[ian-reeds-games] Re: AI control
- From: "Allan Thompson" <allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx>
- To: <ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:26:03 -0400
Lol, Yeah. I hear you on that!
al
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[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jono Heaps
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:39 AM
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Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: AI control
Now, there’s an amassed fortune in waiting. A mindreading script. Although to
be honest I reckon my computer already does that...except it also has a
perversion script which runs in conjunction with the mindreading script to
cause me no end of crashes and unresponsive systems when I’m really late for
work, or when I have a deadline looming.
Jono
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[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of abigail prescott
Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 6:19 p.m.
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Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: AI control
Could you have it so you can toggle ai control on all the units (except maybe
the ones that really don’t work with ai) but have it start player controlled
and only be ai controlled if the player toggles it? That way, people who want
their units ai controlled can have them, but if you want to control your units
yourself, you don’t need to worry about turning off ai control. If you do turn
on ai control, and later want to turn it off, you might still have the problem
of forgetting, but I don’t think there’s any way around that unless someone
knows how to make a mind reading computer that does it for you as soon as it
realises what you’re thinking about...
Abi
From: Allan Thompson <mailto:allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 5:37 AM
To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: AI control
That is a good point. I think I will try it and see if that helps any.
Thanks for the input.
al
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[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jono Heaps
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 12:14 AM
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Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: AI control
Yeah, makes sense to me. I meant that I keep forgetting to turn it off,
particularly right after I’ve upgraded a unit. I guess the game resets the AI
when an upgrade takes place because it thinks there’s an entirely new unit
there.
As for the unseen flag, I believe that’s how it goes in the orc night battle in
warlords...the only events the player hears are the ones their units can
actually see. I like it that way. It streamlines the turns and makes the game
more realistic.
Jono
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[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allan Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 3:44 p.m.
To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: AI control
Lol, It was recommended turning all the units and structures to ai simply
because there was so much of them. I have been wondering if I should turn the
use unseen flag back on so that things out of sight range of your units don’t
show up, which might make the turns go faster. What do you think?
al
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[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jono Heaps
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 11:38 PM
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Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: AI control
I second that motion. There’s nothing more irritating than units running
pell-mell all over the map because you forgot to turn off the AI control. I
don’t know what I’ve done to deserve all this. First I get strike action, now
I’ve got mass insubordination. Lol.
Jono
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[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allan Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 3:06 p.m.
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Subject: [ian-reeds-games] AI control
Hi Ian,
I was wondering if it was possible to set AI control in the map editor for unit
and structures that the player controls?
I don’t know how hard that would be to do, but I was thinking that it would be
better for units and structures to start player controlled, and then turned on
when desired. It is not a big thing, but I think at times the ai controlled
units that someone forgets to turn off end up kind of ruining the game
experience.
An example, I had a white dragon get summoned, I made some moves but didn’t
want to dedicate the unit to a full on attack till I had back up. Well, I
forgot, and the stupid thing at the end of my turn, charged right in and died
quickly and ignoblely, lol.
I was just wondering. OR maybe someone could make a script to do that, to make
units start uncontrolled?
Thanks,
al
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