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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Combat intelligence </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:47:52 -0700</LI>
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On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:32:11 -0700
J C Lawrence<claw#under,engr.sgi.com> wrote:
> A while ago we discussed making NPC's more intelligent combat
> opponents. Many good ideas were sucked out of thumbs. I don't
> recall any structured or rigorously duplicable techniques comeing up
> however. I've long suspect that the makers of DOOM-esque bloodbaths
> weren't so undisciplined.
> Look at the top graphic at the following page:
> URL:<A HREF="http://crack.crack.com/games/golgotha/screenshots/">http://crack.crack.com/games/golgotha/screenshots/</A>
I just noticed that I embedded the above graphic in the middle of this
message (urk!), rather than at the end, so those of you without fully
MIME-capable readers may have lost the following text:
> The caption reads:
> "This shows our strategy test program for computer AI. The blue
> circles are areas the computer tries to defend/take over. The
> colored regions represent areas near the strategy points. Lines show
> which points can defend/attack other points. This is used for long
> term strategy planning, rather than immediate path solving. Some
> paths are one-way because you can go down a hill, but not
> necessarily up it, making hill tops more advantageous.
> Have you ever thought of mapping the topology of your MUD world and
> analysing it against any of a number of the standard tactical
> metrics and *then* pumping that into the combat brains for your
> Midgarrd FIDO?
> Per the screen shots it also seems that Golgotha has also handled
> much of the problem of handling large unbounded spaces in a
> DOOM-style game, tho I also note that most of the timestamps seem to
> be in September of last year.
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J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 30 Jun 1998, 21:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01256" HREF="msg01256.html">[MUD-Dev] Combat intelligence</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01257" HREF="msg01257.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Combat intelligence</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01267" HREF="msg01267.html">[MUD-Dev] Combat intelligence</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01268" HREF="msg01268.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Combat intelligence</A></strong>,
Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Tue 30 Jun 1998, 17:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01254" HREF="msg01254.html">[MUD-Dev] RP definitional structure</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 29 Jun 1998, 21:35 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01252" HREF="msg01252.html">[MUD-Dev] You think users won't number crunch and statistise your MUD?</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 29 Jun 1998, 20:56 GMT
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