Re: [glob2-devel] all your bases are belong to Nicowar

[Joe Wells]

Leo Wandersleb <address@hidden> writes:

> Joe Wells wrote:
>> By the way, I don't have any trouble with the idea of a _user_option_
>> where the user can _choose_ to tell the AIs where their base is.
>
> How about a user option
> discover before start:
> *nothing
> *swarms
> *map
> *swarms and map
>
> that would be fair to newbies as not only the swarms are vital info
> that an experienced player has. (fruits are there, algaes are not
> offshore, ...)

I like this better.

(I should point out that the AIs _already_ take advantage of global
knowledge of the map that they wouldn't have in a fair game.  For
example, in deciding whether to launch an attempt to clear a path to
its enemy, Nicowar consults a global resource gradient to ask if there
is already a clear path between its buildings and its enemy's
buildings.  And this computation ignores which portion of the map has
been discovered.)

> Leo Wandersleb
>
> P.S.: this would make a cheat of placing walls around the swarm far
> more likely to happen. we should address that.
> See
> http://globulation2.org/wiki/Wishlist#Better_areas -> paving areas

See also my proposal on a new system for building/upgrading/repairing
buildings, which I believe completely solves the building-site-abuse
problem.

-- 
Joe