Re: Galaxy Results Format

From: simons@plains.NoDak.edu (C. Patrick Simons)

Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 21:46:35 +0000

In article <DMWVB3LM@cc.swarthmore.edu> hankins@cs.swarthmore.edu (Luke Hankins) writes:
>cinnibar@netcom.com (Jeff Wood) writes:
>
>>Oh, to those with flames, I have no objection to parsers and such to break down
>>the output to something you like better, I myself have one for hypercard to
>>produce star maps.  It's when you start designing AI's that you're losing the
>>spirit of the game.
>
>	Hum.. IMHO, things like this aren't AI in any sense of the word.
>The programmer is simply taking all the boring, repetitous algorithms in his
>head and putting them in code.  Try attacking this person and see how long
>they last if they leave things to their scripts.  Automation is fine in
>peacetime, but war still needs a human.
>
>		-luke
>
>(This is mostly from my experiences in Empire...)

Here here.  I've been playing in a few Galaxy games, just to get used to it
before getting serious.  As I've found in Empire, you can automate lots of
the mundane work, but when it comes down to war, god help you if your relying
on that AI to keep an eye on things.  It might hold up for a little bit, but
they are easy to confuse and break down.

-=C. Patrick Simons/Metzada

References

Re: Galaxy Results Format
sutin@ra.UCSC.EDU (Brian Sutin)
Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:35:08 +0000
Re: Galaxy Results Format
cinnibar@netcom.com (Jeff Wood)
Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:41:43 +0000
Re: Galaxy Results Format
hankins@cs.swarthmore.edu (Luke Hankins)
Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:39:55 +0000