Pluggable skirmish AI

Post by **jcnossen** » 10 Jun 2005, 01:47

Since I've seen a few people say that they want to make a global AI (I'm one of them), I was wondering, are there any plans to make the global/skirmish AI loaded from a dll? This will make distributing the AIs easier, as you don't have to include spring.exe
Such a system could even allow different AI's playing against each other on the same engine.

[K.B.] Napalm Cobra · Post by **[K.B.] Napalm Cobra** » 10 Jun 2005, 02:17

AI's are already in dll form.
The global AI code theoretically allows for ai to fight each other.

Please read some of the other posts. Its not like theres many in this particular forum, and some even have helpful titles.

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 10 Jun 2005, 03:49

Speaking of which, I wonder whether it would be possible to use the spawn AI to spawn units for two non player sides, and have player as watcher (or just have them hide their comm), so that you can choreograph massive battles between AI's.

At the very least it would be good for balancing testing purposes.
(ie: do 10 of this unit defeat 1 of this unit based on costs, etc)

Post by **jcnossen** » 10 Jun 2005, 13:38

AI's are already in dll form.
The global AI code theoretically allows for ai to fight each other.

Global AI's aren't even made yet, you're talking about Group AIs, I'm talking about global AI's.

Please read some of the other posts. Its not like theres many in this particular forum, and some even have helpful titles.

I have read most of the other posts in this forum before I posted here. By coincidence I have skipped over the few posts in the interface thread that indicated DLLs.
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AF · Post by AF » 10 Jun 2005, 16:22

Ah well nto every AI thread is int he AI forum. Will someone get round to moving the 4 TAI threads and the 2/3 AI threads Triaxx started along with that skirmishment thread. They're all in general discussion if you wanna find thm.

Triaxx2 · Post by **Triaxx2** » 10 Jun 2005, 20:09

Just two of them. But you're right, we need an admin, or mod, or something like that. Maybe we could swear some?

[K.B.] Napalm Cobra · Post by **[K.B.] Napalm Cobra** » 11 Jun 2005, 02:09

Zaphod wrote:
AI's are already in dll form.
The global AI code theoretically allows for ai to fight each other.
Global AI's aren't even made yet, you're talking about Group AIs, I'm talking about global AI's.

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The global AI is just a modification of the group AI, it will be in dll form.

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Pluggable skirmish AI

Pluggable skirmish AI