A better RTS game AI, continued
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In my last entry I described how the AI can make sure his units arrive safely at destination (clear left and right stripes check) When it detects an obstacle calling in someone to remove it is not the only solution, another option is getting at the destination by another route. With that said I’ll jump to the problem of counter strike. When the other AI or human player strikes the AI in an undefended place ( because the AI combat units are far away somewhere on the map ) the solution is to attack one of the other AI or human player undefended expansions ( or even the main base), a poorly defended enemy location has to exist since his combat units are busy attacking you.
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In my last entry I described how the AI can make sure his units arrive safely at destination (clear left and right stripes check) When it detects an obstacle calling in someone to remove it is not the only solution, another option is getting at the destination by another route. With that said I’ll jump to the problem of counter strike. When the other AI or human player strikes the AI in an undefended place ( because the AI combat units are far away somewhere on the map ) the solution is to attack one of the other AI or human player undefended expansions ( or even the main base), a poorly defended enemy location has to exist since his combat units are busy attacking you.
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In my last entry I described how the AI can make sure his units arrive safely at destination (clear left and right stripes check) When it detects an obstacle calling in someone to remove it is not the only solution, another option is getting at the destination by another route. With that said I’ll jump to the problem of counter strike. When the other AI or human player strikes the AI in an undefended place ( because the AI combat units are far away somewhere on the map ) the solution is to attack one of the other AI or human player undefended expansions ( or even the main base), a poorly defended enemy location has to exist since his combat units are busy attacking you.
"Reserves". Having none is a major military blunder.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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The AI can cheat because it sees more. One has to dumb it down depending on the context.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Because the current AI players do a bad job at managing the combat units. The human player is better.
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"Reserves". Having none is a major military blunder.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
Yeah but we’re talking about a video game here. I think video games are closer to sports (dexterity challenge) than the real life thing they are simulating.