level of video game difficulty
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 7:59 am
1. Winning the hand
2. Avoiding 4th place in the match
3. Not dealing into an opponents hand
Why is it that in some video games, it is easier to accomplish the above than in other video games?
Obviously, it has to do with the CPU level, or ai, programmed into the game. But how exactly does that work?
Are the tiles distributed randomly, as if from a set-up wall that you can't see, or is the distribution set in a pre-arranged pattern that favors some players over others?
If the former is true, then what does increasing (or lowering) the CPU level actually do, and if the latter is true, does that mean that you're not really getting a fair game? Do the tiles come out based on what is in each players hands, including my own, and are therefore, not random?
I am finding it easier to win and not get "ronned" on the two apps I play and much harder on the two latest flash games that I have been playing.
http://reachmahjong.com/en/forum/viewto ... 812#p58812
They get to riichi awful fast and usually have a mangan when I deal in.
I'm not complaining, I like the challenge, but I would like to understand why. My style of play is obviously the same, so something else must be different.
The games have 3 CPU levels. I use level 2. I refuse to lower it in order to win more easily or to raise it until I become a little more competitive.
I don't know very much about computer programming and would appreciate a short quick education, if that's possible.
Wasn't many computers around when I went to college.
Thanks for any knowledge you can provide.
2. Avoiding 4th place in the match
3. Not dealing into an opponents hand
Why is it that in some video games, it is easier to accomplish the above than in other video games?
Obviously, it has to do with the CPU level, or ai, programmed into the game. But how exactly does that work?
Are the tiles distributed randomly, as if from a set-up wall that you can't see, or is the distribution set in a pre-arranged pattern that favors some players over others?
If the former is true, then what does increasing (or lowering) the CPU level actually do, and if the latter is true, does that mean that you're not really getting a fair game? Do the tiles come out based on what is in each players hands, including my own, and are therefore, not random?
I am finding it easier to win and not get "ronned" on the two apps I play and much harder on the two latest flash games that I have been playing.
http://reachmahjong.com/en/forum/viewto ... 812#p58812
They get to riichi awful fast and usually have a mangan when I deal in.
I'm not complaining, I like the challenge, but I would like to understand why. My style of play is obviously the same, so something else must be different.
The games have 3 CPU levels. I use level 2. I refuse to lower it in order to win more easily or to raise it until I become a little more competitive.
I don't know very much about computer programming and would appreciate a short quick education, if that's possible.
Wasn't many computers around when I went to college.
Thanks for any knowledge you can provide.