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I was thinking about AI for this game... and thought why bother? instead of embedding AI in the game why not have AI play the game just like a human would? sounds interesting so I asked AI if it's possible and this is what I got


Copilot said:
Hypothetically, yes.
If a future version of Copilot had the ability to:
Launch and interact with Windows applications,
Read the World in Flames game state from the screen or memory,
Click buttons, move units, and make decisions,
then there is no fundamental reason it couldn't act as an AI opponent.
In fact, World in Flames may be a particularly good fit for an LLM-based opponent because much of the challenge is strategic planning, resource allocation, diplomacy, production, and long-term operational decisions rather than fast reflexes.
That said, there are some obstacles:
Rules complexity: World in Flames is one of the most complex grand-strategy wargames ever published.
Long-term planning: A competent opponent must plan years of game time ahead.
Search depth: Strong play often requires evaluating many possible moves and counter-moves, which may require traditional game-AI techniques in addition to an LLM.
State tracking: The AI would need an accurate representation of thousands of units, production choices, and map positions.
A likely architecture would be:
The game engine provides the legal moves.
A planning/search engine evaluates alternatives.
An LLM serves as the strategic commander, setting priorities and explaining its decisions.
So the answer is not "Copilot is an AI opponent today," but rather "if Copilot could directly control the game, it could probably serve as an opponent—and potentially a pretty interesting one—provided it had access to the complete game state and enough reasoning resources."
Personally, I suspect an AI designed specifically for World in Flames could eventually become a very strong player because the game rewards strategic reasoning more than mechanical execution.

wow Copilot când do to it but Cluade seems capable of it "evelopers can direct Claude to use computers the way people do—by looking at a screen, moving a cursor, clicking buttons, and typing text. "

"Claude 4.5 Sonnet just hit a 61% success rate on computer use benchmarks, up from 42% with the previous model. That's not an A+, but hey—it's passing!

Computer use means AI can interact with software through the same interface you use. It sees what's on your screen through screenshots. It figures out where to click based on what it sees and what you asked it to do. It moves the cursor, clicks, types, waits for the screen to update, takes another screenshot, and continues until it completes the task."

Nothing is crazy at this point! Matrix needs to do something. Waiting for the mythical Steve to get anything done is not working--I think there's a better chance of Bigfoot being real.

An AI program needs files to draw it's information from. That isn't only the rules, maps and units, but also a lot of gameplay. We all know that certain attacks you can affort to take the risk and other you don't with the same odds. Now, if it would be possible for the program to send those games on the internet, the AI programs might pick that up and learn from it. The idea isn't crazy at all.