Mad Doc Engine Challenge problem

Our collaboration with the commercial game development company Mad Doc Software has recently produced a challenge problem intended to be similar to real-life military situations. The environment for this challenge problem is the Mad Doc 3D engine used in the eagerly awaited real-time strategy sequel, Empire Earth 2. Researchers interested in attempting this problem should expect to use TIELT and the information provided in the supplied Game Model for the challenge problem, so an initial problem description as well as an initial, non-working Game Model are provided. The Game Model is only an incomplete example of the actual data that will be provided with the final challenge problem.

• Challenge Problem Description (pdf)
• Challenge Problem Game Model Use TIELT to open this file. Please consult TIELT's documentation for information on the structure of the Game Model.

Wargus Challenge problem

We are working on a second challenge problem involving winning the real-time strategy game Wargus. Wargus runs on the Stratagus open source real-time strategy game engine. It is a remake of the popular game Warcraft II made by Blizzard Entertainment. As with Mad Doc's problem, researchers should expect to connect to Wargus via TIELT; an experimental setup will be provided. Currently, a description of the problem is available. We also a fairly good version of the TIELT Game Model, but which is subject to change.

• Challenge Problem Description (pdf)
• Challenge Problem Knowledge Bases This archive includes a game model and game interface model ready for use with this challenge problem, two sample agent descriptions, two sample experiments, and one sample Decision System, complete with Java classes. Simply unzip it into your TIELT root directory and peruse.
• Wargus/Stratagus for TIELT This archive includes a modified Stratagus executable for use with TIELT and a partial data set for Wargus. In order to use the dataset, you will need a Warcraft II CD. Instructions included.