master_wesley

I just got a black screen crash when starting up. It seems Steam was updating the game but the game continued to run anyways.

On the tune of a learning AI, the AI could have an array of heuristic or statical procedures to do when it wants to do something specific (it would normally choose the first procedure in the array). That array could then be sorted based on a preference of that AI and periodic evaluation of the environment.

Good point but I did say that it didn't have to be efficient. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

[quote who="Ravagus" reply="3" id="3112384"]What about a Cautious Aggressor AI? [/quote] Sorry if my post was overly vague. What is so weird about a Cautious Aggressor? Whenever a cautious AI invades, lets have them always send in a scout first to check for mines or set up a mine field in the neighboring gravity-well just in case they have to retreat and to guard against flanking or take an overkill amount of ships into a non-strategic gravity-well just in case if the area

[quote who="Ravagus" reply="1" id="3112373"]One more variable for the AI to handle in a game that's already hard for it to manage?[/quote] I'm not all that sure, heuristics are generally faster than just evaluating a bunch of possible moves.

I was thinking it would be cool if the AI had a third setting(or replaced the difficulty setting) that described how it behaved like cautious, forgetful, careless or analytical. This idea is roughly based how the Worms series handles their AI. I don't believe an AI has to be rational or efficient to be fun. For example, lets say the cautious AI builds gauss platforms before it builds anything else or it always keeps ships at its capital(even if it isn't remotely thre

On sorta a side note, I had an EMG a couple years ago for lose of feeling in my foot(from an injury). Little did I know what an EMG was at the time. They take a needle and insert it into a muscle then attach sensors. After it is set and ready, they (in lame terms) taser you through the needle(which is painful) and collect data. They repeat this in every muscle they need to test(in my case, about a dozen).