New AI Contest:Planets

[Darryl]

One thing, I'm working on a GUI, but it would really help if each planet had an X/Y co-ordinate. While this is not too major, it would also require the planet linking code to be changed so that each planet is connected to it's [between one and three] nearest neighbours.

Did you download the original game? I'd rather not make the links just connect to the 3 closest. Right now it creates two links between its 1st and 10th nearest neighbor(numerically. In the original game they could jump a little ways, but there is even a setting to make them link really far away.

I have to run to store, but I will add coordinate system later though i am not really sure how i should generate the coordinates

[Corsix]

Nah, I've got some code to generate co-ordinates. Would just have looked nicer with less connection lines going through other planets.

[Darryl]

ok added coordinates to planet class

[Darryl]

Corsix, how's the gui coming?

[Corsix]

I'm working on the full GUI, unfortunatley writing an early draft my entry is more important. Anyway, I did throw something together quickly to help me understand whats going on:

[Corsix]

.. I've sorting out the _slow_ rendering problem in the true GUI
I haven't grabbed the framework with co-ordinates built in it yet though; I'm currently generating them myself.

[Darryl]

looks interesting, the framework doesn't generate the coordinates, it just have member to hold the values (and member functons tp set and get the values)

[exomo]

Nice contest, really. But I won't take part this time. I've got too much to do.
But I'm watching you

[Corsix]

But I'm watching you

Time to get my tinfoil hat out