StarCraft: Brood War in Multi-Agent Systems

This project creates a bridge between BWAPI for StarCraft: Brood War and EIS-enabled Multi-Agent Systems.

The environment interface standard (EIS) has been developed to facilitate connecting software agents to environments.

Requirements

• Java
• StarCraft: Brood War
• An EIS-compatible Multi-Agent System
  • See installation instructions for GOAL and Jason

Quick Setup

1. Install StarCraft: Brood War and update to version 1.16.1.
2. Download this project (Download ZIP in the right-side menu).
3. Install the JNI BWAPI Starter Pack from the StarterPack-folder.
4. Run one of the examples in the examples-folder using either Jason or GOAL.
5. Run SCBW through ChaosLauncher with the BWAPI plugin enabled.
6. Start a new game using Terran as player and watch the agents play!

Current status

• Most units can be controlled by the MAS.
• Only a subset of the Terran units have had implemented special abilities:
  • Marine (Stimpacks)

Project overview

The project contains the following folders:

• EISBW: The EIS implementation of BWAPI.
• examples: A collection of examples for different multi-agent systems (currently Jason and GOAL).
• libs: Jar-files required for building the interface and running the various examples.