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JCZ 3.3.1 and The Tower
« on: October 20, 2015, 07:07:17 AM »
Sorry if this has been reported before.  I searched, but did not find anything.

When playing JCZ 3.3.1 against the AI, using The Tower expansion, the AI is doing some very weird stuff.

First, it is playing tower tiles well, but it very seldom takes my meeples.  In other words, it is wasting tiles.

Second, it will play a tower tile and remove it's own meeple.  This happens in situations where there is no advantage in taking your own man back.  Just happened in a game, and the AI removed it's meeple from a city that it was going to win.

Anyone else seen this behaviour?

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Re: JCZ 3.3.1 and The Tower
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2015, 09:05:42 AM »
To provide a clear example - I am green.

Red just placed with tile with 1.  Red put a tower piece on, but did not remove my green meeple on the tile immediately above the tower.

In other words, a tower piece was played with no removal of meeples. 

In other words, a wasted tower piece.

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Re: JCZ 3.3.1 and The Tower
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2015, 12:07:09 PM »
I am not surprised. AI development dotation is underestimated. It's hard and needs time. And I am now focused more to human vs human games and supporting all theese leagues and world cups. Yes there is significant group of user playing against computers, so it would be nice support it.

The best solution will be if somebody take care about AI part and spent some time on it. But I am afraid it doesn't happen.

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Re: JCZ 3.3.1 and The Tower
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2015, 08:35:23 PM »
I am not surprised. AI development dotation is underestimated. It's hard and needs time. And I am now focused more to human vs human games
farin:

Thank you for the reply.

I would love to volunteer to assist with the AI development, but that is beyond my skills.  It has been years - decades, actually - since I did any real programming.  AI would be fascinating, but honesty prevents me from committing to something I lack the time to needed for the needed focus.

At this time, I was more concerned with validating my experiences, and getting them added to your bug list.  At the moment, priority is waiting for the rain to clear in Kansis City, MO so that game 6 of the KC - Toronto Blue Jays game can continue!  :)


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