We (2 computer science students from Vienna) wrote an AI-script for AoE3. We specialized the AI for playing 1 vs 1 on Texas as British, although there is *not* a lot map/civ dependent code - we just didnt have the time to test more than one setup. The AI is by no means "complete", and there is still huge room for improvements. The AI script runs fine on the demo version of the game, as well as on the release version (well, at least we hope so, its not yet released in Austria and we didnt have a chance to test the script on the release version of the game).

This is pretty much a full rewrite of the default AI (we r using less than 1% of the original code). Its including a math library, and an implementation of loads of "standard" data structures like AVL-balanced trees implementing maps/sets, etc. Maybe some of you find those usefull - we ll put documentation of these libs online asap.

What is psychoAI's playing strength?

Well, its beating the default AI fast and consistently. But without cheating (difficulty hard or lower) it cant really compete with any skilled human player - but it should be quite challenging for beginners. We are using the same handicap system as the default AI, and with the "cheat bonus" from expert setting its usually quite hard to beat psychoAI. (Well, at least for me it is, but im not very skilled in AoE3 - and i didnt try doing anything "mean" to the AI ).

What we would like to ask you for:

Part of our project assignment is to run an online test where gamers play against our AI script and report their experience by filling out a short form. So, we would like to ask you to download the psychoAI installer here - and after your first game please report us how you like the script.

About selecting the right difficulty for your first "testgame":

Please choose a difficulty that you feel comfortable against the default AI. For most people this should be "hard" difficulty - if you are looking for some challenge you can try expert setting - but i wouldnt recommend it for the testgame unless you are already quite skilled in AoE3. The AI can only play British / Texas at the moment - please dont forget this when selecting the game settings. When installing the script it will replace the Queen Elizabeth personality, so all you need to do to play against it is selecting a British opponent on Texas - at the difficulty you prefer. (An automated uninstaller to revert the changes is included - dont worry )

After you finished the testgame:

There will be a link installed in your startmenu, which takes you to the reporting form. Please report only once, after the first game you played.

Pleeeease: dont forget to fill out the form, we really need this, thanks!

Note:
We are providing several different versions of the script for testing. We would appreciate honest feedback, so we can figure out which versions of the script "suck", and which ones dont.

greets,
plexiq

Link to our site: click

[This message has been edited by plexiq_ (edited 10-23-2005 @ 01:21 AM).]