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Re: Learning how the AI works[message #274361]

Wed, 23 February 2011 21:27

JMich

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the part that says

#Ifdef DEBUGDECISIONS

is false, so anything between that and #endif will not be processed. You will have to

#define DEBUGDECISIONS = 1

for any debugdecisions blocks to be processed.

Also, the Tactical AI is quite complex, and you will see that it is being referenced in many places. In DecideAction.cpp we have 4 routines to decide what action the unit (and it is unit, wheter civilian, monster, bloodcat, soldier or in some cases pcs), 1 for each of the alert status (stati?).

For the part of "do this, and then do that", take a look at the function

INT8 DecideActionSchedule( SOLDIERTYPE * pSoldier )

in decideaction.cpp, the one for going through closed doors.

Since you are using VS, run the game by pressing F5, which is the debug mode of VS, and run the game in window. This will allow you to set breakpoints that will stop the execution when a breakpoint is reached, but before it's calculated. For example, if you set a breakpoint at

INT8 DecideActionGreen(SOLDIERTYPE *pSoldier)

the execution will stop once the function is to be called, which will allow you to see the value of

SOLDIERTYPE *pSoldier

and if you want to see what this soldier will do, you can set more breakpoints.

P.S. in VS, if you hover your mouse over any declarations, it will tell you its definition and whether it has a value defined or not.
P.P.S. I usually lurk in irc if you think I can help you more, but I am not yet that confident of my ability to understand code.

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		Learning how the tactical AI works By: MorgluM on Tue, 22 February 2011 07:54
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: wanne (aka RoWa21) on Tue, 22 February 2011 10:40
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Tue, 22 February 2011 15:30
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: wanne (aka RoWa21) on Tue, 22 February 2011 15:52
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Tue, 22 February 2011 15:57
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: SpaceViking on Tue, 22 February 2011 17:20
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Tue, 22 February 2011 20:03
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: Buns on Wed, 23 February 2011 15:59
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Wed, 23 February 2011 17:34
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Wed, 23 February 2011 17:36
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: Buns on Wed, 23 February 2011 18:24
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Wed, 23 February 2011 21:13
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: JMich on Wed, 23 February 2011 21:27
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Wed, 23 February 2011 21:32
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Wed, 23 February 2011 21:42
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Wed, 23 February 2011 21:57
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Thu, 24 February 2011 01:22
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Thu, 24 February 2011 23:27
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: JMich on Thu, 24 February 2011 23:41
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: tais on Fri, 25 February 2011 00:07
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Fri, 25 February 2011 06:02
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Fri, 25 February 2011 06:09
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: JMich on Fri, 25 February 2011 09:05
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Tue, 01 March 2011 20:08
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: Buns on Tue, 08 March 2011 17:26
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: JMich on Tue, 08 March 2011 17:47
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: Buns on Tue, 08 March 2011 19:39
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: JMich on Tue, 08 March 2011 20:13
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: Buns on Wed, 09 March 2011 14:51
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: JMich on Wed, 09 March 2011 16:05
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: Buns on Wed, 09 March 2011 17:34
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: SharkD on Sun, 20 March 2011 14:57
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: Buns on Sun, 20 March 2011 15:19
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: SharkD on Tue, 22 March 2011 03:08
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: Buns on Tue, 22 March 2011 14:53
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: MorgluM on Wed, 06 April 2011 01:45
		Re: Learning how the AI works By: JMich on Wed, 06 April 2011 10:39
		Semi-Success , and question re: working directory By: MorgluM on Thu, 07 April 2011 15:26
		Re: Semi-Success , and question re: working directory By: JMich on Thu, 07 April 2011 16:29
		Re: Semi-Success , and question re: working directory By: MorgluM on Fri, 08 April 2011 00:46
		Re: Semi-Success , and question re: working directory By: wanne (aka RoWa21) on Fri, 08 April 2011 00:53
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