From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16182 invoked by alias); 5 Sep 2004 19:52:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 16175 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2004 19:52:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp810.mail.sc5.yahoo.com) (66.163.170.80) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 5 Sep 2004 19:52:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (sampln@sbcglobal.net@67.123.174.46 with plain) by smtp810.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Sep 2004 19:52:56 -0000 Subject: Re: Feature Request: Advance Prohibits Advance From: Lincoln Peters To: Elijah Meeks Cc: Xconq list In-Reply-To: <20040905170142.67111.qmail@web13124.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040905170142.67111.qmail@web13124.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1094414090.4338.19769.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 19:58:00 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01118.txt.bz2 On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 10:01, Elijah Meeks wrote: > Points for referencing the weirdest cartoon of the > last half-century. Do you plan on creating > rocknrule.g after that? That's one I don't think I've seen. > > The problem here is when the AI decides to research > Arcane Focus and then wastes it's points researching > overly expensive Technology rather than the more > efficient Magic. I overcame this problem in Opal > (Where the AI would research every magic type rather > than, as I'd hoped, just one or two) by manually > shutting off all but two 'Schools of Magic'. > Otherwise, it shows remarkably poor choice in its > research selections. That's why I'd like firm a > shut-off like advance-prohibits-advance. I think that what we need here is a better AI. It should not be too difficult to at least improve the code that picks advances. I'll look into it. --- Lincoln Peters TAPPING? You POLITICIANS! Don't you realize that the END of the "Wash Cycle" is a TREASURED MOMENT for most people?!