calling all (batch file, script, VB, VC) programmers

[DimmurWyrd]

BTW, making the AI's through the map would be fine with me. Integrating a map randomizer type setup to the launcher wouldn't be much trouble really. If you want to setup (or if you already have setup) algorithms for how to setup the randoms and all that I can incorporate it.

These are the steps basically... (correct me if I'm wrong) make the .map file, copy the .2h file from newlords to the dir then call dom2 with the commandlines for making a new game and -g correct?

[DimmurWyrd]

hmmm, interesting... adding VP conditions through commandline causes the game to start at choose race but with an empty list lol.

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by DimmurWyrd:
BTW, making the AI's through the map would be fine with me. Integrating a map randomizer type setup to the launcher wouldn't be much trouble really. If you want to setup (or if you already have setup) algorithms for how to setup the randoms and all that I can incorporate it.

These are the steps basically... (correct me if I'm wrong) make the .map file, copy the .2h file from newlords to the dir then call dom2 with the commandlines for making a new game and -g correct?

Yep sounds good. I wouldnt add the crazy stuff I do quite yet. Here is the basic code I use for random AI opponents...
http://www.techno-mage.com/~dominion/opponents.yab

And here is one of the crazier game generators.
http://www.techno-mage.com/~dominion/Poke_Eye.yab

I think both of them use the original .map file renamed to something like a .txt file so I can always copy it again and again. The originals have all the #neighbor and #terrain commands. I just add my stuff to the end.

[DimmurWyrd]

ok, preliminary windows GUI Version appears to be free of buggies and all that so if you want to look at it let me know where to send it. I'll send source+executable but not the VB6 runtimes so you might need those.

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by DimmurWyrd:
ok, preliminary windows GUI Version appears to be free of buggies and all that so if you want to look at it let me know where to send it. I'll send source+executable but not the VB6 runtimes so you might need those.

Sorry. I thought I had it set so that if you lick on my picture it shows you in my profile.

Old SysAdmin thing. Im not sure if this forum sheds spiders so I dont like posting my address too planly

$name = "gandalf";
$sym = "@";
$domain = "community.net";
$full_address = name + sym + domain;

[DimmurWyrd]

ok, sent it all... it's ummmm, rough could clean it up if it ends up a seriously large project but as it stands I doubt there's much need.

oh yah! hehe there's NO error checking on the path or map name so if you give invalid arguments it will crash. (however just the launcher will crash won't hurt anything else.)

[ January 19, 2004, 20:04: Message edited by: DimmurWyrd ]

[DimmurWyrd]

oh yah... it doesn't exit when you hit launch yet so you could really click the heck out of that button and launch dom 20 times or more lol dunno at what point your system would die from it lol