Joshua

[martin]

Gogo triple post! I gave up on trying to write the bot in C# a while a go, I don't know enough C++ or Lua to be able to get sockets or pipes working. So, today, I started learning Lua (it was a really boring double lecture at 9am, what better time to teach myself a new language?). It's actually not a bad language, although it gives you plenty of leeway to write really crap code

I've started laying out a nice modular framework for Joshua, I've rewritten the city survey code, and deleted the crappy forces deployment code that I had in there before.

First problem I have encountered, all cities seem to have a population of 4 million, anyone else getting that?

[Ace Rimmer]

... although it gives you plenty of leeway to write really crap code

Wha? This is probably the only reason I can do anything with the bot. :p

First problem I have encountered, all cities seem to have a population of 4 million, anyone else getting that?

I'll check, haven't done anything with population before except with existing whiteboard funtions (e.g., lat, long / pop)

That tells me (the different circle/square sizes based on population) that it 'works'.

[martin]

... although it gives you plenty of leeway to write really crap code

Wha? This is probably the only reason I can do anything with the bot. :p

Well the code isn't object oriented, it's prototype based, which isn't bad, but newbies coders are gonna ignore that and write a procedural program, which will be horrible to maintain after a while

First problem I have encountered, all cities seem to have a population of 4 million, anyone else getting that?

I'll check, haven't done anything with population before except with existing whiteboard funtions (e.g., lat, long / pop)

That tells me (the different circle/square sizes based on population) that it 'works'.

I draw circles around citites too, and they're all the same size, even though they're based on pop. I printed out the populations of all cities in my table, and they are definately all 4million.

[Ace Rimmer]

Which version of the Lua API are you using? The new 0.3?

[martin]

I have no idea, how do I find out?

[Ace Rimmer]

Well, I still have both folders and zip files, which are labeled. The main.lu file is the only place I know to really look as there's no version indication.

version 0.2:

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-- Make require look in this folder
package.path = [[AI\luabot\?.lua;"]] .. package.path

version 0.3:

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-- Make require look in this folder for .lua files
package.path = debug.getinfo(1, "S").source:match[[^@?(.*[\/])[^\/]-$]] .."?.lua;".. package.path

[martin]

I have

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package.path = [[AI\luabot\?.lua;"]] .. package.path

Which I guess means I'm using the old version

Do you have a handy link to the download for the latest version?

[Ace Rimmer]

I thought you subscribed to the mailing list?

Here you go.

Also, I'm pretty sure it worked correctly in 0.3. O_o I'll try to test it a bit later and see what it says for me.

[martin]

I do, I'd forgotten all about that.

Thanks, I'll give this a go and see what happens...

EDIT::

Tried that, bot still runs fine, but cities still all have4 mil population. Was a new version of the defcon bot executable ever release? If so, then I guess I might have an outdated version of the game itself? :s

[Ace Rimmer]

Tried that, bot still runs fine, but cities still all have4 mil population. Was a new version of the defcon bot executable ever release? If so, then I guess I might have an outdated version of the game itself? :s

Not that I'm aware of. I'll try it now; I think I have a free moment. I'll post in just a minute.

Edit: Silly me, I completely forgot about my psuedo targeting code, which works already (both 0.2 and 0.3)

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   local allCities = GetCityIDs()
   local us = GetOwnTeamID()
   for i, city in ipairs(allCities) do
      local pop = city:GetCityPopulation()
      if city:GetTeamID() == us then
         table.insert(myCities, city)
      else
         table.insert(enemyCities, city)
         if pop >= 2500001 then
            table.insert(targetCities, city)
         end
      end
   end

SendChat(#targetCities) has been telling me 19 cities for quite some time (which is less than 25).

Either way, test results with 0.2:

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            table.insert(targetCities, city)
         end
      end
      SendChat(pop)
   end

Do you have a setting in the advanced settings menu changed or a command line argument changing the populations/city arrangement?

[martin]

Ok, using a default game mode and default score mode, I am launching with special command line options as far as I can see. I started a game with me as a player (no bot, except default ones). All cities show 4.0M population when I hover over them...

EDIT:: Well well well, I copied across the dat files from my full copy of defcon, and the bot version has correct city numbers. I wonder how I broke that :/

[Ace Rimmer]

Screenshot? I really don't believe it.

Edit: Never mind then.

[roflamingo]

Martin -

If you were in LUA then the 3 of us can collaborate Ace and I have already done a lot of code compare as you can see and we both have made some decent progress.

Still no combat yet. I am trying to write from Defcon 5 forward; Ace has skipped ahead to other more violent parts of the game

I would like to combine code streams with others, to help unite goals and collaborate on ideas to generate a working bot faster.

[Ace Rimmer]

I haven't really skipped ahead, I'm just working in 'parts'. :p

That is placement first (thought I had worked that out, but obviously not ), movement next, then combat. I just had an itch to scratch with regard to launching, so I tried to implement that bit too.

[roflamingo]

I haven't really skipped ahead, I'm just working in 'parts'. :p

That is placement first (thought I had worked that out, but obviously not ), movement next, then combat. I just had an itch to scratch with regard to launching, so I tried to implement that bit too.

Just joshin' ya...but you raise an interesting point. Having the bot react and play defensive is one thing...having it plan out multipronged naval strategies is the really hard part for me. I can't wrap my head around how to really kick that off in simple bite-sized pieces.