Cool AI's

[Lor Ty]

I have come up with the coolest idea for AI's. I got most of this from Perfect Dark's AI system for N64, and figured something out that can apply to Civ 3. First, you have your usual difficulty. Second, you can also customize their personality. There would be 2 categories in which you can combine the two traits in each one: City-building behavior and attitude. The first category would have expansionist and perfectionist. The second category would have war-like and peaceful. So you can have a peaceful perfectionist or an expansionist who loves wars. It's up to you. So what do you guys think?

[Andz83]

Hasn't this already been included in civ and civII

I mean there we had perfectionist/expansionist, agressiv/rational and civilized/militaristic behaviour. Isn't it the same?
[This message has been edited by Andz83 (edited June 10, 2000).]

[UltraSonix]

The perfectionist/expansionist thing's already in Civ2's rules.txt

But I have a slightly different view on AI - they should be in the form of script files, and the game would ship with default versions. It should be done like this so that players would then be able to customise the scripts or even write their own. I've said before that I hope the AI's would be so good that we'd be able to have a best AI contest, where people can desgin AIs and pitt them against each other, with the result hopefully being some enthralling contests.

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[Spekter@Home]

UltraSonix are you my unknown twin or something? We seem to agree on just about everything.

A tournament played only by AIs would be incredibly cool (provided the AIs were good enough). It would be like watching a customizable war movie.

Also, good documentation is a must. We need to understand how the AIs actually work to program a good one.

[Andz83]

Why must there be so many newbies at the civ3 forum but no veteran like me

[Lor Ty]

I'm not a newbie, I'm just dumb and never read rules or anything.

[Par4]

Your both from former British colonies that never got the heart to b*tch slap her majesty The US did, that's why Civ3 is being made here and not in the UK

More hillarious rantings from Par4

*rantings may not be hillarious to all cultures or people

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[OrangeSfwr]

It's ok Lor Ty, According to Andz you don't matter anyway, you're just a Chieftan. Oh wait, I'm only a warlord. Darn, don't read this post.

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[Par4]

Orange only 16 more posts then you become a prince I got 120 no wait after this post 119 to go

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[OrangeSfwr]

Thanks par, than Andz will see my posts and READ them and take them seriously.

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[Par4]

Orange don't forget us down here, if you do I might have to start posting in the off topic again to become a prince too. I don't like the off topic though...

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[OrangeSfwr]

I won't Par, Infact, I'd like to thank all the little Warlords, Chieftans, and Settlers like yourself who post stuff that I will no longer read or acknowledge now that I'm going to be a PRINCE and my ideas are so much better and more worth reading...

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[Adm.Naismith]

OrangeSfwr, where is the Forum Filter to See Only VIP's (Very Important Princes) messages?

I'm ready to set this on ASAP. Yes, I know I will stop to read my own messages too, but they are mostly meaningless anyway!

Back (almost) serius:
Ultrasonix, I'm really amazed every time people here suggest to make AI by scripts that player can program better than Firaxis default.

I mean, I always supposed good AI was a kind of Sacro Graal for any really smart programmer, but now I realize almost every Apolytoner know how to make it work very well, only they kept it as a secret!

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[UltraSonix]

Heh, Adm.Naismith, how do you suppose a person gets good at AI scripting. By test writing his/her own scripts, of course!

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[Par4]

I am forced to live with Firaxis default because I don't know how to code and am too lazy to learn. I hope they put good AI in.

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