From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26053 invoked by alias); 5 Sep 2004 17:11:47 -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 26043 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2004 17:11:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO rwcrmhc13.comcast.net) (204.127.198.39) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 5 Sep 2004 17:11:46 -0000 Received: from [192.168.181.128] (c-67-172-156-222.client.comcast.net[67.172.156.222]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2004090517114001500sif9pe>; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:11:45 +0000 Message-ID: <413B48C5.8080608@phy.cmich.edu> Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 19:43:00 -0000 From: Eric McDonald User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (Windows/20040626) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Elijah Meeks CC: Xconq list Subject: Re: Feature Request: Advance Prohibits Advance References: <20040905164141.65066.qmail@web13124.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040905164141.65066.qmail@web13124.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01116.txt.bz2 Elijah Meeks wrote: > 1) It's more complicated. Not having seen the code, I > don't know how much, but a simple shut-off switch > would, I think be straightforward. You are possibly right in this regard. I'll think some more about it. >It would also > allow the game designer to simulate much of what > you're talking about, he'd just have to create a few > more techs, so that you're getting the same tech, only > cheaper, I see. So are you going to race Lincoln to 10000 advances to win an additional donut? :-) > 2) The AI doesn't choose research very well. Really, > this is for the AI, because a player will probably > focus, anyway, while the AI will choose its research > haphazardly and I wouldn't be surprised to see it > short-circuiting by researching an almost-infinite-rp > tech. Ah ha. Trying to make the AI look like it has a brain? That is also the mark of a seasoned Xconq developer. > Of course, if I'm wrong about these points, which is a > decent possibility given my lack of familiarity with > the research or AI code, then by all means I'd prefer > a more featured implementation. No. I think you made valid points. You are the one actually using advances. Like I said, I have barely touched the stuff. I'll think some more about it. But, right now, I am about to add support for prefix args to the SDL interface. Eric