AIIDE 2017 AILien does not learn

AILien’s learning turned out to be non-existent in the AIIDE 2017 version. It writes files but does not read them back in.

Here is AILien’s recorded data from AIIDE 2017 for the opponent XIMP.

lingScore=24.4783
hydraScore=-4762.48
lurkerScore=0
mutaScore=-904.381
ultraScore=-1757.08
guardScore=0
macroHeavyness=0
supplyISawAir=149
strategy=17
victory=false

The first six lines are information about what units to make, as updated during the game. macroHeavyness and supplyISawAir are updated but I didn’t find any sign that they are used for anything; I think they were used in a former version. strategy likely used to be an index into the unused GameCommander::strategyMap, but no matter what it originally was, now it is a constant. And victory is the result of the most recent game. As I said at the start, the information is written out but is never read back in.

Next: Those tscmoo games I promised last month.

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krasi0 on Monday, October 23. 2017:

That's hardly an oversight. Most likely AILien's author didn't have enough time to finish the learning functionality.

Jay Scott on Monday, October 23. 2017:

Well, it could be anything. To me it looks as though a couple different attempts were tried and abandoned.

krasi0 on Monday, October 23. 2017:

That makes sense. Proper machine learning isn't easy and even if you implement it, there are no guarantees that would overall help your cause.

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