[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#11038) AI Use of Explorers

["Ed Earl Ross" <edearl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Per I. Mathisen wrote:

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>On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Ed Earl Ross wrote:
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>>>Wasn't there also a recent ticket (which I can't find) saying explorers
>>>never requested ferries to unexplored islands?This might fix the
>>>problem, as long as there's ferries to build, and land to explore.
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>>Yes, I read it in README.AI. It is a curious TODO. I understand that AI
>>players can see the entire freecivworld. Why is it necessary for AI to
>>use explorers?
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>The AI cannot make use of city tiles that are not explored. The
>novice/easy/medium AIs also cannot attack unexplored tiles.
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>>I have downloaded the cvs tree, and am ready to submit a change for
>>INSTALL. In the future, I plan to work on the AI code, too. First, I
>>must sync my concept of things to be done with the other AI developers,
>>learn the code & documentation, and get to know folks.
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>Check out the AI documents in the Wiki. Feel free to expand on them. This
>is where we will be keeping AI documentation now.
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>>I haven't quite caught on to how and who commits changes.
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>>Do folks just submit possible changes, whereupon a guru decides whether
>>to commit them, or is there a master plan folks follow to make upgrades,
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>For the AI, it is me and Greg who commits patches to cvs. We have a rather
>vague master plan for some parts of the code, you can find it in the Wiki,
>but definitely feel free to make improvements not mentioned in there.
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If one works on code and makes an improvement that is subsequently 
rejected, it is a big waste of time and effort, and a big emotional 
let-down. I'll send my plans to freeciv-ai@xxxxxxxxxxx before coding.

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