Can bots read the .luxb file of the current map?

[SunTzu]

Is there a way for the bot to read the .luxb file of the current map?

[GregM]

If you know the name of the map you're playing, you can do it like this:

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File agentDir = new File(board.getAgentPath());
File supportDir = agentDir.getParent();
File boardsDir = new File(supportDir, "Boards");
File savedDir = new File(themeDir, "Saved");
File desiredMapLuxb = new File(savedDir, "DesiredMap.luxb");

BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(desiredMapLuxb)); 

//Now you can read the file

Unfortunately I don't think its simple to tell what map you're playing. Perhaps Dustin will be nice and implement Board.getMapName() (and maybe Board.getMapVersion() too, while he's at it) but in the meantime I think you've got to resort to other methods.

One possibility is to compute a value for each map and then store the corresponding values for the maps you want to recognize. For example, you might compute your value by computing for each each country the product of its country ID, continent ID, and the ID's of all its neighbors and then summing all of these. Then, if you want to be able to recognize Classic, compute the value for Classic and code it into the bot.

What information can you get from the .luxb file that you can't get normally?

[SunTzu]

Thanks for the info Greg!

Any chance we can get the map name Dustin?

See here for more details on why I would want to read the .luxb file.

[dustin]

Board.getMapTitle() will give you a name for the map.