[solved] setting Questions for Single Player

kaiserbert · Post by **kaiserbert** » 27 Dec 2006, 20:00

How to start spring in singleplayer Modus?
Where are some Howtos to set the Game in Linux OS?

bye Bert

Post by **hollowsoul** » 27 Dec 2006, 20:04

https://taspring.clan-sy.com/wsvn/filed ... rev=0&sc=0

Is a sample of script.txt ( spring /path/to/script.txt )
Used to launch AI / Mod / Map etc.
Believe thats what you are looking for.

Other than that TASClient running in wine. AFlobby (not sure if it can start games)

Note will need to download a mod compatiable with AAI. (i.e AA)

kaiserbert · Post by **kaiserbert** » 27 Dec 2006, 21:57

first of all thanks for the quick reply,

where can i download the mods?

Post by **hollowsoul** » 27 Dec 2006, 22:21

http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8212

XTA mod is one. U will also need the base content zip aswell.

Note u will prob need the base content zip file for most TA look alike mods
This contains non-gpl work & legally u need to own Total Anihaltions.

Thus the reason of switching to Nanoblobs since its gpl for linux. Pitty no AI to support it in svn though :/

Also u can look @http://www.unknown-files.net/
For more mod's & map's

kaiserbert · Post by **kaiserbert** » 27 Dec 2006, 23:50

Thank you all i downloaded the XTA mod and installed that.

Therefore i have to edit the start script i think.
But this is not as easy as it was written before.

Can anybody help me?
Or give me an also ready script for single player or an Howto for setting up this?
Also i am not sure whether i put the XTA files in the right directory.
Do i have to put the XTAPE.sd7 file into the directory /path/to/springData/mods/ ? Or into the maps directory, because of the extension of this file ?

Here comes my one, which i think is faulty,

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//Send a file formated like this as the only command line argument to the spring executable
//All players must get the exact same file except MyPlayerNum (and possibly HostIP)
[GAME]
{
        Mapname=mars.smf;           //with .smf extension
        Gametype=XTAPE.sd7; //the primary mod archive
        StartMetal=1000;
        StartEnergy=1000;
        MaxUnits=500;       // per team
        StartPosType=x;     // 0 fixed, 1 random, 2 select in map
        GameMode=x;         // 0 cmdr dead->game continues, 1 cmdr dead->game ends
        LimitDgun=0;        // limit dgun to fixed radius around startpos?
        DiminishingMMs=0;   // diminish metal maker's metal production for every new one of them?
        DisableMapDamage=0; // disable map craters?
        GhostedBuildings=1; // ghost enemy buildings after losing los on them

        MaxSpeed=3;         // speed limits at game start
        MinSpeed=0.3;

        //Demofile=demo.sdf;  // if set this game is a multiplayer demo replay

        //HostIP=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
        //HostPort=xxx;       // usually 8452
        //SourcePort=0;       // set this if you want a different source port (as client)

        MyPlayerNum=x;      //only variable that should vary between different players

        NumPlayers=x;
        NumTeams=y;
        NumAllyTeams=z;

        // a player (player 0 is the host)
        [PLAYER0]
        {
                Name=player1;
                Spectator=0;
                Team=TEAM0;
                IsFromDemo=0;   // use only in combination with Demofile (see above)
        }
        //more players

        // players in this will share the same units (start with one commander etc)
        [TEAM0]
        {
                TeamLeader=player1;   // player number that is the "leader"
                AllyTeam=number;
                RgbColor=red green blue;  // red green blue in range [0-1]
                Side=Arm/Core;  // other sides possible with user mods i suppose
                Handicap=0-100; // Percent bonus on all resources collected ?
                AiDLL=file;     // If this line exists the team will have a global ai loaded from
                // the file, the teamleader field indicates which computer the ai will run on.
        }
        //more teams

        // teams in ally team share los etc and cant break alliance, every team must be in exactly one ally team
        [ALLYTEAM0]
        {
                NumAllies=0;
                Ally0=(AllyTeam number); //means that this team is allied with the other, not necesarily the reverse

                StartRectTop=0;    // Use these in combination with StartPosType=2
                StartRectLeft=0;   //   (ie. select in map)
                StartRectBottom=1; // range is 0-1: 0 is left or top edge,
                StartRectRight=1;  //   1 is right or bottom edge
        }
        //more ally teams

        //something for selecting which unit files to disable or restrict

        NumRestrictions=xx;

        [RESTRICT]
        {
                Unit0=armah;
                Limit0=0;       // use 0 for all units that should be completely disabled
                Unit1=corvp;
                Limit1=50;      // >0 can be used for limiting, like build restrictions in TA
                //...
        }
}

Post by **Kloot** » 28 Dec 2006, 02:06

Here is an example script that sets up an XTA skirmish between you and an AI on Mars:

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[GAME]
{
        Mapname=Mars.smf;
        Gametype=XTAPE.sd7;
        StartMetal=1000;
        StartEnergy=1000;
        MaxUnits=500;
        StartPosType=1;       // 0 fixed, 1 random, 2 select in map
        GameMode=0;           // 0 cmdr dead->game continues, 1 cmdr dead->game ends
        LimitDgun=0;
        DiminishingMMs=0;
        DisableMapDamage=0;
        GhostedBuildings=1;

        MaxSpeed=3;
        MinSpeed=0.3;

        MyPlayerNum=0;

        NumPlayers=2;
        NumTeams=2;
        NumAllyTeams=2;


        [PLAYER0]
        {
                Name=Player0;
                Spectator=0;
                Team=TEAM0;
        }
        [PLAYER1]
        {
                Name=Bot0;
                Spectator=0;
                Team=TEAM1;
        }

        [TEAM0]
        {
                TeamLeader=Player0;
                RgbColor=1 0 0;
                Side=Arm;
                Handicap=100;
                AllyTeam=0;
                AiDLL=YOUR_SPRING_DIRECTORY/AI/Bot-libs/AAI.so;
        }
        [TEAM1]
        {
                TeamLeader=Bot0;
                RgbColor=0 0 1;
                Side=Core;
                Handicap=100;
                AllyTeam=1;
        }

        [ALLYTEAM0]
        {
                NumAllies=0;
        }
        [ALLYTEAM1]
        {
                NumAllies=0;
        }
}

It doesn't matter where you put XTAPE.sd7, because Spring creates a mapping for each file into its own virtual filesystem (so you can put maps in /mods and mods in /maps if you're so inclined).

kaiserbert · Post by **kaiserbert** » 28 Dec 2006, 03:17

thank you for your script.

I changed the line,
AiDLL=/usr/local/games/spring/taspring_0.74b1/game/AI/Bot-libs/AAI.so;
But he crashes before he shows the surface of the world.
The error is in German,
Speicherzugriffsfehler
and in Englisch,
segmentation fault

bye Bert

Post by **Kloot** » 28 Dec 2006, 15:00

Sorry, the [RESTRICT] section was using old XTA unit names. It's fixed now.

kaiserbert · Post by **kaiserbert** » 28 Dec 2006, 17:30

Thanks,

now i can play, but i still get an error ingame,
"AAI not properly initialized, please view ai log for further information"

The AAI do nothing. It still stands at it start position, unitl i come
and attack it, then the Game crashes.

Any Idea?

bye Bert

kaiserbert · Post by **kaiserbert** » 28 Dec 2006, 19:58

Last time i did play the Game runs fine but the AII builds only two solar-energy-producers. And then i kill him but without crash.

Therfore i renamed the
/usr/local/games/spring/taspring_0.74b1/AI/AAI/cfg/mod/xtape.cfg
to
/usr/local/games/spring/taspring_0.74b1/AI/AAI/cfg/mod/XTAPE.cfg

Is there a other way to get an intelligent AAI Opponent or a learning Opponent?

bye Bert

AF · Post by AF » 28 Dec 2006, 20:00

Would anybody consider tryign to compile NTaiToolkit in mono? If you cna do it I'll put up NTai source code

kaiserbert · Post by **kaiserbert** » 28 Dec 2006, 20:21

I am not a Dev.
But maybe i can help, plz explain me what is NTaiToolkit in mono ?

Is this AI code ?

AF · Post by AF » 28 Dec 2006, 21:05

You read:

Would anybody consider trying to compile "NTaiToolkit in mono"?

I meant

Would anybody consider trying to compile "NTaiToolkit" in mono?

mono is a well known .Net runtime for linux

NTai Toolkit is a C# program to build NTai configs.

I bid you go read the other 95% of this forum, especially the AI forum oh noes afterall it does seem to be more promising for an AI question than say the Linux forum.

Post by **Kloot** » 28 Dec 2006, 21:14

AF: sure, that shouldn't be a problem provided it doesn't use anything from System.Windows and System.Drawing.

AF · Post by AF » 28 Dec 2006, 21:17

hmm, wonder whats in there.

Post by **Kloot** » 28 Dec 2006, 21:38

This and this mainly.

Spring RTS Engine

[solved] setting Questions for Single Player

[solved] setting Questions for Single Player