Steamhammer’s terran openings

It turns out that nearly all of Steamhammer’s terran openings are in need of adjustment. I’m working through them systematically, and I’ve made it to VultureWraith so far—4 more to go after this one. VultureWraith inexplicably makes a second factory shortly before it stops vulture production—well, I say it’s inexplicable, but I can explain it as leftover history from when I was exploring different followups. In any case, the final third of the opening line needs to be rewritten. When I’m done, the terran openings will be cleaner and stronger, though the bot will be as clumsy as ever after the opening ends. Though I have an idea for another easy improvement to siege-unsiege decisions....

I’m hoping that the protoss openings are in better shape. I guess I’ll find out soon. There are a bunch of unconfigured protoss openings. Should I go through and configure some of them?

I need to make some building placement changes too, to keep up with how bases work now. I’m considering plans.

All in all, there’s more work than I expected.

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Barcode on Friday, March 8. 2019:

So potentially if internally changes are made to the bot, there could be changes required to the openings?
You said you had 100+ openings now, isn't that going to be unmaintainable in the long run?
That being said I don't directly see a solution either and I'm by no means an expert..

Jay Scott on Friday, March 8. 2019:

Only in the short run: In the long run, Steamhammer optimizes its own openings. I’ll post about that plan.

Joseph Huang on Friday, March 8. 2019:

Maybe better reactions would be more feasible than a ton of (long) openings? Especially as a zerg...

Jay Scott on Friday, March 8. 2019:

That’s what most bots go for. Ideally, I want both. In practice, to a certain extent at least, the skills substitute for each other.

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