AI longtime simulation feature

Suicide Junkie · #1 March 20th, 2002, 04:11 AM

What you could do, is run a DOS shell command:
dir "filename.gam" > test.txt

Then, open test.txt, and see if anything has changed since you Last opened it. (compare with a backup copy of test.txt, made just before you ran SE4 Last time)
This will be sensitive to file SIZE, and creation TIME.

If anything has changed, then SE4 must be done, so run the next turn!

PsychoTechFreak · #2 March 20th, 2002, 08:57 PM

MB, your Batchproggy makes me feel like a pre-warp population staring at a Borg Cube in the sky.
How ? I should better not ask.

With this we can even do simulations in the background and play a completely different game !

From what I have seen so far, I guess you could easily solve the following, humble request:

Could you implement, that the name of the savegame changes every 10 turns, like "batchtest_001", "batchtest_002" etc. ? This would allow to step into different stages of the simulation game afterwards.

Master Belisarius · #3 March 21st, 2002, 03:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PsychoTechFreak:
MB, your Batchproggy makes me feel like a pre-warp population staring at a Borg Cube in the sky.
How ? I should better not ask.

With this we can even do simulations in the background and play a completely different game !

From what I have seen so far, I guess you could easily solve the following, humble request:

Could you implement, that the name of the savegame changes every 10 turns, like "batchtest_001", "batchtest_002" etc. ? This would allow to step into different stages of the simulation game afterwards.

Was not so hard!
I only used the same functionality that have PBW to run SE4: call SE4 using parameters (this was suggested into the Beta Testers forum).
I'll try to work with you suggestion during the weekend.

Suicide Junkie: I'll try a work around, but I have tested what you suggested before... and had not good results.

Skulky · #4 March 22nd, 2002, 07:41 PM

Bump
great program for testing AI/ getting a later stage game and hopping in with high *** tech but no planets or low *** tech and no planets or taking charge of a comp (Last place or some low place) and building up, or for scenario starts

Master Belisarius · #5 March 23rd, 2002, 06:58 AM

Ok, now I have finished the Version 1.1 (and probably the Last!).

I strongly suggest to download the patch:

- No more Delays.
- No more Error Messages (from SE4 when try to run more than oce at the same time).
- Capability create file backups.

UPDATE VERSION 1.1

Rollo · #6 March 24th, 2002, 10:20 PM

Hi MB,
I am having problems using your program. After I set up everything and want to run the simulation, I get an error "Command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword." When I hit ignore, I get "Command is missing required clause."
Hoping that you can help.

Rollo

Master Belisarius · #7 March 25th, 2002, 03:50 AM

Hmmm. Maybe I need to upload more than the *.exe file!

Seems to be that you're the first that are using the new *.exe!

I'll send to you a zip with the other files, if we fix the problem, then, will replace the actual zip in the forum.

Edit: have you downloaded and installed the big zip with 8 Mb? Because the second zip (the small), only have the upgrade.

[ 25 March 2002: Message edited by: Master Belisarius ]