[Freeciv-Dev] Re: freeciv2 kernel,modules and rulesets

[Ed Hunter <ed.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pasky wrote:

> > well, in the past we would be happy with AI actually relying even on units'
> > capabs, not on units' types itselves. we successfully have done it, so
> > well, why don't take another step further, i just wonder how. let's have
> > e.g. unit Teleporters with A:3 D:1 which is able to teleport anywhere in
> > range of 5 squares, and it takes it 1/3 of HP. now tell me how to describe
> > such a capability universally to the AI using rulesets (as i see no other
> > way how would ai learn about it automagically itself). or if it's too big,
> > let's take plain goto for plain unit. you didn't listed it in your basic
> > capabilities, so how you would describe it to "reasonably ideal" ai?

Hmm, you would define something like CAP_TELEPORT and make a module for 
AI to work with it. Since it's a new thing, new part of AI is required.
Jarda Benkovsky