Hey, I've considered throwing some computing power at teambuilding and competition (writing a halfway decent AI capable of constructing teams and competing with them on its own). Having done a bit of research, it seems as though there was one bot (Battlebot) that did the competition end of it, albeit at a very simple level.
First off, am I right in assuming that it is fine to use a bot, so long as either I own the server or I contact and receive permission from the server administration?
Secondly, is there a better way to approach this than what I can think of?
Obviously, the source is available, so I might be able to hack something together with that. Alternatively, it might be feasible to cobble something together to actually work with the UI. I'd be interested if possible in seeing how Battlebot did it, and if possible, where I could download that.
The teambuilding end doesn't look all that technically difficult, to be honest. Just some file format fiddling. Nevertheless, any insights into that would be helpful.
Thanks in advance.
First off, am I right in assuming that it is fine to use a bot, so long as either I own the server or I contact and receive permission from the server administration?
Secondly, is there a better way to approach this than what I can think of?
Obviously, the source is available, so I might be able to hack something together with that. Alternatively, it might be feasible to cobble something together to actually work with the UI. I'd be interested if possible in seeing how Battlebot did it, and if possible, where I could download that.
The teambuilding end doesn't look all that technically difficult, to be honest. Just some file format fiddling. Nevertheless, any insights into that would be helpful.
Thanks in advance.