tllotpfkamvpe wrote:This bot made properley, will be almost unbeatable
The whole idea of this AI api is to let players create their own unbeatable bots, and pit them against each other.
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Does the bot know what county the other player picked? ( to make it easier to direct the scouting )
The whole idea of this AI api is to let players create their own unbeatable bots, and pit them against each other.
The whole idea of this AI api is to let players create their own unbeatable bots, and pit them against each other.
"Surely you didn't mean to press that button just then did you?"
"No, nor will i disarm the nukes."
"Oh well, I will have my Fighters shoot them down."
"Sure you will."
"Oh NOES, ITS BEEN PATCHED!!!"
"No, nor will i disarm the nukes."
"Oh well, I will have my Fighters shoot them down."
"Sure you will."
"Oh NOES, ITS BEEN PATCHED!!!"
LordSturm wrote:Does the bot know what county the other player picked? ( to make it easier to direct the scouting )tllotpfkamvpe wrote:This bot made properley, will be almost unbeatable
The whole idea of this AI api is to let players create their own unbeatable bots, and pit them against each other.
As Sfericz said, yes the bot can know. However Joshua works in a slightly different way - it surveys the entire globe and builds a map of territories/oceans/land etc - so it can work on non default maps
And I'll be happy when Joshua beats a high ranking human, then I can enter him into the 1v1 defcon ladder
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Here's my 5 cents, but that depends on whether it would be possible for AI to spot incoming AA fire.
If the answer is yes, then it would be very easy for the AI to 'figure out' where exactly enemy silo is located and organize a perfect 'beam' attack to nuke the silo yet invisible.
A human can spend 3 to 5 fighters to 'triangulate' enemy silo's position. If its lucky, AI can spend 0-1 fighter to do the same.
Also I'd recommended writing a 'quality' function that will determine target priority for nukes. It should work the same way as in chess. Some logic calculates the 'current quality' and then evaluates the quality after the move. Add the probability of nuke being shot down to this. Should add to the scoreboard when time comes to nuking cities.
And if you're making an invincible bot the finest aspect of it should be the timing. It should take advantage of perfectly calculated bomber approach times, nuke launches, etc to make sure that every nuke would count. This is what defcon is about, after all - making every nuke count.
If the answer is yes, then it would be very easy for the AI to 'figure out' where exactly enemy silo is located and organize a perfect 'beam' attack to nuke the silo yet invisible.
A human can spend 3 to 5 fighters to 'triangulate' enemy silo's position. If its lucky, AI can spend 0-1 fighter to do the same.
Also I'd recommended writing a 'quality' function that will determine target priority for nukes. It should work the same way as in chess. Some logic calculates the 'current quality' and then evaluates the quality after the move. Add the probability of nuke being shot down to this. Should add to the scoreboard when time comes to nuking cities.
And if you're making an invincible bot the finest aspect of it should be the timing. It should take advantage of perfectly calculated bomber approach times, nuke launches, etc to make sure that every nuke would count. This is what defcon is about, after all - making every nuke count.
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For now yes he is, I'm afraid I got distracted by exams, and now I'm working with people from uni on a game which we're aiming to sell - so this got pushed waaaay down my priority queue!
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I might be interested in picking this up.. Or at least use some of the advice and design derrived from this thread.
Being currently unemployed leaves me with time on my hands, and I have a long history with programming games. Not to mention I love wargames and Defcon
I plan using Java for my bot, as I'm fluent in Java and imo it allows access to far more resources. I find it silly to think that a Skynet grade AI would be confined to a scripting language on a single cpu
I'll start a new thread here when I get the framework setup and running. Any name suggestions ?
Being currently unemployed leaves me with time on my hands, and I have a long history with programming games. Not to mention I love wargames and Defcon
I plan using Java for my bot, as I'm fluent in Java and imo it allows access to far more resources. I find it silly to think that a Skynet grade AI would be confined to a scripting language on a single cpu
I'll start a new thread here when I get the framework setup and running. Any name suggestions ?
Feel free to steal the name Joshua if you like 
He was/is going to be java too, since I like the idea of having a continuous thread making decisions and then defcon simply picking up state changes every time it ticks.
Any design/programming help I can give will be freely given - I have time to help with a bot just not to lead designing my own and building it!
He was/is going to be java too, since I like the idea of having a continuous thread making decisions and then defcon simply picking up state changes every time it ticks.
Any design/programming help I can give will be freely given - I have time to help with a bot just not to lead designing my own and building it!
GENERATION 22:The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.
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It is at the moment, but I've been investigating scripting languages recently, and I need to learn LUA before I can properly compare them. So I may put some work into this again soon ish
GENERATION 22:The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.
Joshua lives!
I've just got the javabot sample working, so I'm going to be playing with that. I'm considering making a C# API version for Joshua, obviously I would release that for others to use
Project Gamma has a competitor
Update
So I've been playing with named pipes, the idea being I write a bit in C++ which simply sends events down a named pipe, and listens for commands on the same pipe. Then I can write the bot in C# which is a language I'm more familiar with. Problem is, I know essentially no C++, and named pipes are pretty complex, are there any more experienced coders out there who would be willing to help with just the named pipes part?
I've just got the javabot sample working, so I'm going to be playing with that. I'm considering making a C# API version for Joshua, obviously I would release that for others to use
Project Gamma has a competitor
Update
So I've been playing with named pipes, the idea being I write a bit in C++ which simply sends events down a named pipe, and listens for commands on the same pipe. Then I can write the bot in C# which is a language I'm more familiar with. Problem is, I know essentially no C++, and named pipes are pretty complex, are there any more experienced coders out there who would be willing to help with just the named pipes part?
GENERATION 22:The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.
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