Re: [TuxKart-devel] Things have gone very quiet....

[Charles G. <ch...@ve...>]

On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 16:01 +0000, Jacob Persson wrote:
> On Thursday 15 July 2004 00:20, Steve Baker wrote:
> > > What worries me with this is how ai should be able to make predictions
> > > if it only has the 3d-model.
> >
> > But does the AI model *need* to make predictions in realtime?  The arrows
> > are generated offline to point in the 'best' direction for a kart to go in.
> > All of the 'prediction' is done when the arrow map is made.
> 
> Yes we could go for that but it would make the ai more stupid and predictable.
> But on the other hand it's far easier to code and maybe we shouldn't aim too
> high.

It's not black and white here.  It's not "use the 3d arrow-map" or "be
predictive".  So please stop painting it that way.

The arrow-map is the basis for the AI, which it can use to make
decisions.  The dumbest AI will probably do little else than use the
arrow-map to determine where to drive.  The best AI will use the arrow-
map to make informed choices.

The foundation is sorting out arrow-maps so that they work.  Then the AI
can evolve on top of that to be predictive and/or spontaneous.  But on a
fundamental level, the AI will always be looking at the arrow-map to
determine the best course of action - when being predictive it will be
considering a combination of segments on the arrow-map.
-- 
- Charlie

Charles Goodwin <ch...@ve...>
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