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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Combat intelligence</H1>
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<LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI>
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<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 16:32:11 -0700</LI>
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<PRE>
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>
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<P>Screenshot of tactical map</P>
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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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<LI><strong><A NAME="01274" HREF="msg01274.html">[MUD-Dev] Rules of the game: How Long Till You Die</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 30 Jun 1998, 21:10 GMT
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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
<LI><strong><A NAME="01270" HREF="msg01270.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: roleplaying farmers?</A></strong>,
Mike L Kesl <a href="mailto:mlkesl#cpinternet,com">mlkesl#cpinternet,com</a>, Tue 30 Jun 1998, 18:38 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01262" HREF="msg01262.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: the why of online worlds.</A></strong>,
cat <a href="mailto:cat#bga,com">cat#bga,com</a>, Tue 30 Jun 1998, 02:53 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01256" HREF="msg01256.html">[MUD-Dev] Combat intelligence</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 29 Jun 1998, 23:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01257" HREF="msg01257.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Combat intelligence</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 29 Jun 1998, 23:48 GMT
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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>,
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