[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [freeciv-ai] Re: Re: FreeCiv Diagrams

[Raimar Falke <i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 07:22:02PM +0100, Guillermo Lopez Alejos wrote:
> 
> > So you want to create a console interface to the client?! And the
> > puppeteer will be this interface?!
> 
> Errr... yes, that's what I thought... wasn't it the idea?
> 
> > Note that the console interface will also have to provide general game
> > data in addition to agent related data.
> 
> Agent related data?, example please :)

Everything which is in agents.c.

> > Also note that such console interface doesn't have to agent related in
> > any way. And also note that such console interface can/could/will be
> > used to build other stuff than client side AI.
> 
> nikodimka told me that pupeteer is implemented as an agent. But it
> looked strange to me, why implement it as an agent?.

Good question. We have to ask him.

> > That is how I understood it. You may disagree and may want to make it
> > more concrete what you plan.
> 
> Well, I don't know. I only want to create that interface and I'm looking
> where I have to put it in the code. I thought that pupeteer was the
> first step to the client side interface.

> Anyway pupeteer isn't much more different than an interface built into
> the client internals... is it?

I don't think so. It should be an _interface_ for both common client
data/functions and agent data/functions.

        Raimar

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