1. The Art of Strategic and Tactical AI in RTS Games Region Wars – MS3 Hans Hartman, Johan Larsson, Fredrik Medeström

2. Background  RTS AI  Why? Hard to do properly Hasn’t been done really well before Infinite possibilities Could we do it better?

3. Region Wars  Fantasy Environment  Humans and Orcs  Basic Units  Commanders  Buildings  Goals/Missions

4. Region Wars, Map Structure  Province Map  Region Map

5. Region Wars, Included and Excluded Included:  Working AI  Placeholder Graphics  Four Playable Maps  Two Playable Races  Menu  GUI  HUD  Sound/Sound FX Excluded:  Multiplayer  Detailed Graphics  High Quality Sound

6. Creating the Game, A Technical Approach  XNA Easy 3D Easy Sound C# HLSL Support Xbox 360 Compatible

7. Creating the Game, A Technical Approach – Technical Details  Modular Structure  Uniformed Interface  XML  Map System

8. AI Structure

9. AI, Structural Details  Strategic Overmind  Resource Manager  Constructional AI  Worker AI  Military AI  Cognitive AI  Unit/Group AI  Training AI

10. Changes along the way, removed  Capital City removed  AI wall building

11. Changes along the way, modified  Waypoint not used as first planned  Resource using sorted list not heap as first planned  Obstacle avoidance limited to stationary objects  Humans also utilize flocking  Modified mission types  Background Music  Stats modified to balance game

12. Changes along the way, added  Splash screen  More maps  Map generator  Obstacles  100% AI vs. AI game mode  Planner to Overmind AI  Console and commands

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14. Further Information All information is available on: http://blogs.gscept.com/sp4http://blogs.gscept.com/sp4

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