Google Code-in Micro AI Tasks - Revision history

Celtic Minstrel: Candidate for deletion

2022-11-16T03:24:50Z

Candidate for deletion

Mattsc: Update some links

2016-02-23T17:18:31Z

Update some links

Mattsc: /* Animals (7 AIs) */

2012-12-03T18:36:07Z

‎Animals (7 AIs)

Mattsc: /* Lurkers (1 AI) */

2012-12-03T18:35:17Z

‎Lurkers (1 AI)

Mattsc: /* Patrols (1 AI) */

2012-12-03T18:34:53Z

‎Patrols (1 AI)

Ubuntor: complete strikethrough

2012-12-01T01:26:26Z

complete strikethrough

Mattsc: /* Protect Unit (1 AI) */

2012-11-30T22:42:55Z

‎Protect Unit (1 AI)

Mattsc: /* Lurkers (1 AI) */

2012-11-30T22:42:32Z

‎Lurkers (1 AI)

Mattsc: /* Guardians (3 AIs) */

2012-11-30T22:42:05Z

‎Guardians (3 AIs)

Mattsc: /* Animals (7 AIs) */

2012-11-30T22:41:20Z

‎Animals (7 AIs)

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	This page contains detailed information on the [http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2012 Google Code-in 2012] Micro AI Tasks.		This page contains detailed information on the [http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2012 Google Code-in 2012] Micro AI Tasks.

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 The AI to be converted is that controlling goblin handler Jabb on Side 3 of the 'Patrols' scenario.  The AIs for Konrad and Urudin are not worth converting to Micro AIs.
-'''Important:'''  This is a [[Lua_AI_Howto#Behavior_.28Sticky.29_Candidate_Actions|Behavior Candidate Action]] (BCA), that is, it attaches to a unit, rather than controlling all (relevant) units of a side.  This means that:
+'''Important:'''  This is a [[Lua_AI_Legacy_Methods_Howto#Behavior_.28Sticky.29_Candidate_Actions|Behavior Candidate Action]] (BCA), that is, it attaches to a unit, rather than controlling all (relevant) units of a side.  This means that:
 * The CA is attached to the unit in an event (not in the side definition) and there are additional keys required when setting up the candidate action (see the [modify_ai] tag in the prestart event).
 * ai_type in the [micro_ai] tag needs to start with 'bca_'
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 * The guardian AIs (including a fourth AI that will not be converted to a Micro AI) are all part of Side 2, which means that the [ai] tag in the side definition cannot be deleted.
 * All three guardian AI functions are defined in the same engine file.  Thus, the file needs to be copied, rather than moved, to the new location until all three guardian AIs have been converted.
-* This is a [[Lua_AI_Howto#Behavior_.28Sticky.29_Candidate_Actions|Behavior Candidate Action]] (BCA), that is, it attaches to a unit, rather than controlling all (relevant) units of a side.  See the comments about BCAs in the description of the [[Google_Code-in_Micro_AI_Tasks#Patrols_.281_AI.29|Patrols AI]].
+* This is a [[Lua_AI_Legacy_Methods_Howto#Behavior_.28Sticky.29_Candidate_Actions|Behavior Candidate Action]] (BCA), that is, it attaches to a unit, rather than controlling all (relevant) units of a side.  See the comments about BCAs in the description of the [[Google_Code-in_Micro_AI_Tasks#Patrols_.281_AI.29|Patrols AI]].
 * The BCA CA code is included as macros.  The macros are defined in file utils/lua_macros.cfg.

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 Step 2 is completed when the parametrization of the dragon Micro AI is complete and has been documented.
-'''Steps 3a-3f:'''
+'''<s>Steps 3a-3f</s>: Completed'''
 Pick any one of the other animal AIs and convert it to a Micro AI.  This should be done as a parametrization of the AI that was already converted in Steps 1 and 2, and not by defining a new Micro AI type.  Thus, 'ai_type=' should be 'animal' for all animal Micro AIs, and an additional key 'animal_type=' should be added.

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 Step 1 is completed when scenario 'Lurkers' uses the [micro_ai] tag and the basic Micro AI has been documented.
-'''Step 2:'''
+'''<s>Step 2</s>: Completed'''
 Part of the work for Step 2 is figuring out what parameters can be added to the lurker AI to make it more generally useful.  Examples could be to make it work for arbitrary unit type and arbitrary terrain.

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 Step 1 is completed when scenario 'Patrols' uses the [micro_ai] tag to control Jabb and the basic Micro AI has been documented.
-'''Step 2:'''
+'''<s>Step 2</s>: Completed'''
 Parametrization of this AI involves (at least) making the [micro_ai] tag work for arbitrary units (not just Jabb) and for an arbitrary set of waypoints.  The controlled unit should also attack any enemy unit that it ends up next to, not just Jacques.

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 === Patrols (1 AI) ===
-'''Step 1:'''
+'''<s>Step 1</s>: Completed'''
 The AI to be converted is that controlling goblin handler Jabb on Side 3 of the 'Patrols' scenario.  The AIs for Konrad and Urudin are not worth converting to Micro AIs.

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 === Protect Unit (1 AI) ===
-'''Step 1:'''
+'''<s>Step 1</s>: Completed'''
 This AI is used in 2 scenarios, 'Protect the Wizard' and 'The Elves Besieged'.  The first step of this task involves setting up a Micro AI for scenario 'Protect the Wizard' only.  Thus, leave the original engine file in place (copy it, rather than moving it), otherwise 'The Elves Besieged' will stop working.
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 Step 1 is completed when scenario 'Protect the Wizard' uses the [micro_ai] tag and the basic Micro AI has been documented.
-'''Step 2:'''
+'''<s>Step 2</s>: Completed'''
 Parametrization for this AI is already done in the engine functions, so Step 2 for the 'Protect Unit' scenario mostly involves just setting up the keys and parameter handlers for the parameters.  However, scenario 'The Elves Besieged' requires the removal of one of the default AI candidate actions (see the scenario file).  Thus, you also need to set up an additional key/parameter that allows for optional removal of this CA.

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 === Lurkers (1 AI) ===
-'''Step 1:'''
+'''<s>Step 1</s>: Completed'''
 There are three different lurker AIs in this scenario.  The one written in Lua (Side 4) is the AI to be converted to a Micro AI.

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 * The BCA CA code is included as macros.  The macros are defined in file utils/lua_macros.cfg.
-'''Step 1:'''
+'''<s>Step 1</s>: Completed'''
 Choose one of the three guardian AIs and convert it to a basic Micro AI.  For this step, it is sufficient to make the Micro AI work for a single guardian unit (comment out the other unit(s) of the same guardian type in the scenario file) with hard-coded values for the unit ID and other parameters.
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 Step 1 is completed when scenario 'Guardians' controls one guardian unit using the [micro_ai] tag and the basic Micro AI has been documented.
-'''Step 2:'''
+'''<s>Step 2</s>: Completed'''
 Change the guardian Micro AI code so that the hard-coded values of the previous step are configurable keys/parameters in the [micro_ai] tag.
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 Step 2 is completed when several units of the same guardian type are controlled by the Micro AI (using one [micro_ai] tag per unit) in the 'Guardians' scenario and this has been documented.
-'''Steps 3a and 3b:'''
+'''<s>Steps 3a and 3b</s>: Completed'''
 Pick one of the other guardian AIs and convert it to a Micro AI.  This should be done as a parametrization of the AI that was already converted in Steps 1 and 2, and not by defining a new Micro AI type.  Thus, 'ai_type=' should be 'guardian' for all guardian Micro AIs, and an additional key 'guardian_type=' should be added.

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 * Side 6 in scenario 'Animals' (wolves AI) contains two aspect definitions in addition to the candidate actions.  These aspects need to be made part of the Micro AI as well (and ideally they could be turned on/off with configurable parameters).
-'''Step 1:'''
+'''<s>Step 1</s>: Completed'''
 Convert the dragon AI to a basic Micro AI.  For this step, it is sufficient to use the hard-coded values for the unit ID and other parameters.
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 Step 1 is completed when scenario 'Dragon' controls the dragon using the [micro_ai] tag and the basic Micro AI has been documented.
-'''Step 2:'''
+'''<s>Step 2</s>: Completed'''
 Change the dragon Micro AI code so that the hard-coded values of the previous step are configurable keys/parameters in the [micro_ai] tag.