Auto-generating maps

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:26 am

I copied this maze to a map (hopefully without errors). No maze generation yet...

TiTnAsS · Post by **TiTnAsS** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:30 am

Thats neat except if we ever turn it into who can get to the end first wins wed have to put it on hide map until die

Luke-Jr · Post by **Luke-Jr** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:02 am

TiTnAsS wrote:Thats neat except if we ever turn it into who can get to the end first wins wed have to put it on hide map until die

Um... why?

Post by **Tank Program** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:27 am

Why hide the minimap? Are you serious luke? You could just do the maze up top. It's essentially cheating.

Luke-Jr · Post by **Luke-Jr** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:30 am

Tank Program wrote:Why hide the minimap? Are you serious luke? You could just do the maze up top. It's essentially cheating.

Most mazes are done "up top"...

Post by **Tank Program** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 1:53 pm

It would turn it into a regular maze game then... Not really much fun if you ask me...

Luke-Jr · Post by **Luke-Jr** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:08 pm

Tank Program wrote:It would turn it into a regular maze game then... Not really much fun if you ask me...

You can't pause movement, so the overhead map won't help much...

Post by **Tank Program** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:17 pm

You can't pause but a modified chatbot will dodge walls well enough...

Luke-Jr · Post by **Luke-Jr** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:31 pm

Tank Program wrote:You can't pause but a modified chatbot will dodge walls well enough...

A modified chatbot can win the classic game against all humans... is there a point here? ;p

Post by **dlh** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:44 pm

Luke-Jr wrote:
Tank Program wrote:You can't pause but a modified chatbot will dodge walls well enough...
A modified chatbot can win the classic game against all humans... is there a point here? ;p

Maybe a round, but I don't think I have ever seen a chatbot win a match and against real players (with the chatbot playing the whole match). Sure its possible, you just need really bad humans.

A maze-solver chat-bot would be a cheat, although a cool hack nonetheless.

Post by **Lucifer** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:46 pm

nemostultae wrote:
Luke-Jr wrote:
Tank Program wrote:You can't pause but a modified chatbot will dodge walls well enough...
A modified chatbot can win the classic game against all humans... is there a point here? ;p
Maybe a round, but I don't think I have ever seen a chatbot win a match and against real players (with the chatbot playing the whole match). Sure its possible, you just need really bad humans.

I have.

Me and Anumeric, no less. We were so dead-set on killing each other that we kept hitting the chatbot, and try though we might, we couldn't get ahead of that damn bot.

TiTnAsS · Post by **TiTnAsS** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 10:43 pm

Well if we do have "first to get to the end wins" kinda things im sure everyone BUT luke will agree that we should hide the map until dead in this kind of match...

Post by **Lucifer** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:21 pm

TiTnAsS wrote:Well if we do have "first to get to the end wins" kinda things im sure everyone BUT luke will agree that we should hide the map until dead in this kind of match...

Actually, I don't think that'll work. For one thing, it's relatively simple to modify your client to allow you to show the map anyway. So it's a rule that can only be enforced on non-techies, making it a techie-friendly rule.

And secondly, I *gasp* agree with Luke.

TiTnAsS · Post by **TiTnAsS** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:29 pm

Then theres not really any point in making thoughs kind of matches

Post by **Lucifer** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:40 pm

TiTnAsS wrote:Then theres not really any point in making thoughs kind of matches

Yes there is, because they'd be fun!