---
name: "gnocatanai"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnocatan-ai"
version: "0.8.1.59-1sarge1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnocatanai"
---

# gnocatanai(6)

AI player for Gnocatan

## NAME

gnocatanai - AI player for Gnocatan

## SYNOPSIS

**gnocatanai** \[ **-s** *server* \] \[ **-p** *port* \] \[ **-n** *name* \]  \[ **-a** *algorithm* \] \[ **-t** *milliseconds* \] \[ **-c** \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **gnocatanai** command.

**Gnocatan** is an emulation of the Settlers of Catan board game which can be played over the internet. This is an AI player implementation that can take part in Gnocatan games.

## OPTIONS

- **-s** *server*

  Connect to a gnocatan game running on *server*.

- **-p** *port*

  Connect to a gnocatan game running on *port*.

- **-n** *name*

  Specify *name* of AI player. Leave absent for a random name.

- **-a** *algorithm*

  Specify *algorithm* of AI player. The only possible value  is "greedy"

- **-t** *milliseconds*

  Time to wait between turns, in *milliseconds*. Default is 1000.

- **-c**

  Do not chat with other players.

## ENVIRONMENT

The default settings of the AI can be influenced with the following environment variable:

- **GNOCATAN\_DIR**

  The path to the file with player names. If it is not set, the default installation path will be used.

## FILES

**/usr/share/games/gnocatan/computer\_names**

A list of names the AI can use

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jeff Breidenbach \<jab@debian.org\>, and updated by Roland Clobus \<rclobus@bigfoot.com\>. Gnocatan was written by Dave Cole \<dave@dccs.com.au\>, Andy Heroff \<aheroff@mediaone.net\>, and Roman Hodek \<roman@hodek.net\>, with contributions from many other developers on the Internet; see the AUTHORS file in the gnocatan distribution for a complete list of contributing authors.

## SEE ALSO

**[gnocatan(6)](/gnocatan/6.md)**, **[gnocatan-server-gtk(6)](/gnocatan-server-gtk/6.md)**, **[gnocatan-server-console(6)](/gnocatan-server-console/6.md)**