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Re: does warcraft AI cheat?

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From: rl... Robert Lang
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 00:00
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gtl@gastops.com@igs.net writes:

>I had a situation where there were only two bridges to my side of the map
>and I had them both barracaded such that nothing could walk accross them.
>Somehow, however, invisible units from the computer repeatedly kept appearing
>inside my town.....  Yes, the AI cheats.....

I think the AI cheats in the number of $$$ or production, but I doubt it
cheats in terms of movement.

The worst cheat that I have found (and I don't mind them cheating, otherwise
the AI would be too easy to beat) is that when you attack their town and
"expose" some of it or explore or whatever, most of the units move out of
your vision.  They do this clearly on purpose.  You attack, get beaten, then
all the units spread out into the black area.

Rob.
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From: rl...@mocha.newcastle.edu.au (Robert Lang)
Subject: Re: does warcraft AI cheat?
Date: 1995/06/29
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