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Fortress of Flags: A.I. Sandbox has been released! Fortress of Flags: A.I. Sandbox has been released. This is completely freeware and all are welcome to use it. This is a dream for those A.I. writers who do not want to be constrained to a custom language. Players are encouraged to design and write their own A.I. interface. This version of the gamed 3D engine uses XML to report the game progression and responds to commands issued via XML files created by your interface. This game comes with an example harness and VB6 source code to illustrate how your custom code can be developed. You can create harnesses to be the computer A.I. or even a harness linking two players together in a multiplayer game! You are encouraged to share your work with others here. Look for a library on the TacticalNeuronics.com site (coming soon). If you wish you can send your work to John.Reder@TacticalNeuronics.com to be posted. Once downloaded please review the readme.txt file for more information. Since this is its first release, please report any bugs or questions you might have with the program on the community forum (see [Community] link on the TacticalNeuronics.com website) and I’ll address them quickly if possible. Free 3D Battle Recording Viewer For those of you who are not registered but wish to view the posted tournament battle 3D recordings download this tool. This is a scaled down version of the registered 3D engine battle viewer that will play back the 3D battle recordings. It only supports 1024x768 playback mode and has only one battlefield theme. A.I. Wars Collection CD - Price Drop!  Yes, you read correctly! We have a new business relationship with Cafepress.com which allows us to sell the CD for less! The CD price has dropped from $46.95 to $31.50 +S&H! A.I. Wars Tournament! The A.I. Wars Official Fan Site of preparing to host a huge A.I. Wars Tournament welcoming everyone (new and old players alike) to join in the festivities. The Grand Launch date will be March 1st 2005! Tactical Neuronics Merchandise Show the world that you are a fan of the greatest game on Earth! Get your A.I. Wars and Tactical Neuronics Shirts, Mugs and Mouse Pads here! Official A.I. Wars Fan Site New tournaments are starting back up! A.I. Wars players are banding together to revive the sleeping A.I. Wars community! Visit the Official A.I. Wars Fan Site to join their efforts and give your ideas! A.I. Wars Collection CD is now available! A CD version of A.I. Wars is now available! Price Dropped to $31.50 (Feb 2005) The CD contains the latest versions of: A.I. Wars (The Insect Mind) 3D A.I. Wars (Armor Commander) A.I. Wars (The Insect Mind) Screen Saver A.I. Wars BattleShell A.I. Wars CAICL Pro It's cheaper to buy the CD than it is to register everything seperately!
A.I. Wars (The Insect Mind) v5.6.3 and 3D v1.1.3 Patches Released During the development of A.I. Wars (Armor Commander) we came across some minor bugs with the A.I. Wars (The Insect Mind) 3D battle engine. I just updated A.I. Wars (The Insect Mind) with the fixes. Go and get the v5.6.3 and 3D engine v1.1.3 patches to squash these bugs. A.I. Wars (Armor Commander) RELEASED! Yes, you read it correctly. A new game in the A.I. Wars series is here! Think, TANK! It uses the same CAICL language with some extra support for the new features in this version of A.I. Wars. This game has a user friendly interface that's designed around team battles. This version is 3D only so make sure your PC has the proper 3D graphics DirectX/3D compatible hardware and can support a minimum of 800x600 16bit color resolution or greater. Two A.I. Wars Chinese Language versions released! A.I. Wars can now be played using a Chinese language interface! There are two Chinese versions: Traditional and Simplified. The simplified Chinese Shareware version can be downloaded and both versions can be purchased online just like the English version. A.I. Wars has over a Quarter Million Downloads on Downloads.com! Yes, you read right, over 250,000 players have downloaded A.I. Wars from Downloads.com! Just thought it would be nice to make a note of it here... :) Over 200,000 visitors since 1999! Our web counter just rolled over the 200,000 mark and we thought that you'd be happy too! :) A.I. Wars receives a perfect 5 rating from AgentLand! AgentLand is a popular web site that features A.I. of many types. They were the host of this years A.I. Bot Challenge. A.I. Wars in ASIA InfoChina announces its contract with Tactical Neuronics and is planning to use A.I. Wars in the Chinese national Robot War Competition! A.I. Wars v5.6.2 Shareware version Released! This version grants more functionality over the v5.0.6 shareware version. More battle options are now enabled, 5 cybugs per battle now allowed instead of 2, strategy node options enabled, smart clicks now allowed and team variables and battles are also allowed now. There are some other monor interface improvements as well. You still gotta register for 3D mode... Enjoy! Flags and Fortresses Updated to v1.0.1 Improved the A.I., graphics and actually shrunk the EXE and download size by over half! Fortress of Flags - Released! A new strategy game from the author of A.I. Wars! This is a game of strategy and deception. Your goal is to locate and destroy the enemy 'Army King'. You move your army flags around a 3d battlefield of your choosing to trap and destroy enemy flags in your quest to find the enemy King. At first, neither army knows the values of their enemies flags. As the game progresses you will do battle with each other revealing the true value of the flags involved in the conflicts. As you slowly learn each others flags your goal is to devise a plan to attack at the heart of your enemy and eliminate their King! There are many types of flags you may place to create your army from 'Serpents' and 'Demons' to 'Sea Monsters' and 'Great Dragons'. Some can travel fast, others can travel on or over special terrain types such as water and stone. Others cannot move at all but can be devastating to attacking enemy flags. Features Include: 3D battle interface, many maps to choose from and its own map editor. Multiple battle viewing options. Use a computer designed army or use the included army designer to create your own. Windows 95/98/NT/2K/XP OS and DirectX 8 compatible audio and video hardware required. A.I. Wars v5.6.2 Patch Released! This patch corrects the error 163 message and other issues users were seeing when launching 3D battles from the command line prompt using the AI_WARS.EXE command line parameters. A.I. Wars Screen Saver v1.0.1 Released! See the Screen Saver Post Below... I fixed the memory leak and now the random battles continue over and over without relaunching the program. A.I. Wars 3D Screen Saver / Technology Demo BETA Released! The BETA version is ready for download and it's FREE! This is also a good test of your system if you are unsure about meeting the minimum requirements for 3D Mode. Note: A.I. Wars 3D supports 2D, 2D follow and TEXT Modes as well for those of you with lower end hardware. This is also an open call for owners of the registered version to post their saved battle .r3d files into the Tactical Neuronics A.I. Wars File Library for owners of the A.I. Wars Screen Saver to download and add to their collection. A.I. Wars 3D Engine v1.1.2 Patch Released! - This patch squashes all known error 99 conditions. - This patch orients the top camera views so they are alligned with the radar map. - This patch adds a northern point marker so you can quickly determine your camera orientation with the position of the radar map. A.I. Wars 3D Engine v1.1.1 Patch Released! This patch adds a few camera angle options to Cybg follow mode. To cycle through the angles simply select the followed Cybugs number again and again, the angle will switch each time the same Cybug ID is selected. The angles are: Note: These Cycle each time you select the same Cybug ID number: - Regular follow view from 8 ft. back. - Top down over followed Cybug from 100 ft up. - Follow from 100 ft. up and 100 ft. back. - Follow from 50 ft. up and 50 ft. back. - Top down over followed Cybug from 200 ft up. This patch also gets rid of bad radar ghost Cybug locations. This patch also adds a feature where a followed Cybug when killed will auto change the follow to the highest scoring living Cybug. This also happens if you select a dead Cybug that has no flag left on the field to mark its last location. A.I. Wars File Upload Library now Online! At the top of the Forum you'll notice a Files Button. This file upload area is like the Cybugs database and it supports uploads of Maps, 3D Battle recordings, 2D Battle Recordings, Battle Summaries, Battle Simulator World Themes and special A.I. Wars related uploads (zip files containing anything A.I. Wars support file related that you may want to share, Cybug teams, scenario files, battle settings files, tournament rules etc..) You can also get to this from the File Library menu option on the left at most of the Tactical Neuronics web site pages. This should make it easier for players without a web site to host tournements. They can place any tournemant support files including results in these areas for everyone to get. A.I. Wars v5.6.1 XP Patch Released & SHAREWARE v5.0.61 Patch Released! The v5.6.1 patch for the registered version addresses some XP compatability issues and updates the help file. The v5.0.61 SHAREWARE patch addresses some much needed repairs and improvements: This patch makes the following changes to the shareware version: - cMath command text case sensitivity bug is fixed. - some graphics changes. - Fixes issues with non english systems locking up on battle load. (now uses v1 encryption by default) - removed 1000 click limit on battles. A.I. Wars v5.5.9 / 3D v1.0.9 Patch Released! This is not a fix patch but rather it contains the following upgrades... 3D Mode:? 1) Team markings on Cybug armor. If the friendly Cybugs option is enabled then all Cybgs with the same IFF will wear team colors on their armor. 2) Scanner activity indicator. Cybugs now sport a scanner indicator on their body that shows you the types of scans it is conducting. You can get a quick command reference card here. A.I. Wars 3D Engine v1.0.8 Patch Released. I keep getting ideas and I keep issuing patches... This is a 3D engine patch that upgrades the overheat and damage Cybug skins so they look a little more realistic. I also made mines more easy to see as well as improved upon some other smaller battle sequences making the battle smoother overall. A.I. Wars v5.5.8 Patch / CAICLPro v1.0.2 Patch Released! Whew, two more patches comming at ya! A.I. Wars v5.5.7 to v5.5.8 and 3D engine 1.0.6 to 1.0.7 patch This is a Combonation patch it upgrades the main A.I. Wars program from v5.5.7 to 5.5.8 and the 3D Engine from 1.0.6 to 1.0.8. You'll need to make sure you have applied all previous patches to both engines before applying this patch. You can verify your current 3D engine version by looking at the text in the top left corner of your screen just before a 3D battle starts, it should read 1.0.6. You can verify that your current version of the the main A.I. Wars program by looking inthe lower left corner of the startup splash screen, it should read v5.5.7. This patch fixes an error message sometimes issued with saving edited maps. It also fixed a bug when saving a Cybug under a new name using the editor button from the start splash screen, it wasn't changing the edit window name to reflect the new file name. This patch fixes an issue with the 3D engine where the shadow of a Cybug is not removed when it self destructs. CAICLPro v1.0.2 Patch You can verify your CAICLPro version by looking in the Help/About dialog box. This patch enables v1 encryption in saved files by giving the user an option to save using v1 or v4 when saving a file. This will allow users to save their files using the v1 format for use on non-english systems using unicode instead of ansi. A.I. Wars Encryption FAQ! For those users who are using non english language systems or want to share their Cybugs to those who are running non english systems, check out this FAQ! This explains issues with the v4 encryption on non english systems and how to get around it. You can also find a link here to download the default Cybugs shipped with A.I. Wars saved in this format so you can edit and use them on non english language systems. A.I. Wars v5.5.7 Patch Released, non english system owners rejoice! It corrects the cybug/map directory ini file setting that was added but buggy in v5.5.6. It updates the 3D engine to v1.0.6 giving you some more eye candy with a cool end game sequence for the highest scoring Cybug thats still alive. Non english language system owners can now use the 'SaveAs=Low' setting in the 'aiw_config.ini' file to use v1 encryption to prevent system lockups when running battles. See the encryption FAQ in the tutorials page for details. Other minor changes were made to the Cybug editor interface. A.I. Wars 3D Engine v1.0.5 Patch Released 3D ENGINE SPEED PATCH!!!! This is a 3D engine patch. You can verify your 3D engine version by looking at the text in the top right corner of your screen just before a 3D battle starts. This patch increases the speed of 3D battles by 500%! This patch also rotates flags by 45 degrees so they are easier to see as well as makes the mines look a little better. Also, Some sounds were added to events that were previously silent. A.I. Wars v5.5.6 and 3D Engine v1.0.4 Patches Released A.I. Wars v5.5.6 Patch This patch address the following issues: The 2d Battles were starting to get too fast on the newer PC's so the battle speed control bar from the birds eye debug mode has been enabled for regular mode as well. This allows you to decrease the battle speed by moving the scroll bar to the right. A aiw_config.ini file was added to allow you to specify an external Cybug A.I. editor like CACCLPro or GVIM. Note: Ignore the Cybug and Map path settings in this ini file, a future patch will enable them properly. Other minor interface graphic changes were also made. 3D Engine v1.0.4 Patch This is a 3D engine patch. You can verify your 3D engine version by looking at the text in the top right corner of your screen just before a 3D battle starts. This patch corrects some issues with the 3D graphics engine and increases Cybug speed A.I. Wars CAICL Pro (Advanced .AI File Editor) The A.I. Wars Cybug A.I. Command Language (CAICL) now has a new full featured stand-alone editor! Click on the link above for more details. A.I. Wars 5.5.5 Patch Released A problem with the new editor caused text to be lost under certain conditions and it was decided to roll back to the more stable editor found in v5.0 and release a more full featured stand-alone editor in its place. A.I. Wars v5.5.4 Patch Released! This small patch addresses a bug that has been present in all versions of A.I. Wars that used the 'cmath' command. Before the v5.5.3 3D upfgrade patch which in addition to adding the new 3D battle engine, replaced the CAICL editor with a new one that auto corrected/verified syntax. This new editor changed the case in all 'cmath' commands to 'CMath'. This innocent change actually caused the language parser to error on these cmath commands because it was looking for the string 'math' rather than 'Math' to update variables within the string with their true numeric values. This problem always existed but most users always used lowercase 'cmath' and since the editor didn't change the case before v5.5.3 nobody noticed the issue. This has been corrected and the cmath command is no longer case sensitive. A.I. Wars 3D Upgrade Released! Come and get your very own copy of the new A.I. Wars for the 21st century! v5.5.3 (enhanced 3D battle simulator) is now ready. A.I. Wars 3D - In BETA test! Yes, you read it correctly, A.I. Wars (The Insect Mind) is now ready to blow your Human Mind with an all-new 3D engine enhancement allowing you to see Cybugs in all their glory roaming the battlefield thursting for blood! The game engine is working well and is being evaluated by some high profile players. It should be released very soon! Stay tuned... Cybug Library You can now upload your favorite Cybugs to the new online Cybug Library found within the Tactical Neuronics web site! You can upload your own or anyone elses that you think might be of interest. A.I. Wars BattleShell v1.0.0 Source Code Released! Come one come all! If you like to code in Visual Basic feel free to download the source code for the A.I. Wars BattleShell. I'm releasing this in hopes that some programmers out there will improve upon its theme and create some cool tournaments and add-ons for A.I. Wars. Please read its Readme.txt file for more details on it. Enjoy! A.I. Wars v5.0.7 Patch Released! Download the latest A.I. Wars patch. It now allows 10 Cybugs to be loaded from a scenario (.scn) file. Older versions only allowed 9 preventing automated scripting any battles over 9 Cybugs - this limit has been lifted and you can now load 10 from a scenario! A.I. Wars Wish List and Utilities Vidar Braut Haarr of AmigoSoft Productions has created a web page dedicated to player requests for engancements to A.I. Wars and he is also developing some nice A.I. Wars utilities! VB Gaming Central Reviews A.I. Wars Thanks to Vidar Braut Haarr's efforts VB Gaming Central and CodeWorld both have News entries about A.I. Wars!!! Marco Bresciani hosts StarFleet Tournaments Marco Bresciani the creator of the CAICL syntax files for gVim has opened a Tournament site for new players. Check it out! Updated A.I. Wars GVim syntax script v1.5 Marco Bresciani was kind enough to update his creation called caicl.vim. this is a GVIM 5.5 syntax script file that can be used with the GVIM software. GVIM is a PC based VI editor with loads of advanced editing features. He has created the CAICL script so you can get cool colored syntax while developing AI files. - Revised syntax coloring for the "rear port" keywords and the "queen" one - New pattern matching for system variables: now they're recognized even near other characters like "-", "(", ")" and so... and they're the only #words correctly recognized (earlier versions recognized even other words beginning with "#"... ) - New pattern matching for numbers: they're recognized near "-", "<", ... - Revised "installation" instructions. Cybug Programmer's Help Guide (E-Zine) - NOW AVAILABLE! If you need a Survival Manual for your Cybug, this is it. It includes John Reder's Official Guide to CMATH, three Tutorials, a Code Archive, and the full code to Shea Parkes' Economix Cybug. (Shea's Torque Cybug will be added soon, in v2.) Bear in mind that the Help Guide is a work in progress. If you find any errors or omissions, please let your Uncle Akhmed know about it. Submissions for the Help Guide are also welcome, and new articles will be added as they become available Updated A.I. Wars GVim syntax script v1.2 Marco Bresciani was kind enough to update his creation called caicl.vim. this is a GVIM 5.5 syntax script file that can be used with the GVIM software. GVIM is a PC based VI editor with loads of advanced editing features. He has created the CAICL script so you can get cool colored syntax while developing AI files. Bouncing Cybugs Screen Saver (v2) A very busy Uncle Akmed has updated his bouncing Cybug screen saver: ...Everybody needs a screen saver, yes? Want to see Cybugs floating over a schematic background? Well, your Uncle Akhmed aims to please! Enhanced Cybug Sound Pack (v1) Uncle Akhmed is at it again with his latest A.I. Wars Add-on. This will upgrade the current sound files used in the game to a set that uses stereo and has all new sounds that are alot better than the original. ...At great risk to his own personal safety – hanging by his feet, suspended from a hovercraft over the Battle Arena, with a microphone held down into the fray – your Uncle Akhmed has recorded the sounds of actual Cybug Warfare! A.I. Source Tutorial featuring: Torque James Press and Shea Parkes have teamed up to create this very well done tutorial. Torque is a top tournament Cybug written by Shea that uses the A.I. Wars CAICL to its fullest potential. You can learn alot from Torque on Navigation, Flag capturing and attack strategies with this well thought out tutorial. Uncle Akhmed's Cybug Emporium Grand Opening Wykan has done it again! Uncle Akhmed's is up and running with cool tournaments, icons, maps, backgrounds and the all new Bouncing Cybug screen saver! Retail version release imminent in 27 countries! Crystal Interactive Software Inc. has confirmed the imminent release of the retail version of A.I. Wars in 27 countries worldwide! A.I. Wars v5 SHAREWARE released! Jist in time for Christmas!!! After a very long pause in updating the shareware version of A.I. Wars, the wait is over! If you havn't registered yet, here's your chance to get a peek at what everyone is talking about. The v5 Shareware version only allows 2 Cybugs in a single battle with a 1000 click limit. Most battle settings are locked down. Smart clicks and strategy nodes are disabled but you do get to use all of the new commands like cMath, relitive scans and lets not forget the Grenades! Happy Holidays! A.I. Wars version 5.0.5 to 5.0.6 patch released. This patch addresses a minor problem with reading the values of some system variables. Most Cybug developers do not use these and there is a simple workaround but I thought I'd patch it anyway. The follwing variables are fixed in v5.0.6: #overheatoff #snodeoff #smartclickoff #bloodmodeon #lastcybugon The problem with these variables in version 5.0.5 was: They're returning " 0" ore a " 1" instead of "0" or a "1" which offsets the parsed code. In order for it to work in v5.0.5 you'd have to do it this way. math v1 = #overheatoff + 0 if value ~v1 = 0 then goto checkheat if value ~v1 = 1 then goto forgetheat the math function strips of the leading space from the variable so can be used. A.I. Wars BattleShell v1.0.0 This nifty add-on for A.I. Wars (The Insect Mind) v5 allows you to do battle on a grand scale. It adds a single player strategy component to the game and may allow for some interesting tournaments. It was inspired by the A.I. Wars tournament site called A.I. Wars Maneuvers hosted by Devon Ellis last year. This is the first release so I expect that user feedback will drive it in new directions in the Future. It is FREE but with one hitch, you need A.I. Wars version 5 to use it. 189,000 Downloads from Download.com Download.com is one of the 84 FTP sites that carry A.I. Wars shareware v2.1a. Most FTP sites do not keep track of downloads, mine included but Download.com does and you can watch the downloads grow if you wish at Download.com! 50,000 Visitors logged in 6 days! A little advertising goes a long way, I have recently added an A.I. Wars players wanted post to www.wargamer.com as part of my one man advertisment blitz. Feel free to help spread the word about our community! 15000 site visitors in 24 hours! Thanks to slashdot.org I was slashdoted (/.ed). A simple mention of my fresnel lens page had 50 visitors a minute comming to our site! My ISP decided to kill the fresnel page siting that it transfered more than 3 gigabytes using 25% of there entire T1! I replaced the page with a simple pointer to my old compuserve homepage and other visitors mirrored it as well. The good news is that there is a A.I. Wars banner at the top with a link to the A.I. Wars pages, that should translate to even more players! Note: it was also mentioned on Geeknews.com the same day! Slashdot News GeekNews Version 5 available online! After you register A.I. Wars online you can now download it online as well. If you'd rather have it e-mailed to you, you are still welcome to use the v5 e-mail request form to receive your registered copy. A.I. Wars notetab editor library Techni Myoko has been generous enough to create a library for the 'notetab' editor. This editor is designed to make programming easy in any language you define. Click here to download the library file, place it in the librarys folder of the notetab application Click here to download a copy of notetab A.I. Wars version 5.0.5 Version 5.0.5 fixes these issues with version 5.0.4: * PScan graphic has been toned down. * cmath newline bug has been fixed. * Gosub to invalid label now issues error in dbug mode since it can fill the stack. Goto's don't fill the stack so no error is given. * Publisher screen updated to replace the AVI. I have sent the patch to all users who received v5.0.4 via e-mail. If you didn't receive the patch let me know. All future requests for version 5 will receive version 5.0.5. Crystal Interactive Software, Inc. We are now a full partner with Crystal Interactive Software! Crystal Software is a European based publisher with worldwide distribution channels. Check out their web site (Note: their site is in the process of being re-built). Click here to Request Version 5 Version 5 is at the release candidate point and is ready for limited distribution to registered users of earlier versions. If all goes well, this version will be the one that will be officially released. If you have a registration code and can receive e-mail attachments then it's time to 'Rock-and-Roll'!!! Tactical Neuronics Well as you can see I have added a news section where you'll find the latest and greatest A.I. Wars news! |
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