The Protocol

> C-evo 1.2.0, C-evo-x 1.2.1

One of the foundational goals of C-evo is to be a playground and testbed for creating AIs. To make the playground open to other developers, C-evo is designed with a client-server architecture, where the game engine acts as the server and players (both human and AI) act as clients that communicate with the server using the “protocol”, a binary interface of functions, data structures and constants.

In the Game

The most authoritative version of the protocol is the Protocol.pas file included with the game source code.

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Low Level AI Development

Along with C-evo 1.2.0, Steffen released an AI manual and header file so that developers can build AIs in any language that can produce a Windows DLL.

• protocol.h
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• AI Development manual
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Delphi AI Development

The Delphi AI Development Kit appears to target C-evo 1.1.0, so it’s a little out of date. The Delphi Kit includes classes and utilities built on top of the low level protocol.

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C# AI Development

The C# AI Development Kit is installed with C-evo 1.2.0. The code that describes the protocol in C# is spread around multiple files in the Lib\ directory.

• Protocol.cs
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