If you have a C problem and use boost as the solution, then you have two problems. :- I've not found boost to be very modular, it's a monolithic library. Just count how many files you need to include to get smart pointers or delegates.
You should definitely write another article about the process of making the simulation deterministic -- as you mentioned in the disadvantages. That's the key challenge here :-
Hi Christiaan, I've been waiting for this article you mentioned You had me at Interactive Animation :- I also very much enjoyed your input on the panel at our Game AI Conference '09 last week. On the plane back from Paris, I actually saw an old Pluto episode, and just ...
Simon, Good point about the Best Characater award. I didn't realize it was a feature in the past. It could work rather well in an AI context though we'll probably try Best Character Behavior at the end of the year and see how it's received Alex
I guess you're waiting for an AI geek to let you know exactly what you've got here :- This is known as Dijkstra's algorithm. It doesn't have much to do with A at all. A is a single-pair shortest path algorithm from A to B whereas Dijstra is single source ...
Nice article For those of you keen to hear Chris Delay's take on the low-level behavior of the Darwinians, we did a full interview with him a few months ago: http://aigamedev.com/design/survival-behavior Great game, you should get the limited edition set too it's a great package :- Alex AiGameDev.com
