Re: [pio-develop] Question regarding default game board

[Roland C. <rc...@us...>]

Hello Rodrigo,

On Sat, 2014-05-31 at 19:12 +0200, Rodrigo Espiga Gómez wrote:
> Hi everyone! I have a question regarding the type of board used when
> the game is launched from the console with, for example
> pioneers-server-console --port 6000 --auto-quit --fixed-seating-order
> --game-title "Default" --players 4 -x
> I understand that this is the "Default" hexagonal board but I´m not
> sure if the terrain tiles are randomized or they are always in the
> same places.

Use the command line you've mentioned twice (with different ports), and
you'll see that the terrain tiles are shuffled, but that the numbers are
in the same place (except where the desert tile shifts the numbers)

If you want to have identical games, you can fix the random seed in
random.c:random_init to a constant value.

>  I can see there is a --terrain option and it seems I have to pass
> --terrain=1 to randomize the terrain, otherwise it is not. I am a bit
> confused because the default option with the graphic interface seems
> to be randomized terrain (the checkbox is ticked by default).
> The Genetic Algorithm uses that command line and I´m not sure if it is
> learning to play in an exact board cofiguration or not.
> What board does it exactly use with that command line?

If you notice that you get identical board layouts, could you send a
screenshot, the command line and at least two lines that are written by
pioneers-server-console, like these:
<quote>
- Preparing game #2328176452.G.588
</quote>

With kind regards,
Roland Clobus

PS1: How was your report received?
PS2: Can you send the scripts that you've used to train the AI?