[Freeciv-Dev] Re: AI strategy

[Jacek Popławski <jpopl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 11:06:00AM +0100, Petr Baudis wrote:
> 2, Make AI _MUCH_ more smart. Diplomacy may be one step. Reason? As AI will be
> moved into separate client, it won't be allowed to cheat anymore. And without
> cheating current AI is almost lost against a little more expierenced players.

I think when AI code will be more clear, and - maybe - there will be
documentation - it will be much easier to write real AI client. It can be very
simple at beginning, but then people can extend it and run tournaments to check
which strategy is better (like corewars or genetic programming).
As I wrote before - IMHO it is possible to write dimplomacy with some kind of
score system. Every AI should also have its own random "feelings", for example
AI player can hate one other nation, and always try to make war with it. One AI
player can try to discover map making and settle other islands, while other can
try to discover gunpowder and build defences/fight neighbours.

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