I can't speak for other users, but I *loved* hacking on Wesnoth AI's
when it was possible to do in Python. Being able to recode the AI as the
game ran was awesome. I tried to replicate some of my stuff with formula
AI, but it was foreign to me. Perhaps someone has redone Bruteforce
python AI in Lua?
Mark de Wever wrote:
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:28:19PM +0100, jeremy rosen wrote:
remember what we learned with the python AI:
if we allow people to wirte AI in Java, then Java becomes a mandatory
part of all wesnoth, since WML might contain java plugs which would
make the scenario unplayable for people without java
(and yes we tried all sort of stuff including but not limited to
falling back on another AI, we eventually gave up)
Another disadvantage I see is that it would change the AI language
again. I rather see the current work Crab did extended further and
improve the lua bindings further.
Once that's done I hope to find out whether our users really like to
write their own AI.
my overall impression is that Java is wesnoth is a bad idea,
especially in an area where we already have lua
Agreed, I also expect the same problems with Java as with Python. The
language isn't meant to be used in a sandbox and opens the risk of
security issues. Lua on the other hand is designed for the task.
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