[Freeciv-Dev] Re: AI movement "bug" (PR#301)

[Robert Cropp <rjcropp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tomasz,

I am enclosing an example saved game (bug-725.sav).
I'm Pierre Trudeau of the Canadians. The problem
occurs with the AI chariot just north of Moose Jaw.
To see it:  
1) end the turn to go to 700 BC. the AI chariot should
   move down 1 space and fortify.
2) move the Canadian chariot down 1 space (so it doesn't
   get attacked), then end the turn.
3) the AI chariot will move 3 spaces and conquer Moose Jaw!


However, in reading the response to report 286, it seemed
that this was not really a "bug", but was deliberately
done in the code (?).

On land it is not very common for this to happen, but I guess
this is probably because your units and the AI units
have to be arranged "just so" for the AI to take
advantage of it. But on water I have seen the AI do it several
times - i.e. unloading and attacking in the "same" turn - 
whenever it can, really.

Regards,

Robert


On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 03:09:54PM -0800, Robert Cropp wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I was going to email to notify you of a bug with the AI
> > being able to move/attack more than its unit's number
> > of moves. Then I noticed bug report 286 from
> > seekles@xxxxxxxxxxxx, which seems to cover my complaint.
> > 
> > I have encountered this with a variety of AI units.
> > For example, a chariot can in effect move 3 spaces.
> > Or, the AI can unload 1-movement units from a ship right
> > next to my city, then the units get to attack right away.
> > To me this seems to unbalance the game quite badly. 
> > 
> > Anyway, I was wondering if you are planning on fixing
> > this at any point? [Not that I'm entitled to harangue
> > you guys about this :) ]
> > 
> > anyway, apart from that the game is very good, please
> > keep up the good work.
> 
> More details, please, especially :
> 
> - Is this bug reproductable ?
> - Does this happen often ?
> - Is this reason why I've never won hard ai game on freeciv ? ;)
>

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