From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13647 invoked by alias); 13 Dec 2003 11:08:51 -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 13638 invoked from network); 13 Dec 2003 11:08:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp14.fre.skanova.net) (195.67.227.31) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 13 Dec 2003 11:08:50 -0000 Received: from [212.181.162.155] (h155n1fls24o1048.bredband.comhem.se [212.181.162.155]) by smtp14.fre.skanova.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBDB8NMw006523; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:08:24 +0100 (CET) X-Sender: u22611592@m1.226.comhem.se Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20031213080734.GS1378@adlp.org> References: <20031207181259.GG1378@adlp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:02:00 -0000 To: bboett@adlp.org From: Hans Ronne Subject: Re: fighters fighting without ammo Cc: xconq7@sources.redhat.com X-SW-Source: 2003/txt/msg01024.txt.bz2 >On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 11:40:12PM -0500, Eric McDonald wrote: >Hi Eric >> Ammo can represent different things to different targets, and >> Xconq can actually deal with this via the 'hit-by' table. In fact, > ah true true, forgot that one indeed! > >> I think we still have quite a ways to go before we reach that >> stage, but I certainly look forward to that day. The AI is >> certainly my highest priority in the post-7.5 landscape. >that would be way cool :D The main problem with the mplayer is that it focuses on territory (theaters) rather than on enemy units. I think an AI that goes for the jugular, i.e. attacks all enemy units within sight would be much meaner. One easy way to achieve this is to extend the default unit tactical-range, which is where the action-reaction code takes over. Right now it is set to 4 cells, which means that the AI will attack anything that comes within 4 cells of one of its units. This could easily be changed to 20 cells, for example. I think there would be a negative effect on performance, but I haven't tested this rigourously. Hans