1942 Scenario & AI

[Edwin P.]

In Sc1 the AI will never use the strategies favored by humans to win.

Why not give the AI a chance to know these strategies and the fuzzy logic to employ them?

Example:

Human Axis will often withdraw German units and excess Italian units from North Africa to Europe and so they can be used on the Eastern Front.

So:

Green - 0% AI Knows this strategy

Beginner - 50% AI knows this strategy

Expert - 100% AI knows this strategy and may use it.

Simarily, the Allies will often send their Navy to the Med after Brest falls to the Allies.

Green - 0% AI Knows this strategy

Beginner - 50% AI knows this strategy

Expert - 100% AI knows this strategy and may use it.

Likewise the Human Western Allied player will often operate all air units to the UK to support his D-Day invasion of France.

Green - 0% AI knows this strategy

Beginner - 50% Ai knows this strategy

Expert - 100% AI knows this strategy

Thus at higher AI levels the AI will have a wider range of options for its fuzzy logic to consider.

Example:

At Beginner the Western Allied AI may know:

1. Withdraw Air Fleets to UK

and not know

1. Send Navy to Med.

Thus the Fuzzy logic will say:

IF Goal is D-Day then - Withdraw Air Fleets to UK

[ January 07, 2006, 09:07 AM: Message edited by: Edwin P. ]

[Edwin P.]

Moreover, the AI needs to be able to select a stragegy that will guide its actions. As the AI gets more intelligent it should know of more strategies and offer a less predictable game.

Example: 1942 Scenario Allied Western Allied Strategies

1. D-Day Invasion of France

2. Liberate Nordic Countries

3. Control North Africa

4. Invade Sicily

Beginner AI may only know the D-Day strategy.

While the Expert AI may select from all 4.

Select D-Day Invasion of France

This leads to:

1. Operate Air Untis to UK

2. Take Brest Strategy after US builds HQ unit

Select Control North Africa Strategy

This leads to:

1. Move UK Fleets to Staging Area off Gibraltar

2. Move Transports to Staging Area behind Fleets

3. Move to Take either: Sicily or Italian Libya or Engage forces attackig Egypt from behind.

[ January 07, 2006, 01:41 PM: Message edited by: Edwin P. ]