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olivertheorem · 05-14-2013, 09:59 PM

I don't know the exact thread, but I'm pretty sure Markus has explicitly said that it's a PITA to get coded well. I know Wolf commented that other games have done it, which is true. I saw many examples cited in another thread on the subject. But, it was also commented that those games practically always had problems with implementation. It is one thing to just have it in the game. It is quite another to have it in a realistic way.

Given other widely known roster quirks of the OOTP AI as it currently exists, I find it highly doubtful that said AI could use a bullpen even 10% as well as a human if it had to warm them up too. This is not due to any fault of Markus' or any lack in his skill as a programmer. It is due to the exteme difficulty in getting a computer to think like a human, especially for a single programmer with a small budget.

05-14-2013, 09:59 PM	#17
olivertheorem All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,919	I don't know the exact thread, but I'm pretty sure Markus has explicitly said that it's a PITA to get coded well. I know Wolf commented that other games have done it, which is true. I saw many examples cited in another thread on the subject. But, it was also commented that those games practically always had problems with implementation. It is one thing to just have it in the game. It is quite another to have it in a realistic way. Given other widely known roster quirks of the OOTP AI as it currently exists, I find it highly doubtful that said AI could use a bullpen even 10% as well as a human if it had to warm them up too. This is not due to any fault of Markus' or any lack in his skill as a programmer. It is due to the exteme difficulty in getting a computer to think like a human, especially for a single programmer with a small budget.