[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#11005) Question about Freeciv 2.0.0 (maybe)

["Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa" <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Ed Earl Ross wrote:

> I'd call this behavior an AI kludge. It is important to human players
> who play against AI, because it gives AI an advantage, and thereby
> changes the dynamics of humans playing AI between 1.14.x and 2.0.x. If
> it is too much of an advantage, it may make AI players too powerful.
>
> I assume that this advantage is given because humans are better players
> than current AI players. In general, this is an inferior technique for
> making AI players better, but making a good and honest AI player is
> difficult.

FYI the AI sees the *entire* map. Not just border coastlines. It
doesn't get fog of war either. The only exception to this is the "away"
level AI.

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa