From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id OAA29960; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:44:46 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA30251 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:44:44 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from cmailm2.svr.pol.co.uk (cmailm2.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.193.210]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g72Ciif17972 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:44:44 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from modem-138.germanium.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.31.138] helo=mimbi) by cmailm2.svr.pol.co.uk with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 17abnP-0004Le-00 for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 02 Aug 2002 13:44:43 +0100 Message-ID: <001c01c23a23$5a1531c0$890bfea9@mimbi> From: "Jonathan Coupe" To: References: <00c701c236b1$22110fd0$a56fc7c8@behemoth><20020729192313A.sumii@tuba.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp><20020730135205T.sumii@yl.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp><002301c237f5$154edbc0$890bfea9@mimbi><3D495640.7020806@ozemail.com.au><000201c23a04$54f333a0$890bfea9@mimbi> <86vg6ta9o6.fsf@laurelin.dementia.org> Subject: Re: Games (Re: [Caml-list] Caml productivity.) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 13:50:59 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > > >> Now look at the utterly abysmal routing in most military games, > >> the totally absurd actions units take, etc. > > jc> Yes, routing is often poor. It's possible to vastly improve on > jc> it. Language change isn't necessary, it's purely a matter of > jc> algorithms. People just don't bother. It's easily done with a > jc> few heuristics and possibly some stochastic evaluation. > John Prevost wrote: > I'm pretty sure the implication was that real military units behave > almost as poorly as simulated military units, if not more poorly. :) And even more entertainingly. - Jonathan ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners