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

["Bobby D. Bryant" <bdbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2002.05.23 09:26:15 -0600 Christian Knoke wrote:

> Ok, this sounds reasonable. Although I still don't see the advantage
> of moving the existing AI out of the server then (the admin has to set
> up both, server and AI's, right?), its up to you.
It would be nice if the goal included support for a system where a 
human player could turn arbitrary parts of the game management over to 
the AI as an assistant.  That may not _necessarily_ mean that the AI 
couldn't run on the server, but intuitively I would guess that it would 
be easier to do with the AI in a client.
At any rate, I think moving the AI to a client would be a good idea 
because it would make it feasible for people to create their own client 
AIs by hacking the default AI client, leaving them in a position to 
test their AIs in games run on server run by someone else.
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas