[freeciv-ai] Re: active ai diplomats

["Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Gregory Berkolaiko wrote:
> > This means three losses were turned into victories, which is quite nice.
>
> It is but I am not sure what you mean by "experimental"? Or did you add
> H_DIPLOMAT handicap to the hard level?

No, before I made the version I posted to the list, I had the old code and
the new code coexisting side-by-side, separated by a call to
ai_handicap(pplayer, H_EXPERIMENTAL).

> BTW, there is a file "duh" somewhere in your patch and it shouldn't be
> there.

Duh!

> Another thing, H_DIPLOMAT set does not fully prevent aggressive diplomat
> action: a diplomat can still be built defensively and when the danger goes
> away released into the wild.Did you intend it this way?  (I think it
> makes certain sense).

That was unintented, but might not be too bad... or maybe it is... easy is
too hard as it is. I don't know.

> And finally, a diplomat bribing an enemy unit is _not_guaranteed_ to move
> to the unit's square, see diplomat_bribein server/diplomats.c.Thus
>     /* if we came out of a city, try to return */
>     if (pcity != NULL) {
>       ai_unit_move(pdiplomat, pcity->x, pcity->y);
>     }
> in ai_diplomat_bribe_nearby can sometimes trigger an assert.

Ah. Well spotted.

Yours
Per

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