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Name

conqstrat -- modify Robot strategy tables

Synopsis

conqstrat [-v] [-d] [-U] [-o file]

Description

This manual page documents briefly the conqstrat command.

conqstrat is a utility which reads rules from stdin to update Robot strategy tables. It's normal use is to update the common block (the game's current 'state') with a 'compiled' robot AI state, defined by a file such as conqrule.

If you want to modify the robot's AI, you can do so and use conqstrat to either update the common block (running game) with the new AI directly, or generate a conqdata.h file that can be compiled into Conquest and used as the default when the universe is initialized.

Options

-v
Be verbose about everything.
-d
Turn on lots of debugging.
-U
Update the common block directly. This is the most common use for non-conquest developers. NOTE: If you then use conqoper to initialize the common block, your AI will be lost and replaced with the compiled-in default, so you will need to re-run this command to re-install your own AI again.
-o file
Output to file. Without this option, output will go to stdout. The normal use of this option is to generate a header file that is compiled directly into conquest (conqdata.h).

See Also

conquest (6) , conqai (6) , conqoper (6) .

See the conqrule and conqrule.easy files for two robot strategies supplied in the conquest distribution, and installed in <install_prefix>/share/doc/conquest/. conqrule is the original AI (with minor fixes) supplied in the original VAX/VMS conquest distribution. It is also the default AI compiled into Conquest. conqrule.easy is an AI that is a bit easier on new players :) You can install it in an initialized game with conqstrat -U <conqrule.easy.

Author

This manual page was originally written by Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU GPL. Conquest is

Copyright (C)1994-2006 by Jon Trulson <jon@radscan.com> under the ARTISTIC License.

Original VAX/VMS Ratfor Conquest:

Copyright (C)1983-1986 by Jef Poskanzer and Craig Leres. Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that this copyright notice appear in all copies and in all supporting documentation. Jef Poskanzer and Craig Leres make no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

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