When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay.

Chapter 517 Two Bugs
Gu Fan knew very well that speed was of the essence at this moment and he had to explain everything as quickly as possible, otherwise it would be easy for Lilith to take advantage of the situation.

"Boss Li, there are actually two bugs this time.

“The first one is a bug where fake-AI replaces the Archon to carry out construction.

“The second is a bug where the game does not automatically settle after the player completes the game.

“These two bugs really look outrageous and are completely different from the underlying mechanism we designed. I was also very confused at first.”

Lilith had an expression that said, "I don't trust you at all."

Were you also confused at the beginning?
Haha, it’s up to you whether I believe it or not.

Gu Fan remained unmoved and continued, “After studying the code in depth, I found that this problem is indeed much more complicated than we originally thought.

“First of all, the first problem is the bug where fake-AI replaces the Archon to carry out construction.

"In theory, this situation is unlikely to happen. But to say it is completely impossible is not 100% consistent with the underlying code mechanism."

This opening line shocked Lilith: "Wait, Gu Fan, when did you start taking Mao Dun Literature as an elective?
"Don't you think that's contradictory?"

Gu Fan continued: "Boss Li, please listen to my explanation.

“In theory, this situation is unlikely to happen. This is because when we designed the game, we did not specifically design a gameplay and mechanism where fake-AI replaces the Archon player to perform construction operations.

“Therefore, if players experience the game according to the normal game process, you can be sure that this situation will almost never occur 99%.

"And the remaining 1% is actually your request."

Lilith was stunned: "Why is it my request?"

Gu Fan explained: "I remember that in the initial concept draft of "Star Project", a requirement was put forward:
"I hope to make the two players and the fake-AI form an unstable three-body system as much as possible. Is this what you want?"

Lilith was stunned for a moment, then asked: "But what does this have to do with bugs!"

This point was actually not proposed by Lilith, but by Qin Fengliang.

The reason is very simple. Lilith has been repeatedly defeated by fake-AI, so she wants to find a way to suppress fake-AI or even use fake-AI in turn.

But it is impossible to directly remove the fake-AI module.

Because the official has built this system into the editor, it is very complicated and intricate, and one move can affect the entire system.

And the official is still constantly updating.

Lilith doesn't dare to develop its own engine, fearing that its subordinates will dig bigger holes in the process, so it can only make do with the official engine.

At this time, Qin Fengliang suggested that players and fake-AI could form a chaotic three-body system to interfere with each other.

According to the original architecture, this system is perfect.

The two players, the Archon and the Principate, will play against each other and are the absolute leaders of the game.

But fake-AI is not idle either. It will cause trouble from time to time, such as secretly inserting a part that does not meet the specifications into the production line, or secretly stopping the construction of a key building under construction.

In the process of intrigue, the consuls and the heads of state may not care particularly about who did it, or they may not realize that fake-AI can cause trouble.

At times like this, conflicts naturally arise.

Imagine that two people are arguing and suddenly they discover that there is an extra part on the production line, causing the entire industrial area to stop working.

At this time, the head of state would definitely scold the consul for messing around, but the consul would also feel wronged and would definitely argue that it was not him who did it. The head of state would then say: If it wasn’t you, then how could it have been me?

After all this time, don’t negative emotions arise?

In other words, when the Archons are working normally, fake-AI cannot actually play a dominant role, and any of its actions will become disruptive and destructive behavior.

In addition, when the leader player chooses technology points, he will most likely not mix them up, but specialize in a certain line. That's why Gu Fan said that the probability of this system having problems is only 1%, and the remaining 99% of the time there will be no problems.

This 1% situation requires two prerequisites:

The first is that the Archon player is completely free to do nothing, so that fake-AI actually gets the highest priority operation right, and the two rights will not interfere with each other;
The second is that the head of state player deliberately clicks on all the technology points related to public opinion and AI on the consul line and the head of state line, continuously expanding the actual authority and intelligence level of fake-AI in the game.

Hearing this, Lilith frowned and interrupted quickly: "Wait!
"I understand what you said before, but why does the Fake-AI's authority and intelligence level increase when the Fake-AI player clicks on these technology points?" "And why does the Fake-AI automatically build after its authority and intelligence level reach a certain level?"

Gu Fan had already prepared: "Boss Li, because this design is actually more logical!
"In the normal course of the game, we would definitely hope that as the Fuhrer and the Archon reach the middle and late stages of the game, the conflicts between them will become greater and the problems that are difficult to solve will become more numerous, right?"

Lilith nodded, it was a matter of course.

If the game starts off with a falling out, players will be easily dissuaded from playing and won’t have too many negative emotions.

Only when victory is at hand but fails, the mutual blame between two people will reach its peak.

In principle, this is correct.

Gu Fan continued: “So, we designed it according to this goal.

“In the beginning, fake-AI is completely dormant and cannot be exposed immediately.

"Because at the beginning, the Führer and the Archon are more inclined to cooperate, and there are not many buildings on the map. At this time, if the fake-AI messes up, it will be particularly easy for players to discover it.

"How can we expose ourselves right from the start?
“Therefore, we must gradually improve the ability of fake-AI to cause trouble.

“When the game enters the middle and late stages, the conflict between the Führer and the Archon becomes more prominent, and there are more buildings on the comet. This is when fake-AI can show its strength.

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“However, if the fake-AI promotion mechanism is made time-dependent, it will lack flexibility and be easily exposed, because we cannot be sure whether there is any conflict between the head of state and the governor.

“So we came up with a solution, which is to link the fake-AI’s intelligence level to the technology points in the technology tree.

“There are two benefits to this:
“First, when players click on technology points, it means the game has entered the middle and late stages, which can also achieve the goals we wanted to achieve before;

“Secondly, the more public opinion technology points a player has, the more acute the conflict between the head of state and the consul will be.

"Because whether the head of state wants to establish a dictatorship and get rid of the consuls, or the consuls want to improve their own prestige and sideline the head of state, it is necessary to click on the public opinion technology points.

"And we have also made precise calculations. By only clicking on the public opinion technology point on one technology line, we can unlock more than half of the fake AI's intelligence and computing power. If both players are playing the game normally, it can only cause trouble, and there will be no other problems."

Lilith's eyes widened like bells, she probably understood.

Obviously, this design also originated from the idea of ​​"letting fake-AI disrupt the players".

In order to make this kind of disruption more natural, the permissions of fake-AI in the game were gradually increased, allowing it to actually gain the ability to build in the game.

The production team also deliberately imposed double restrictions:
First of all, when the Archon is not in operation, the Archon's operation frequency and authority priority are still higher than fake-AI.

So as long as the Archon is under normal construction, no matter how intelligent the fake-AI is, its operation will only cause trouble and seriously interfere with the construction of the Archon;

Secondly, if the player only clicks on the public opinion technology points in a single technology tree, then even if all the points are clicked, the intelligence of the fake-AI will not develop to the level where it can carry out construction independently.

But who would have thought that the situation encountered by the liver emperor was to jump over both of these restrictions!
The consuls started to move, but did not take any effective action at all.

Out of curiosity, the hard-working player jumped on the two technology points related to public opinion on the Führer and Consul lines. As a result, the intelligence of fake-AI was fully released, which could replace the Consul for construction.

Lilith interrupted again: “Wait a minute!
"In that case, there will be two new problems!
“First, why not just limit the intelligence ceiling of fake-AI? For example, limit the ceiling to around 50%!

“Second, why not design fake-AI’s intelligence to only cause trouble, not build things?”

Gu Fan was silent for a moment: "Boss Li, who said we have no restrictions?

“We certainly limited it.

“But the problem is that the fake-AI program is constantly being updated and iterated by the authorities, and the AI ​​itself is also constantly learning and evolving.

“And it’s not as easy as you think to limit fake-AI, like there’s a progress bar that you can drag and limit to 50%.

“Because AI systems are extremely complex and it is easy for a single move to affect the entire system, we have already placed certain restrictions on the intelligence of fake-AI.

"Otherwise, what you'd see in the game would be a monster as terrifying as a script, rather than an AI that's only at the level of an ordinary archon.

"Boss Li, can you imagine how horrific that scene would be? It would be many times more terrifying than the current situation!"

The corners of Lilith's mouth twitched slightly, as if she had seen herself in another world line that was even more collapsed.

(End of this chapter)