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Starting with version 0.7.0, Gnocatan comes with gnocatanai, a computer player implementation. This AI player isn't too bad at the moment, but not finished yet. Most notably, it cannot take part in domenstic trade yet.
gnocatanai is a terminal application without GUI. Its command line options are:
Table 4-1. gnocatanai options
Option | Arguments | Description |
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-s | servername | Connect to servername |
-p | port | Connect to port port |
-n | name | Set the player name. If this option is absent, a random name will be choosen. |
-a | playertype | Choose the type of AI player. Currently, there is only one type greedy, which is obviously also the default. |
-t | milliseconds | Set time to wait between turns. |
-c | Stop the computer player from giving comments. |
However, most of the time you won't start gnocatanai manually. Both game servers offer ways to start a number of AI players.