Pioneers comes with a computer player, pioneersai. This player isn't too bad at the moment, but not finished yet. Most notably, it cannot initiate domestic trade, and use the maritime rules yet.
pioneersai is a terminal application without GUI. Its command line options are:
Table 4.1. pioneersai command line options
| Option | Arguments | Description |
|---|---|---|
| -s | servername | Connect to servername |
| -p | port | Connect to port port |
| -n | name | Set the player name. If this option is absent, a random name will be choosen. |
| -a | playertype | Choose the type of computer player. Currently, there is
only one type greedy, which is
obviously also the default. |
| -t | milliseconds | Set time to wait between turns. |
| -c | Stop the computer player from giving comments. |
However, most of the time you won't start pioneersai manually. Both game servers offer ways to start a number of computer players.