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The first part of this article series was basically an introduction to our AI design, and the second part of this article series took a look at some of the LINQ code used in the game, as well as discussing danger levels and clarifying a few points from the first article. The third part of…

Range Checks – Approximation vs Accurate

ProgrammingBy Chris McElligott Park July 19, 2009 12 Comments

Range checking is a hugely important topic for AI War, since it is relevant for targeting, movement, and calculation of other values such as danger levels, etc. So some of the key optimizations that I talked about in the past had to do with using distance approximation methods instead of more highly accurate distance calculations.…

Daily Archives: July 19, 2009

Designing Emergent AI, Part 4: Asymetrical Goals

Range Checks – Approximation vs Accurate