Edwin P. Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Originally posted by pzgndr: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> Are any major improvements to the strategic AI planned? Yes, but ... It's going to be a while before much happens. Not clear at this point what exactly that may be. I'm sure Hubert has his programming ideas, and he's fully aware of the demand for a more robust AI. It's just too soon to say. As I see it from my limited perspective, there are at least three parts to the AI puzzle. One part is the generic multi-level fuzzy-logic AI that is more or less hardwired into the code and needs to be flexible enough to accomodate not only SC2 but all of those other custom games folks are going to create. So there will probably be some tradeoffs between the "ideal" for SC2 and "other" games. We'll have to accept that. Part two is the new scripted AI events we will be able to edit, and that is the biggest planned improvement. What format those will be and what capablities/limitations there may be between our scripts and the generic AI engine remain to be seen. I'm hoping we CAN include many of the various proposals to get the AI to behave in cunning and nefarious ways. Part three would be the various FoW game options that help the AI behave smarter (or at least help compensate for known weaknesses WITHOUT cheating or unfair advantages like +2! Experience). There are probably other aspects to consider as well, like how to get the AI to "think" about long-term research and diplomacy and such. Rest assured these are all on the radar screen. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best. </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin P. Posted April 30, 2004 Author Share Posted April 30, 2004 I would like to see the AI use more than one strategy to defend France. Currently it will never disband units to purchase an HQ, additional corps, or an armor unit. It will never evacuate units to England or Egypt. Its carriers will never attack Ireland to gain experience before engaging the German army. Nor will it ever have a land unit waiting offsure of Bergan to take the city with Norway falls to the Axis. It will never use the UK and French Fleets to destroy the German Baltic Fleet or the Italian Fleet while the Axis is engaged elsewhere. Perhaps it needs to choose from a selected group of strategies: 1. Destroy Italian Navy - All Allied Ships sail to the Med prepared to engage and sink the Italian fleet before returning to the British Isles ---IF Italian Fleet Destroyed > THEN 2 or 3 Ships remain in the Med to sink any Axis Transports approaching the Middle East the remaining ships return to guard the UK Isles. [ April 30, 2004, 01:33 PM: Message edited by: Edwin P. ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fischkopf Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 I agree, it would be nice for it to throw some in some suprises. Carriers attacking Ireland is pretty gamey though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 The A.I. should be able to lay plans for encirclements and traps so that it will be able to destroy enemy units, not just go after cities and whatever is in the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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