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Re: does warcraft AI cheat?

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From: dan... Daniel Burrows
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <3u0ioi$5...@ulke.hiMolde.no> lon...@hiMolde.no (John C. Lonningdal) writes:

>   Mike Kent (mk...@phoenix.phoenix.net) wrote:
>
>   : I have seen it where the computer teleports human units into your orc town.
>   : Evidently the computer gets a spell as the humans that the human players don't
>
>   Nope, I don't think so. It's the invisible spell. It just walks straigt 
>   into your city. It won't be spotted until it attacks somebody.... No 
>   teleport spell here...
>
>   John

	Actually, you CAN spot invisible units (I found this out by accident)
On occasion, the cursor will change to the magnifying glass while over an
apparently empty area of land - click, and while a box doesn't appear, the
info area at the left changes to display the invisible guy.  Unfortunately,
you can't attack it.  Anyone know if an invisible guy killed by a catapult
shot aimed at a unit near him leaves an invisible corpse?  If not, that should
be implemented in Warcraft 2.  (I don't know why.  I just think it would be
fun..?)  Maybe a Raise Dead spell cast nearby gives you a temporarily invisible
skeleton?

--
Daniel Burrows

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From: dan...@astro.psu.edu (Daniel Burrows)
Subject: Re: does warcraft AI cheat?
Date: 1995/07/12
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