is AI cheating?
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hook
is AI cheating?
my brother (windows gaming addict) stopped playing Halo on his winXP to play Wasnoth on my Linux install 
well, here's the thing: he's been bi***ing about the luck of the computer player's units, claiming that the game cheats ...well, i have to say that the computer's units really are lucky bastards compared to my brother's units - comparing the actual and the theoretical (displayed in game) percentage of chance of hitting.
anyone care to either explain, or at least shatter my brother's (and mine a bit) claim?
p.s. using wesnoth-0.4.8, just saw the update today ...will poke the gentoo-game-portage team for a refresh of the ebuild tomorow
well, here's the thing: he's been bi***ing about the luck of the computer player's units, claiming that the game cheats ...well, i have to say that the computer's units really are lucky bastards compared to my brother's units - comparing the actual and the theoretical (displayed in game) percentage of chance of hitting.
anyone care to either explain, or at least shatter my brother's (and mine a bit) claim?
p.s. using wesnoth-0.4.8, just saw the update today ...will poke the gentoo-game-portage team for a refresh of the ebuild tomorow
When I used to play Civilization III, lots of players claimed the AI cheated in this way. I didn't really believe it, and some people ended up running tests, showing that the AI doesn't cheat, but some people still insisted it does.
I think it's human nature to remember your wins/losses in a distorted way, and most people probably do it. I certainly feel a little ripped off when Delfador misses with four lightning bolts.
However I can assure you that the AI does not cheat by making the random number generator behave in its favor, or by having pre-knowledge of the random number generator. As fmunoz has pointed out, the source is available for you to check
The AI does carefully analyze different possible attacks it could carry out, and looks at its and your chance to hit very carefully.
David
I think it's human nature to remember your wins/losses in a distorted way, and most people probably do it. I certainly feel a little ripped off when Delfador misses with four lightning bolts.
However I can assure you that the AI does not cheat by making the random number generator behave in its favor, or by having pre-knowledge of the random number generator. As fmunoz has pointed out, the source is available for you to check
The AI does carefully analyze different possible attacks it could carry out, and looks at its and your chance to hit very carefully.
David
Re: is AI cheating?
Oh yes, you do realize that Wesnoth is available for Windows too right?hook wrote:my brother (windows gaming addict) stopped playing Halo on his winXP to play Wasnoth on my Linux install
David
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hook
Re: is AI cheating?
yes i do ...and i also said it to my brother, but he's pretty happy with it running in linux (he's been using my linux as a gaming console lately quite much!!) ...i don't care ...i'm even happy that he gets along with linux so good now (again!)Dave wrote:Oh yes, you do realize that Wesnoth is available for Windows too right?hook wrote:my brother (windows gaming addict) stopped playing Halo on his winXP to play Wasnoth on my Linux install
cheating? yes, thought so ...i hope my brother'll accept it ...well, we can only wish