This is more request than challenge, but it is a challenge too! I'd be interested in getting some replays of regular players fighting the latest version of the two AIs in development, for fun and learning! All this involves is setting up a game with the settings below, playing it, and posting the replay in this thread. I'd be fascinated to see how different characters of the ZK forums approach it and it would be useful for looking for areas to improve on the AIs as most of the time they are only tested against other AIs.
Before you begin please make sure you have the latest version of each AI - see the bottom of the posts for links!
Challenge 1: 2v2! (Easy)[Spoiler]The setup of the challenge is a 2v2, as follows:
Team 1:
1x Player
1x CAI
Team 2:
1x Circuit
1x ZKGBAI
The idea is to have a weak AI ally who both helps and impedes you (by using half your resources) against two superior AI. Players who consider themselves 'kind of a big deal', but are still humble enough to play the challenge, are invited to play without a CAI ally 1v2.
The suggested maps, chosen as the AI performs best on maps that are reasonably large and have multiple paths, are as follows:
Eye_Of_Horus_v2
Trojan Hills
Ravaged V2
Tundra
Hide_and_seek_v03
Challenge 2: 1v2! (Medium-Hard)[Spoiler]The setup of the challenge is a 1v2, as follows:
Team 1:
1x Player
Team 2:
1x Circuit
1x ZKGBAI
The suggested maps, chosen as the AI performs best on maps that are reasonably large and have multiple paths, are as follows:
Eye_Of_Horus_v2
Trojan Hills
Ravaged V2
Tundra
Challenge 3: 10v10! (Medium)[Spoiler]The setup of the challenge is a 10v10.
1x Player
3x Circuit AI
6x CAI
VS
10x Circuit AI
Play on the map Nuclear Winter.
Challenge 4: COOP 10v10! (Medium)[Spoiler]The setup of the challenge is a 10v10, with two allied human players on one side.
2x Player
8x CAI
VS
10x Circuit AI
Play on the map Nuclear Winter.
Challenge 5: 3v3! (Medium)[Spoiler]The setup of the challenge is a 2v2, as follows:
Team 1:
1x Player
2x CAI
Team 2:
2x ZKGBAI
1x Circuit
Play on the map Titan Duel
Interested to see how this one plays out!
Challenge 6: COOP 3v4! (Hard)[Spoiler]The setup of the challenge is a 3v4, as follows:
Team 1:
2x Player
1x CAI
Team 2:
2x ZKGBAI
2x Circuit
Play on the map Lonely Oasis -
http://zero-k.info/Maps/Detail/50715Having an allied CAI is going to slow down that Krow rush!
The ruleset of the challenges is as follows:
Do not use terraform (the AI cannot yet)
Do not use Light Vehicles (currently, too easy!)
Anything else is fine, as AI need to learn to deal with player cheese and DDMs sooner or later :)
Please use the latest version of the AIs, which can be found here:
Latest Circuit AI:
http://springfiles.com/spring/ai-opponents/circuit-ai-zero-k-onlyLatest ZKGBAI:
https://github.com/Anarchid/zkgbai/releases/download/0.7/ZKGBAI_0.7_.7zFor anyone who posts a replay, thanks :) replays of failing the challenge especially welcome. Post if you need help adding these to your copy of ZK.