Precision v0.2

[offwo]

Plays land maps, all civs (but expect some weird unit choices). The strongest overall civ is probably Vietnamese, but more testing needs to be done. It is around or slightly above the strength of DE AI in 1v1 at the moment, slightly weaker in TGs.

In 1v1 it will randomize between the following strategies in order of likelihood:
1 range skirm defence (usually, but not always transitioning into knight + skirm)
2 range archers
1 stable scouts (+ skirms if needed)

Features group micro with some new tricks.

In TG it plays the modern human meta with some players going scouts and some archers.

This is an early beta version, there are still a lot of bugs to iron out and DUC eco is a big missing improvement (dark age is basically placeholder), but I wanted something more competitive on the ladder/tournaments than Ulysses.

Updated to 0.2

[FireBall37]

Thanks Offwo

[Aynshtaynn]

Please tell me that this isn't a DE only AI. I want to test it.

[offwo]

Please tell me that this isn't a DE only AI. I want to test it.

Unfortunately, it is. It takes a lot of code from an (unreleased) DE-only AI. I do plan to make a separate UP version when work on it is more complete, but I don't think cross-compatibility is possible.

Updated to version 0.2
-DUC eco until Castle Age
-DUC scouting
-AI tries to hunt boar with TC
-AI occasionally attempts to steal boars
-AI changes strategy depending on civilization and uses different units (battle elephants instead of knights)
-Fixed a bug where units would occasionally go to the middle of nowhere.

[Bandit1990]

Great AI, had some really good matches with it already

I noticed in a couple of games units would just stop attacking but also not retreat (skirms and knights in the one example) which allowed for some easy kills without resistance. Though seeing your last post that may be part of the wondering off bug you have fixed (they seemed to hover in the centre of the map). This was fast speed, no debugspeeds.

I’ll test again with the latest version and if I see it again I can send a recording if it will be useful and you’re not aware of it already

Not seen a scout rush yet but the mass volleys from skirms are a delight to watch - thanks for sharing

[FireBall37]

I've noticed a few scouting issues with Precision as Vietnamese, seems to forgo scouting its own base to try to lame the opponent

[offwo]

I've found the source of the bug above (basically because it proceeds immediately to stage 3 of scouting, skipping resources and finding the enemy). This hasn't been fixed yet, but it should be fixed in a future AI update.

Updated to 0.21. This updates the DUC micro to that in the current DE AI.
(This micro was first designed for the RoR AI, then I created this AI so I could get feedback on it without leaking anything, then I ported it back to the DE AI). The main improvement here is to fix bugs and change it to a object-data-next-attack system over a frame timing system, which should make it more consistent. Also the AI shouldn't be mindlessly aggressive.

I intended to fix the DUC dark age bugs (especially the TC boar kill bugs) but they have proved elusive so I am releasing this version in the meantime.

[Bandit1990]

Great to see Precision being worked on despite the other projects you no doubt have running in the background. Thanks for the update and look forward to the next one too!