OtviAI (version 423)

[Maninthebox]

non-drive through bus stops + articulated vehicles = worse mix

[Roest]

Sure but maybe don't use full load orders for busses and mail transporters. Especially in small towns this results in traffic jams.

[Maninthebox]

Time for an update again Most important change is that the subsidy ai is now merged into the main ai, so if otviAI is having enough money and an interesting subsidy pops up, it will try to get it. Other changes include updates to latest api and minor things like indentation and fancier debug (the same used in rondje). Latest version is as always available in bananas or in the first post.

[Morloth]

Time for an update again Most important change is that the subsidy ai is now merged into the main ai, so if otviAI is having enough money and an interesting subsidy pops up, it will try to get it. Other changes include updates to latest api and minor things like indentation and fancier debug (the same used in rondje). Latest version is as always available in bananas or in the first post.

Sweet! Good to have you back. Will try the new version immediately .

[Alberth]

I found a packaging error:
In the openttd debug output I saw:

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dbg: [ai] Registering two AIs with the same name and version
dbg: [ai]   1: /home/hat/.openttd/content_download/ai/OtviAI.1.4.tar/otviai.1.4/main.nut
dbg: [ai]   2: /home/hat/.openttd/content_download/ai/OtviAI.282.tar/otviai.282/main.nut
dbg: [ai] The first is taking precedence.

In other words, I get 1.4 instead of 282.

The fault appears to be in the info.nut file (with thanks to Yexo). In both versions, the "GetVersion()" returns value 1, so to OpenTTD both versions are equal.
You may want to change your GetVersion() function to prevent the above behavior.

Sincerely,
Albert

[Maninthebox]

Ahhh.. thanks for noticing that. I see I have to make something automagic to include the subversion number in my info.nut file. Updated manually for now

[fanioz]

And it is nice to see that my Ai can't compete to win the subsidy from otviAi. good job maninthebox.

[Maninthebox]

Hehe, I didn't know your AI was trying to get them as well so the first time I saw the "Failed to win the subsidy" debug in my AI debug window I was wondering what bug I had introduced this time, but it turned out there is competition

[Maninthebox]

As it's update time: a minor update for OtviAI as well. I updated it to include the newer aisubsidy api calls. The tarball is in the first post again. Have fun!

[jklamo]

Will try new version (have some problems with old version). On Bananas is still old version.

[Maninthebox]

True. For two reasons: I wanted to have 30000 downloads before the next update (bulls*** reason of course, but I'm at 29105 already and for some reason the download counter resets when you update). The other (and actual) reason is that I have to check what I have to enter as minimum version because of the new aisubsidy calls it's using.

[exelsiar]

using 7.3 and OtviAI dl'd from here and got this error message. strangely enough the version on the content downloader worked fine.

[Maninthebox]

The version here uses trunk version API calls, whereas the one in bananas uses 0.7.2/0.7.3 api calls. If you're using a normal release version: use the online content downloader, and for the nightlies you can use either one.

[Itzamna]

Hello.

I dont know if this AI is still under maintenance but i just wanted to post a error im getting with it.


It happens on both beta2 and on 0.75 versions of the game. The ai version is the one found on the content manager.


It all runs smoothly with the AI, its really nice with a fast pace construction... the problem is when i save and then load the game. The AI always crashes. This the error i get:

[Maninthebox]

Bug fixed, new version is attached to the first post in this thread. Actually saving and loading is still something on the todo-list I'm afraid, but the AI will run after a save/load again.

[ostlandr]

Interesting thing happens with OTV in my games:

I guess OTV and the Heavy Equipment Set just don't get along. Unless the AI is deliberately jamming up traffic in my towns?

[Maninthebox]

OtviAI has not been tested with most of the newgrfs, so they might not get along. However, the picture shows no significant traffic jam But yes, the AI makes a real traffic jam (and then I'm talking 100+ busses) in combination with some other AIs every now and then

[ostlandr]

Understood. I forgot to say thanks for all the hard work on these. Thanks!!!

When I feel like a challenge, I use "vanilla" OTTD, all the AIs, and get my butt kicked by endless lines of buses, and by trucks hauling coal halfway across the map.

OtviAI has not been tested with most of the newgrfs, so they might not get along. However, the picture shows no significant traffic jam But yes, the AI makes a real traffic jam (and then I'm talking 100+ busses) in combination with some other AIs every now and then

[Michiel]

Interesting thing happens with OTV in my games:

Lowville & Beaver River, 29th Apr 1957.png

Unless the AI is deliberately jamming up traffic in my towns?

That's not a traffic jam! This is a traffic jam:

[planetmaker]

I just re-loaded my yesterday's AI game, unfortunately OtViAI (v283) failed to continue its work:

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dbg: [ai] [7] [S] Your script made an error: wrong number of parameters
dbg: [ai] [7] [S] 
dbg: [ai] [7] [S] 
dbg: [ai] The AI died unexpectedly.

The status with which it started today, some nice PAX and mail routes, though some could need a bit better service which might especially in a competitive environment help it:

EDIT: hm... thread title says v312, but bananas only gave me the v283 which I used. Maybe time to update the version there, too? Much higher chance people will then report back on the performance of the newer versions... or use a scheme like NoCAB with a "stable" and a "bleeding edge" version, both available via bananas.