[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [patch] amortize

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 08:18:08PM +1000, Chris Guest wrote:
> When I was testing this patch I used this method:
> 
> (1) set aifill 30
> (2) save game
> for each civserver binary:
>       (3) load game with compiled code
>       (4) just click 'turn done' until murdered.
> 
> I tried this with a variety of binaries, several times. As games are
> largely deterministic (apart from hut contents etc), I noticed that
> their were minor differences between ai behaviour (such as different
> ai players killing me etc).

Try using the randseed and seed options. Try using the Autogame
feature (see freeciv_hackers_guide.txt).

> I haven't noticed anything startlingly different between the original
> and the patched version.
> 
> I think I'll take Ross Wetmore's advice and do some CPU time
> comparisons of the different algorithms.

        Raimar

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