Bot's rules of engagement...

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Bot's rules of engagement...

Post by my wife hates me » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:38 pm

I'm only asking this cause the word around town is that you guys are lazy and need more work.


Using Reaper as the example... (cause easy bots are easy enough to figure out)
Bertrand, I've heard you mention that Reaper won't attack "blank" if his armies equal "blank". Or, Reaper sets his starting placement based on cont worth, then cost, etc.

Do you guys keep a list of the rules your bots follow, such as how they determine where to farm or army ratios they act upon?

I was thinking it might help with building better starting scenerios or bot specific maps.

I'm just asking, if it's not that easy or if you feel that this sort of information would give players an edge, no worries...

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Re: Bot's rules of engagement...

Post by Bertrand » Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:56 pm

my wife hates me wrote:...you guys are lazy and need more work.
If we are lazy, then we need *less* work, not more....
:D
my wife hates me wrote:Reaper won't attack "blank" if his armies equal "blank"
That is *mostly* true today, except for some rare cases like finishing up a continent take over.

Funny you should mention this. As I type this I am testing yet another version that uses the *true* odds before attacking, instead of simply comparing the number of armies. So far it seems to give real good results, so this will probably make it into the next version.
my wife hates me wrote:Do you guys keep a list of the rules your bots follow, such as how they determine where to farm or army ratios they act upon?
Why yes, the list of rules is called Reaper.java, 6500 lines of code. I can't believe I typed and debugged each one of them.
:D

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Post by Black Pope » Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:06 pm

Bertrand may very well be a small "g" god.

Black Pope ponders starting a new religion

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Post by Bertrand » Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:25 pm

Won't that upset your real boss, the big "G" God?

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Post by my wife hates me » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:21 am

Black Pope wrote:...Black Pope ponders starting a new religion
The Semi-Holy Church of Lux

The Anti-Holy Church of Lux

The "Black-Pope-Gonna-Bitch-Smack-Yer-Noob-Ass-All-Over-This-Mutha" Holy Church of Lux

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