[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [freeciv-ai] Re: long-term ai goals

[Per I Mathisen <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

[sending it back to -dev]
On Sun, 26 May 2002, Daniel Sjölie wrote:
> > This handicap/bonus system should be based on points values, so that an
> > omniscient AI can fight a non-omniscient AI on "equal" terms. For example,
> > we could say that omniscience is worth the same as 4 extra initial
> > technologies or 2 extra settlers.
>
> Yes, yes, yes!
> "General handicaps" I've longed for for some time and using points (like
> in MoOII) is a great twist! I think this could make very different games
> possible if developed further... Eg, you could have a game where one
> player has rules set that make ICS impossible but has other
> advantages... How hard would it be to make it possible to set eg server
> variables to different values for different players? I guess it _could_
> be relatively easy but I don't know...

Adding player attributes by making some server options from game to player
is easy.

The problem is, how do you implement a reasonable interface to users? For
AIs, it is okay to set it all up in the server, but for human players,
this should be set through a GUI (like nation dialog) in the client. Eg
you set the number of "buy points" (or something) in the server, then you
can "shop" attributes when game starts.

Yours,
Per

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