AI development questions

[niektb]

Hi everyone,

I just started programming AI's, but as I try to understand the working of the currently existing AI's, there are a few questions raising:

1. Which functions in the API are required for the AI to work properly? (e.g. gamestate etc.)

2. All AI's use a plan-queue-system. Are there other systems possible?

3. Why are the AI's stateless and is this required?

Glad there is a forum over here.

Regards,

Niek

Edited July 23, 2013 by niektb

[wraitii]

1. Technically, none. However the common-api (all versions) provide a few custom classes and a few basic functions.

A function called "HandleMessage" will be called every turn (with the game state as a parameter, and optionally the shared component). You can check this in the file base.js in any common-api (though v3 uses the shared component which makes this slightly more complicated).

2.Yes, if you can make one work.

3.Because they weren't designed that way. It isn't required.

[niektb]

Could someone please rewrite scaredybot for APIv3?

Using APIv3 instead of v1, I tried to make scaredybot train a villager, but it gives me a bunch of errors that sharedAI is not defined in base.js (line 51).

Am I not permitted to upload .js files???

[wraitii]

niektb: common-api-v3 is not really designed to be used without the shared script at the moment (it's a little buggy). You can try setting "useShared": true in data.json, that might fix those errors.

[niektb]

To all JS-programmers: It might be useful to use jshint as debugger in stead of the one included in the game. (Or in combination with)

Edited July 24, 2013 by niektb

[niektb]

Okay, I downgraded my AI to v2 but now I get an comparable error, namely that _entities[id] is undefined at line 226 from base.js

This is my current code:

function NiBotAI(settings)
{
	BaseAI.call(this, settings);
	this.turn = 0;
}

NiBotAI.prototype = new BaseAI();

NiBotAI.prototype.OnUpdate = function() {
	if (this.gameFinished){
		return;
	}
	this.turn++;
};

What is wrong?

Second question:

Is there a way to reload scripts, so I don't have to reload the save game every time?

[gameboy]

About the upcoming new version of Aegis AI, when released?

Is it this week?, Or next week?

[zoot]

About the upcoming new version of Aegis AI, when released?

Is it this week?, Or next week?

When it's done.

[RedFox]

When it's done.

When it's done.™

[niektb]

About the upcoming new version of Aegis AI, when released?

Is it this week?, Or next week?

Wraitii is currently rewriting lots of code in Aegis AI.

http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17144&pid=271828&st=20entry271828

Edited July 25, 2013 by niektb

[wraitii]

nietkb: this is a bit baffling to me. Does qBot work when you start it?

Also: I know of no way to reload AIs live.

[niektb]

After updating and rebuilding the solution everything goes fine, though it gives a warning. Where do I find an error log?

Hmm...

When I'm scanning with JSHint through APIv3 I get several errors like the following:

In Shared.js:

- 356,9: 'for each' is only available in Mozilla JavaScript extensions (use moz option).

In map-module.js:

- 5,1: 'const' is only available in JavaScript 1.7.

Is this known?

P.S. How do I send in a patch? (I've fixed several typographic errors in APIv3 like missing semicolons etc.)

Edit: patch attached. Wriattii's patch from APIv3 is also inside.

APIv3.patch

Edited July 26, 2013 by niektb

[gameboy]

Is it an error can not be resolved? :unknw: :unknw:

[niektb]

Is it an error can not be resolved? :unknw: :unknw:

Which one do you mean?

[Nolanjoker]

he talk about a issue related to Aegis Bot.

[wraitii]

nietkb: those warning are actually normal, we're using spidermonkey and thus it supports stuff like "for each" (though I usually avoid it as it tends to be slow). I'll check your patch.

[gameboy]

@wraitii:Also: 'I know of no way to reload AIs live.'

BTW:Is this error can not be repaired? About Aegis AI Bot.

BTW2: Is this problem no one can solve it?

I'm pretty sure god won't help either

Edited July 27, 2013 by gameboy

[gameboy]

How can we do? Do need a month to solve it? :unknw: :unknw: :wallbash: :no: :no:

[zoot]

How can we do?

Download the source code and begin working: http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/GettingStarted Looking forward to your patch.

[gameboy]

Oh,My God!

[niektb]

When I'm trying to run my own AI, I get the following error at startup:

WARNING: JavaScript warning: Script value conversion check failed: JSVAL_IS_BOOLEAN(v) (got type undefined)

Does anyone know a way to solve this?

[wraitii]

I'm not completely sure what started that error… It's happening on the normal AI too, but I haven't found the error, it's very odd.