From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11952 invoked by alias); 5 Sep 2004 19:43:03 -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 11941 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2004 19:43:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail1.panix.com) (166.84.1.72) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 5 Sep 2004 19:43:02 -0000 Received: from panix5.panix.com (panix5.panix.com [166.84.1.5]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D51A94871E; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:42:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kingdon@localhost) by panix5.panix.com (8.11.6p2-a/8.8.8/PanixN1.1) id i85Jgqt03144; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 15:42:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 19:52:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200409051942.i85Jgqt03144@panix5.panix.com> From: Jim Kingdon To: xconq7@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <20040905170142.67111.qmail@web13124.mail.yahoo.com> (message from Elijah Meeks on Sun, 5 Sep 2004 10:01:42 -0700 (PDT)) Subject: Re: Feature Request: Advance Prohibits Advance References: <20040905170142.67111.qmail@web13124.mail.yahoo.com> X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01117.txt.bz2 > 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. . . . That's why I'd like firm a > shut-off like advance-prohibits-advance. Maybe a shut-off which affects the AI, not the referee code. Similar to what we've been talking about in general - ways to manually hint the AI in cases where it isn't (yet?) smart enough to figure out the situation for itself.