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Old 07-20-2011, 07:33 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Blitzgal View Post
When humans play Civilization, they play against an AI who controls all of the other civilizations. I admit I don't understand a lot about how this AI stuff works, but seems to me that half of that professor's work was already done when he taught a computer to play the game -- there is already an AI system in place when anyone plays it.
I agree, it seems this isn't a new thing. Although I haven't really played the game Civilization, I've played other RTS games like Starcraft. Civilization is probably a bit more complex, but if you play a free-for-all against several computers, they already battle each other...
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