Most of the information here is for Warzone 3.1 and above.
Artificial Intelligence (.ai) Files
An .ai file defines the settings for an AI bot (computer player) script.
File Format
Despite its .ai extension, this has nothing to do with Adobe Illustrator – it's a plan text file that you can open with any text editor.
Like many Warzone config files, the Windows .ini file format is used.
[AI]
name = "NullBot v1.32"
js = nullbot-1-32-ge.js
tip = "NullBot - an adaptive skirmish AI"The file has just one section, "[AI]", in to which all properties are placed in "key = value" format.
Properties for new AIs based on Javascript API
Property | Required | Type | Value | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
name | String | The name of the AI that will be shown to end-users when choosing which AI scripts they want to play against. Must be enclosed in quotes | "NullBot v1.38" | |
js | Filename | The filename, with path relative to the location of the .ai file. This must be a .js file, with no quotes. | nullbot-1-38-generic.js | |
tip | String | Optionally specify a tool-tip to appear when the mouse hovers over the AI's name in the list of AIs on the game setup screen. Must be enclosed in quotes. | "NullBot - an adaptive skirmish AI" |
Properties for old AIs based on WZscript API
Older AIs use wzscript instead of Javascript. Their .ai files are slightly different as they must reference .vlo and .slo files.
Property | Required | Type | Value | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
name | String | The name of the AI that will be shown to end-users when choosing which AI scripts they want to play against. | "Nexus" | |
vlo | Filename | The filename, with path relative to the location of the .ai file. This must be a .vlo file. | nexus.vlo | |
slo | Filename | The filename, with path relative to the location of the .ai file. This must be a .slo file. | nexus.slo | |
tip | String | Optionally specify a tool-tip to appear when the mouse hovers over the AI's name in the list of AIs on the game setup screen. | "Default AI" |
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