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Shard Spring

ClosestBuildSite & Shard

Since the beginning, the Spring engine APIs have provided a helper function closestbuildsite. Poorly documented, this API call does not work as one would expect, and is understood by few ( hence the lack of documentation ).

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AI Spring

VS2008 AIs and the C++ API

AI development under Visual Studio with the Spring Engine is good, but it has a few minor bumps to get over before you can run. Luckily I’ve just done that myself and I’m here to help!

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AI Spring

Why The New Interface?

Why is there a new AI interface for the Spring Engine? Lets clear up some misunderstandings and explain things nice and clearly!

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AI Spring

Lua & AIs Solution 2: Extreme Generics

In solution number 1 I set out a modular system that would require the involvement of content developers, but would provide a meaningful structured way for AIs and content to coexist in a lua world. Now I’m about to throw that out the window by presenting solution number 2.

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Blog

Spring AI Development and You!

Every few days or weeks I’m asked about AI development in spring. I was today offered work porting the music AI and NTai over to linux and asked questions about how to develop AI in general as I seemed to be the person to know. (note this post is for nostalgic purposes now that the […]