[freeciv-ai] Re: omniscience problem

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 04:37:16PM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > > > I am tempted to go for a more radical solution. Now that we have/away, 
> > > > we
> > > > can reveal the entire map for omniscient AIs. This way those of us who
> > > > watch AIs, can see what AIs see, which is very useful.
> > >
> > > NOOOOOOOOO! Thisis  the  wrong  direction....
> >
> > This is what I thought but didn't say anything.
> >
> > Going in the direction of removing omniscience, I'd say
> 
> Not going to happen. Sorry. The present AI is built on the omniscience
> assumption, and making it work without it requires nothing short of a new
> AI.
> 
> So take this as a given, and rather ask the question: How to best
> implement this omniscience?

Well what bothers me in not the AI omniscience in the first place, but
that/how much this is revealed to the client.

I want a clear interface between server and client where nothing is revealed
that is opposed to the rules. So if you make the full map available to the
client, I think *that* is the wrong direction.

Christian

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