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

[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 10:37:02AM +0200, Per I Mathisen wrote:
> [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.

Just program it. The MoO2 screen just has around 20 checkboxes. Or a
simpler form would be the Civ3 approach: only have a limited set of
nations with predefined attributes.

        Raimar

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