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From: juggler@iquest.net (Phil Paxton)
Subject: Re: Strategy Games Programming
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P.J.GREEN1@STUDENT.DERBY.AC.UK  writes:

>To all in the know,
>                   Hmmmm, can anyone give me any idea how to go about this
>goal of mine.
>I have been playing around computers since the days of the vic20 (oh those
>were the days...!)
>I have always wanted to produce a strategy game but have never been able to
>obtain the
>details as to how to create the computer decision making techniques. I am at
>intermediate 
>in C++ (Whats intermediate level you say...!) programming on the PC, can
>anyone tell me of 
>any good books related to this subject as it will be most appreciated..!

This isn't very specific.  What kind of strategy game?  It's not possible 
to create a one-size-fits-all strategy engine.  You'd be better off to 
determine what type of game you'd be interested in programming and work 
from there.


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