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Java Settlers project home, downloads, and GPLv3 source code. To download the latest version as a JAR, see https://github.com/jdmonin/JSettlers2/releases/latest .
http://nand.net/jsettlers/
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bots decision making improvement #27

Closed kotc closed 3 years ago

kotc commented 7 years ago

hello,

while i enjoy this game (and play beta exclusively, i must say bots ai is not optimized. situation: i have 2VP, other human player has 4VP, both bots also have more than 2VP, yet, they place robber againt me. multiple times in consecutive rolls. what makes them hate particular player? or it's just random roll whom to punish? and it's not the only time, i've seen that in multiple games.

jdmonin commented 7 years ago

Hello,

That's a good question. There's more than one bot strategy routine. Often instead of moving against the player with the most VP, a bot will target the player who can be slowed down the most by a particular move. This sometimes means moves that aren't optimal.

Thanks for enjoying the game and using the beta!

kotc commented 6 years ago

what i've noticed is that hving a port with the same resource in the same tile makes it high priority target. i had 2 pts, gf had 9, yet i've been targetted 3 times in a row. imo leading player (or the one endangering particular bot, ie. to block neighboring player from builing up)