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Re: Starcraft "bots"?

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From: Grok vL
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 18:34
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On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:21:46 -0600, "Everett Hickey" <lit...@ev1.net>
wrote:

>I've heard that there are "bots" that are able to take on the role of an
>opponent in starcraft, acting like another copy of the game on the network.
>
>I've been playing around with the packet structure used in connecting to
>battlenet, and am considering making a sort of "battle manager" that turns
>the game from a realistic battlefield scenario into something more like a
>piece of military software - helping you organize your men, etc.  Anyone
>know if work like this has already been done?
>
>note: due to the... err... nature.. of this product, I'm not likely to
>distribute a working copy of it (if I do it) unless it's set to announce
>what it is in-game.  This is meant more as a project on battlefield
>management and low-level AI, and using it competitively wouldn't be
>particularly fair (unless the other person was doing the same).
>

If you are that talented, visit us on Battle.net.  What you are
describing has been done.

Grok
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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 13:34:28 -0500
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