SurvivalXtreme: Version 2.17.9!

[xtreme-one]

I ran only SXC and BEEM and there is no SXC maps??? altho the BEEM maps and eras are there??
Is there supposed to be a CFG file and a folder for SXC in the add-ons folder? thanks

[voris]

I ran only SXC and BEEM and there is no SXC maps??? altho the BEEM maps and eras are there??

That's odd, indeed. BEEM is the only dependency for SXCollection so they should show up. I have updated my copy of it and haven't noticed the maps go away so I don't think -stf- has introduced a bug that would cause the maps to disappear. SXCollection is maintained by -stf- so I'm hoping he reads this and has a better idea what might be going on.

Is there supposed to be a CFG file and a folder for SXC in the add-ons folder? thanks

As for whether there should be a .cfg file in your addons folder the answer is: no. There should only be a SXCollection folder. The new way to set up an addon is to have a _main.cfg file in addon folder and that is how both SXCollection and SurvivalXtreme are doing it now. Last I checked I think SurvivalXAddOnPacks is using the old method so you should see a SurvivalXAddOnPacks.cfg file as well as folder for that one if you download it.

[voris]

Version 2.17.8 is out now!

I tweaked the bulk discounts to not be so ridiculous. They're not entirely gone but the discounts are minimal at best.

I also added a quickbuy catebory to the Enhancement section. This will let you spend all remaining gold on various items. There are currently choices to spend all remaining gold on Hitpoints, Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, and 4:1 ratios of Melee Damage/Strikes or Ranged Damage/Strikes.

I also made some minor changes to SX Curve Prime.

[Jedarus]

Keep up the good work! This is my favourite MP scenario. Makes a change from all the head-to-head matches.

[Riklaunim]

Hi all I haven't been playing Wesnoth for some time. Good to see my maps are still in my favorite addon

[Pazx]

The current discounts are pretty good methinks.

Is the CPU boost when a human player dies or someone on team 1 dies? Also, what does the CPU get from it?

Anyways, I still love SX :D Been playing for ages.

[MCP]

-stf-
Braveheart pwned by two woses replay available(hopefully attached).
TOO big

[Golbeeze]

If it is too big, just .zip it.

[MCP]

Ok thanks,

-stf- Remember Mabuse's No luck modification so we could actually play his maps?
Does your SXC have the no luck mod?

Does anyone happen to remember if it occurs auto-magically or does it happen at turn [X]?

Thanks.

[Mabuse]

@mcp: Player1 can enable "no luck mode" at any time he wishes in my maps

[tkocou]

Hello to all, I grabbed the SX collection from the add-on server. While trying different eras in the various SX scenarios, I uncovered a design flaw. Apparently, there is no cap on the number of recruits present on the map for the AI players. I played the SXCastleOfCantar by Mabuse using the Age of Legends era. I played a "come to Papa" strategy while building the human players (had control of all 5). By turn 10, the AI took a longer time to finish it's moves. By turn 20, the game had become unplayable because each AI was taking around 35-40 minutes to complete it's moves. And that occurred on a dual core 3.4Ghz machine with 2 Gigabytes of RAM! The scenarios maintained by voris seem a bit better in that respect. Has an anyone thought about capping the number of AI recruits, replacing them as they get killed off?

[MCP]

Tkocou, did you try right click and then 'No Luck Mod'?

Unless one of us rewrites an AI for Mabuse's map, at some point in every version of this game, the AI takes way too long. The AI has gotten more slow with every version and so, it takes forever.

[tkocou]

Tkocou, did you try right click and then 'No Luck Mod'?

Unless one of us rewrites an AI for Mabuse's map, at some point in every version of this game, the AI takes way too long. The AI has gotten more slow with every version and so, it takes forever.

Not yet. Thank you for the tip. I realize that the core of the problem is the decision process of the AI. Is the AI written in WML or C++?

[MCP]

Both C++ and Python. But the basic problem is the multiple path searching it does, causing it to do TOO MANY battle calculations.
The battle calculations take a LONG time because they are simulation rather than approximations, via a simple arithmetic equation.

We could, with some effort, write an SX AI that would be exactly the same as the base AI, except the battle calculations are done through approximations and the AI tries to terminate heroes with Extreme Prejudice.

[tkocou]

Both C++ and Python. But the basic problem is the multiple path searching it does, causing it to do TOO MANY battle calculations.
The battle calculations take a LONG time because they are simulation rather than approximations, via a simple arithmetic equation.

We could, with some effort, write an SX AI that would be exactly the same as the base AI, except the battle calculations are done through approximations and the AI tries to terminate heroes with Extreme Prejudice.

I agree with you about the calculations. I noticed that situation toward the end of a battle when I had terminated 3 of the 4 AIs, and the last AI had only a dozen troops. It took way too long to figure out it's moves.
I have looked at the source code for the default AI. IMHO, it's a mess. Probably could rewrite it as a multi-layered FSM (finite state machine) and have a cleaner code base. Just a thought, if someone was to rewrite the AI, maybe add all the 'nice' hooks to allow mod'n with text files.