
- AMAI 2.54 Player Edition -

== News ==
2.54b
Warcraft 1.24b support

2.54a
Fixed issue of AMAI cancelling construction of expansions

2.54
Fixes/Improvements to hero buying item systems
Improvements in management of researching upgrades
Fixed multiple bugs in the militia code
Shredders are now only built in low wood situations
Fixed issue of heroes becoming stuck
Fixed issue of heroes attempting to use unpathanble fountains
Fixed issue to help make AMAI make better decisions in creeping
Fixed some memory corruption and crashes
Fixed an issue of units attempting to focus fire on dead units
Portuguese language updates by whitedragon
Chinese language reverted to Sheeriyo's version from (AMAI 2.50)

== Compatibility ==

RoC 1.24b or later
TFT 1.24b


== Instructions ==
When you read this you should already have extracted the package and be on your way, but before we start just check so that you kept the directory structure when you extracted the files, see if the folder scripts are present in the same directory as this readme, if it's not there the installer will not let you install any version of AMAI. After you have seen to it let's continue with the installation.

First my suggestion is to create a subfolder in your "maps" folder like "maps\AMAI" and copy the maps you intend to use AMAI with there then start the installer "AMAI.exe".

The installer is simple to use, just 'browse' to the maps you want to use AMAI with and open them, then select what version of war3 you are going to use and set the other options to your liking before you hit the 'Install' button. (You can open multiple maps at once by holding shift or ctrl when selecting them in the browser)
Advanced Melee AI is made to be used on 'melee' maps only so please don't try to use it on towerdefence or such, it will make no difference to computers behavior on such custom maps.

After installing AMAI on your map just start Warcraft3: RoC or TFT and play the map against and/or with computers to make use of AMAI.

If you also installed The Commander to the map there will be language selection dialogs to select a language. Another dialog may also appear with options to either

1) No Commander
2) With Commander - The Commander allows you to give orders to your ally friends. Press 'ESC' to bring up the commander menu. 
3) Computers Only - Same as commander except you dont play at all and instead can only issue orders to try and make your ally ai win


== Advanced Settings ==

It's now possible to set a default language and gametype so the dialog will not appear when game starts, instead the setting you made will apply at once.
To find the settings edit and search for "game_mode" in the Blizzard.j file located directly in the same folder as this readme file. You should directly end up viewing the two rows below.

    string language = ""  // Possible values: "" (dialog), "English", "Deutsch", "Swedish", "French", "Spanish", "Romanian"
    string game_mode = "" // Possible values: "" (dialog), "commander", "no_human", "ai_only"

Now enter a setting you prefer in one or both of these rows, an example will follow.

If you make the first row look like this:
    string language = "English"  // Possible values: "" (dialog), "English", "Deutsch", "Swedish", "French", "Spanish", "Romanian"

The language selection dialog will not show up again when the game starts, instead the specified language "English" will always be used by the computers.
The game_mode setting works exactly the same way but that setting will only apply if you play a game where different game modes are available like if you got an allied computer in the game, else the normal melee game type will always be used.


== Contact ==

Strategy Master - kysieran@hotmail.com
For all AMAI related issues 

AiAndy - aiandy@web.de 
Just to speak to the original creator of AMAI

Zalamander - zalamander@fuckhotmail.com
For strategy ideas, web page suggestions and installer support.

Visit AMAI Homepage for latest version and check whats new before making any complaints.
http://hornes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/AMAI