StdAI), Default AI(DefAI), etc.
 
Aloha,
RK.

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creative mind seems more likely to hinder than to help, but this is quite
untrue in practice. Disciplined thinking focuses inspiration rather than
blinkers it. -G.L. Glegg, "The Design of Design"

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