State of the project

[Anto1Roy]

Hi, I am a CS student and for our final project we are asked to implement a RL solution. I was wondering what is the state of the openage. Would it be ready to be used as a simulator for RL and then play 1v1?

[TobiasFP]

Hi Anto.
OpenAge would not be suitable for a Ringers Lactate (RL) simulation as the two things have practically zero things in common.

Bad jokes aside, please let us know what RL is to you, as I have never heard the short term before (Except for Ringers Lactate as I am a chemist).

[Anto1Roy]

Thanks for the fast response. I would like to implement Reinforcement Learning to Age of Empire. Since this is for research purpose, I don't really need a multiplayer version, but just one that can play against the computer.

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[TobiasFP]

Awesome, that sounds like a lot of fun.
Well, I think it really depends on a lot of things.
How many are you and how much time do you have? I can tell you that for sure it is not just a:
"Compile openage and then start writing python scripts" job. You would need to help the project get into your desired state first, as it currently is not rendering (I don't know if you need rendering, but I think it would help a lot to see how it progresses).

It has been a couple months since I last compiled the project, and to be honest, I would advise against using OpenAge in it's current state and maybe look to other project, though I can see the appeal in openage as you would be able to do the AI scripting (Here referring to the management of "AI" units ingame, not the RL) in Python.

If you are a master student in CS and knows your way around CPP, then it could potentially be possible.

[Anto1Roy]

Thanks for the honest response. We have 2 weeks to come up with a proposal. So, I don't think it will be feasible. As you work on creating video games simulators, could you recommend me a project on which you think it would be possible to implement Reinforcement Learning? Also, I would be interested in helping openage in the future.

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________________________________ De : Tobias Feldballe Petersen ***@***.***> Envoyé : 20 février 2025 07:05 À : SFTtech/openage ***@***.***> Cc : Anto1Roy ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Objet : Re: [SFTtech/openage] State of the project (Discussion #1754) Awesome, that sounds like a lot of fun. Well, I think it really depends on a lot of things. How many are you and how much time do you have? I can tell you that for sure it is not just a: "Compile openage and then start writing python scripts" job. You would need to help the project get into your desired state first, as it currently is not rendering (I don't know if you need rendering, but I think it would help a lot to see how it progresses). It has been a couple months since I last compiled the project, and to be honest, I would advise against using OpenAge in it's current state and maybe look to other project, though I can see the appeal in openage as you would be able to do the AI scripting in Python. If you are a master student in CS and knows your way around CPP, then it could potentially be possible. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#1754 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A3IRRDH2CV7GRO2K5DZHTK32QXAIPAVCNFSM6AAAAABXPJBSUSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTEMRWGI3DIMQ>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[TobiasFP]

Sorry, i have actually made zero contributions to openage, and have made zero contributions to open source games, besides helping with a bit of documentation, i do however have a proposal for something that might be off interest. Please contact me on LinkedIn, Tobias Feldballe.