Spring RTS Engine

This sounds exactly like what I've been waiting for. If the AI drawing has been fixed, I can finally debug my building placement algorithm. I know this is probably a silly question, but is there a test build available somewhere that I could pluck off the web and use, or should I go ahead and try to ...

I've had this issue in the past, and I believe the problem was that the commander itself was blocking the build site. Try moving the commander away a bit before building and see if it helps. Of course, if so, there's a bug in either the canBuildAt or the algorithm that handles the actual building sh...

As far as I know there is no such function.

It's probably best to keep track of what commands you've given to each unit, then select one without orders to give new orders to.

So, drawing through the AI is broken then? That is most unfortunate.
I think I'll try visualizing my data the way JKPAI does it, through Java Swing. If that doesn't work, I'll give the gadgets and widgets a try.

Thanks all.

Hey all, Currently I am trying to debug my AI's handling of resource spots. To that end, it would be incredibly useful to be able to see where it thinks the resource locations are on the map, as well as the distance from the unit's location. I have jot down a bit of code that issues a AddPointDrawAI...

I'm working on a Java AI. Still quite some ways from being usable though.

Actually, along similar lines, I was thinking that some kind of AI middleware could be quite interesting, so that not every AI has to write its own pathfinder, mapping algorithms and so on... Obviously, I'd most prefer such a middleware to be Java-based ;-) but it's all good... I'm working on a Jav...

Thanks for posting the solution. I can use this. :)

At the time of my initial post, that function did not exist yet. In fact, I believe it was added (partially) as a result of this discussion.

Obviously, I'm using it now, though I've been working on my own method of finding the resource spots, with mixed results.

No information is ever useless. Worst it can be is superfluous. There's always some kind of use for any type of information.

I was gonna ask for that, but kept forgetting. :) Knowing the result of a game could be used for learning purposes.

To me, the game knowing what frame it's at seems fairly logical, but since I have zero knowledge of the internal workings of the callback, I'm quite ready to believe you if you say it isn't so. From a developers point if view, it seems like a waste of effort to have to duplicate the code to keep tra...

I notice that game.getCurrentFrame() has been marked deprecated. What're we supposed to use instead? Use the frame that you get in the update call :) It's valid for all subsequent events, until the next update call. I have a situation in which I want to know which frame we're at the moment the obje...

During some of my own tests, I noticed this in the outlog file: User exited java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Structure class com.springrts.ai.event.ReleaseAIEvent has unknown size (ensure all fields are public) at com.sun.jna.Structure.calculateSize(Structure.java:718) at com.sun.jna.Structure.al...

I notice that game.getCurrentFrame() has been marked deprecated. What're we supposed to use instead?

The version I'm using is the latest I grabbed from the buildbot: the installer spring_0.79.0-626-gb1d7ec1.exe.

It seems to have a package com.clan_sy.spring.ai as well as com.springrts.ai.

In the latest Java interface version (the one I got from Buildserv just now) seems to have replaced unitCreated(Unit unit, int builder) with unitCreated(Unit unit). Is this deliberate? If so, why?

The method could be interesting if you want to design a 'helper' AI. As in, an AI that takes general orders from a human player, like 'attack' or 'defend this position.' You would want to see which units are available, and not currently in use by the human player before trying to do something with t...

If you extends AbstractOOAI (or just implement OOAI) you can keep a list of units using the unitCreated() method. Just keep a map of unit ID's to unit's by keeping track of the units that are created and destroyed. (Use unitCreated() and unitDestroyed()). Note that this only works for friendly units...

Shameless plug: you may want to have a look at http://springrts.com/wiki/AIWrapper:ModularAI, which makes it even easier to handle units...