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Yes, we'll provide test game servers that you can use.
by mikko-apo 13y ago
Yes, we'll provide test game servers that you can use.
- mcv 13y agoAre there limits to how much you can use them? Suppose I want to use AI techniques that require tons of tests to be run. Is that okay?
- d_theorist 13y agoI would like to know the answer to this.
- SixSigma 13y agoCouldn't you record the received messages and replay them?
- mcv 13y agoI don't see what use that would be. If the test server was a simple data repository, it would be useless for testing algorithms.
- mikko-apo 13y agoUnfortunately due budget constraints we can't allow unlimited access to test game servers. Do you have an estimate on how many rounds would you need to evolve the algorithm enough?
- mcv 13y agoNo idea. I have no idea how complex the simulation is going to be. How about a simple version that can be run locally?
- mikko-apo 13y agoI would image the complexity being really high because the game is about racing against other AIs. What do you think? And I'm afraid local versions are out because: 1. players would reverse engineer the server's simulation code 2. we don't want to give access to other team's bots
- aerique 13y agoThe Google AI challenges allowed one to run a game server locally so testing was only limited by one's own resources. (A bot made using genetic programming did pretty well: http://planetwars.aichallenge.org/profile.php?user_id=4038 http://planetwars.aichallenge.org/profile.php?user_id=4038)