pioneersai(6)

💖 pioneersai — the girlies' guide 💖

ok so this is pioneersai(6), from the Games Manual section. it's the whole entire manual page for pioneersai, bestie, and i'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

pioneersai — computer player for Pioneers 👑

no cap, that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's a bot. a lil robot friend who plays the game for you 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pioneersai [ -s server ] [ -p port ] -n name
     [ -a algorithm ] [ -t milliseconds ] [ -c ]

ok so look at this. the -n name is not in brackets, which means it's the one thing you literally cannot skip. everything else is optional, she's flexible like that ✨

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

this page documents pioneersai briefly, which is giving "we're keeping it short and cute" and honestly? respect.

Pioneers is an emulation of the Settlers of Catan board game and you can play it over the internet 🌈 and pioneersai is the computer player implementation — like, a bot that can actually take part in Pioneers games. main character energy fr fr 🫶

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

every single one, bestie. no skips. we do not leave a flag behind 😤

• -s, --server server — connect to a pioneers game that's running on server. like, that's where the party is 🎉
• -p, --port port — connect to a pioneers game running on port. the door number of the party 🚪
• -n, --name name — specify the name of the computer player. give your bot a cute name, she deserves one 💖
• -a, --algorithm algorithm — specify the algorithm of the computer player. the algorithms for active participants in a game are "greedy" and "genetic". the default algorithm is "greedy". other allowed values are: lobbybot, logbot 🧠✨
• --chromosome-file filename — the filename for the file that contains the chromosome for the "genetic" algorithm. when you don't specify it, the default chromosome is used 🧬
• -t, --time milliseconds — time to wait between turns, in milliseconds. default is 1000 ⏳
• -c, --chat-free — do not chat with other players. silent mode. mysterious. iconic 🤫
• --debug — enable debug messages. for when you need to see the receipts 🔍
• --version — show version information 📜

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Jeff Breidenbach <jab@debian.org>, and updated by Roland Clobus <rclobus@rclobus.nl>. 📝

Pioneers was written by Dave Cole <dave@dccs.com.au>, Andy Heroff <aheroff@mediaone.net>, and Roman Hodek <roman@hodek.net>, with contributions from many other developers on the Internet 🌐 — see the AUTHORS file in the pioneers distribution for a complete list of contributing authors. so many legends, we love a collaborative slay 🫶

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• pioneers(6)
• pioneers-server-gtk(6)
• pioneers-server-console(6)

go read those too, iykyk 📚💜

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🎀 that's the whole page, bestie. go forth and let your lil bot cook. pioneersai ate and left no crumbs 🔥

this one's from the pioneers crew, version dated May 20, 2014 — yeah she's an elder but she's still serving 💅✨ bye bestie!! 🌸🦋💖