bots and negative bonuses
bots and negative bonuses
I don't know whether it's been addressed before but it was real evident when I was testing Sparrow on the CastleInfinity map.
Is there anyway to get the bots to recognize a negative bonus as a bad thing? Sparrow likes to start with a small continent but on castle lux, it's a bridge. Which makes it a fatal flaw for this bot on maps with negative bonuses. I've noticed it with a few other bots. Other than that, sparrows strategy looks pretty sound.
Is there anyway to get the bots to recognize a negative bonus as a bad thing? Sparrow likes to start with a small continent but on castle lux, it's a bridge. Which makes it a fatal flaw for this bot on maps with negative bonuses. I've noticed it with a few other bots. Other than that, sparrows strategy looks pretty sound.
Dang, and everyone else, if you see Reaper doing something stupid with negative continents please tell me so I can fix him.
The logic is not obvious because you have to program the reverse of what you normally would do. Here is what I did in Reaper to handle negative continents:
- Refrain from popping it when someone has it;
- Never try to conquer it;
- Do not fortify it if I have it
The logic is not obvious because you have to program the reverse of what you normally would do. Here is what I did in Reaper to handle negative continents:
- Refrain from popping it when someone has it;
- Never try to conquer it;
- Do not fortify it if I have it
Yikes! Good find Dustin.dustin wrote:I think it's possible I've seen Reaper farm on negative continents. On the Borg map this can be a big no-no.
I looked in the code and Reaper does not check for negative continents before farming. If you have one and you tempt him with a weak border, he will stupidly farm it for you. He also forgets to check if he will end up with the continent after farming.
As a general strategy question, is it OK to farm a negative continent if nobody has it, and of course I will not have it after the move? Or is it better to avoid them like the plague?
Usually that's not too bad. But you might want to keep in mind many neg continents are a chain of just 2 countries (like in castle), so starting to walk down one could quickly become owning it.Bertrand wrote:As a general strategy question, is it OK to farm a negative continent if nobody has it, and of course I will not have it after the move? Or is it better to avoid them like the plague?
I always thought that most bots DO recognise negative bonuses, however they do not recognise just how high or low they might be. What I mean by that is that at the beginning of a game sometimes, a bot will go for a -25 bonus instead of -5 bonus (that is when the countries at the beginning of the game are selected).
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What Jedi mind tricks do use on these people that they actually want you to make Reaper HARDER.Father of all Evil wrote:...if you see Reaper doing something stupid with negative continents please tell me so I can fix him...
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Well, humans are like that, always sowing the seeds of their own destruction. That's why we like to play with atomic bombs, as an example....
I guess it's a love/hate relationship: a good AI is fun to play with when you win, and infuriating when he gets you.
You will like (or hate) the next version I am working on. He is much harder on large maps. Real soon now.
All your suggestions really help me, the more detailed the better.
I guess it's a love/hate relationship: a good AI is fun to play with when you win, and infuriating when he gets you.
You will like (or hate) the next version I am working on. He is much harder on large maps. Real soon now.
All your suggestions really help me, the more detailed the better.
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