TODO-list for XBattleAI / What's in the next release

Here you'll find things I plan to do with XBattle[AI]. Some things probly never will be finished but it's never wrong to have ambitions. If you have any ideas which belong here please mail me (matbr@home.se).

Small and medium things

• Update man pages to reflect new options
• Use classnames (PseudoColor, TrueColor, StaticColor, StaticGray, GrayScale, DirectColor) instead of guessing from the displaydepth. (We can only test on PseudoColor, TrueColor and perhaps StaticGray/GrayScale)
• Rewrite NEW_COLORMAP-code to be fully dynamic, that is first try to use the system colormap, and then switch to private colormap only if not enough colors available. (If this is possible).
• Rewrite makefiles to use GNU autoconf
• Parametrise AI algorithms and finetune them by hand or automatically, eg. using genetic algorithms, simulated annealing etc.
• Fix option demands for -replay
• Enable use of comments in xbos. Done: Available in next release
• Replace or complement the binary format of .xbts .xbas files with a text based version.
• Night/Day horizons.
• Decay/Farms etc varying from cell to cell. Ie, lowlands acting as farms and highlands decaying troops.
• Independent hills/forests.

Large tasks

• Improve AI
• Client Server version
• Maintain/Improve website
• Additional maptypes (regional maps a la' risk)

Known bugs

• Replaying saved games does not work with display "null"