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I'm very curious to see how a 5-AI team would "plan" smoke ganks. Really exciting time for technology as deep learning is moving into gaming. I'm reminded of t

• NamTaf 9y ago
  The bot programming system for Dota is set up to have 3 levels of AI: 1) Team level, which dictates what the team as a whole is attempting to achieve 2) Mode level, which dictates what the character is trying to achieve individually 3) Action level, which dictates the specific responses being undertaken Smoke ganks would be a case of the team level instructing the mode level to simultaneously group then seek a kill, which in turn would tell each of the action levels to move across the map, attack, etc. For reference: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Dota_Bot_Scripting#Overview https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Dota_Bot_Scripting#...
• simonebrunozzi 9y ago
  For the non-DoTA players out there, there's a lot of specific jargon in the above comments. I've played a few dozen hours, and I understand most of them. 1) "smoke ganks" means that a team goes invisible, in order to surprise the opposing team, and kill as many as possible in a short time. 2) laner: one of the main 3 roles that one of the five players in a team can take (e.g. support, laner, etc). 3) and so on : "shrine", "regen", "soul ring", etc, are all very specific locations or objects or concepts (regen = regeneration). DoTA is a really, really interesting game. Very strategic, great lore and graphics, and a huge fan base.
  • NegativeLatency 9y ago
    laner refers to the initial resource gathering period where you kill the minions spawned from each team's base
    • pcnix 9y ago
      That's the laning stage. The laner is the person playing in the specific lanes during the laning stage.