[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Ai_handicapping

[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 06:08:44PM -0800, Raahul Kumar wrote:
> 
> --- Gregory Berkolaiko <Gregory.Berkolaiko@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> <snip>
> > DON'T PANIC!
> > 
> > It always did.  The reason behind it is that normally handicaps are meant 
> > to bring cheating AI to non-cheating human level.  This particular 
> > handicap is doing something else, it pushes AI to anti-cheating level.  So 
> > I guess you want to guard it with 
> >     if (pplayer->ai.control && ai_handicap(pplayer, H_LIMITEDHUTS))
> > 
> > Another way is to create an anti-handicap H_NORMALHUTS and give it to 
> > humans (by default) and to hard/normal AI.  But I don't think it's a good 
> > idea.
> > 
> > Maybe one day this whole system is going to be redesigned...
> > 
> > G.
> 
> I think the current system is .... dumb. There were patches to fix the 
> handicap
> system and generalize it to apply to all players. Will the authors of those
> patches please send them in?

AFAIK there were only comments/ideas how to make a better system. IIRC
nobody has created a patch yet.

        Raimar

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