[freeciv-ai] Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#6946) Settler AI optimization

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Raimar Falke wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 07:58:08AM -0800, Guest wrote:
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>>Hi, i got a few ideas for optimizing settler AI and improving settlers in 
>>general. 
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>>First of all, my theory is that there is no real big perfomance problems 
>>before the invention of railroads. (there is not many settlers working yet) 
>> 
>>Now when railroad has been invented we have this interesting situation that 
>>moving along them is for free, so if you're on a connected railroad net, then 
>>moving from one point on this net to another is free (aslong you're certain 
>>there is no enemy blocking *sigh*).

AFAICT the slowdown in AI settlers is not in the server but in the 
client.  If a settlers moves across the continent to build a road, this 
may take only 1 move but the client has lots of drawing to do.  Then 
another settler right next to the road now being built moves back across 
the continent to build a road next to where the first settlers was 
originally.  And just like that, the drawing is 10x slower than it needs 
to be.

A solution is that we can't handle settlers individually but must 
consider them as a group.  Prioritize improvements to make and assign 
the closest settler to each.  Or something like that.

jason