pioneersai

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Version: 174334 (fedora - 06/07/09)

Section: 6 (Jeux)

NAME

pioneersai - AI player for Pioneers

SYNOPSIS

pioneersai [ -s server ] [ -p port ] [ -n name ]
      [ -a algorithm ] [ -t milliseconds ] [ -c ]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the pioneersai command.

Pioneers is a computerized version of a well known strategy board game. The goal of the game is to colonize an island. The players play the first colonists hence the name pioneers. This is an AI player implementation that can take part in Pioneers games.

OPTIONS

-s server
Connect to a pioneers game running on server.
-p port
Connect to a pioneers game running on port.
-n name
Specify name of AI player. Leave absent for a random name.
-a algorithm
Specify algorithm of AI player. The only possible value is "greedy"
-t milliseconds
Time to wait between turns, in milliseconds. Default is 1000.
-c
Do not chat with other players.

ENVIRONMENT

The default settings of the AI can be influenced with the following environment variable:
PIONEERS_DIR
The path to the file with player names. If it is not set, the default installation path will be used.

FILES

/usr/share/games/pioneers/computer_names
A list of names the AI can use

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jeff Breidenbach <jab@debian.org>, and updated by Roland Clobus <rclobus@bigfoot.com>. Pioneers was written by Dave Cole <dave@dccs.com.au>, Andy Heroff <aheroff@mediaone.net>, and Roman Hodek <roman@hodek.net>, with contributions from many other developers on the Internet; see the AUTHORS file in the pioneers distribution for a complete list of contributing authors.

SEE ALSO

pioneers(6), pioneers-server-gtk(6), pioneers-server-console(6)