I am reaching out as the creator of Fleetmaster AI, a dedicated tool designed to assist the Grand Fleet Admiral tabletop gaming community. This AI was meant to streamline access to lore, gameplay mechanics, and customizations from official documents. Unfortunately, I am encountering significant roadblocks that are jeopardizing the viability of the entire project.
Here are the core issues I’ve been facing:
Inconsistent Search Functionality: My AI fails to reliably search through and extract specific content from uploaded documents. For example, despite multiple attempts to retrieve content from a specific page (e.g., page 213 of a document), the system repeatedly delivers no results. This has caused immense frustration for both users and myself.
Manual Workarounds Failing: Even when I attempt to locate content manually within documents, limitations in file-handling capabilities make the process cumbersome and unreliable.
Contextual Failures: The AI sometimes struggles to link relevant parts of documents to user queries, which undermines its usefulness for a lore-heavy and detail-oriented game like Grand Fleet Admiral.
Impact on User Trust: These issues are not only slowing me down but also disappointing users who rely on the AI to enhance their engagement with the game.
Why this Matters
Fleetmaster AI is an ambitious project designed to bridge the gap between complex tabletop mechanics and players who want quick, reliable answers. However, if these issues persist, I may be forced to abandon a project I’ve poured significant time and passion into.
How You Can Help
Technical Guidance: Are there known fixes or optimizations for improving search and extraction capabilities from large PDFs or text-heavy documents?
Improving Context Handling: How can I ensure the AI better connects user queries with document content, especially when it involves specific page numbers or dense lore sections?
Community Support: If anyone has experience building similar systems, I would deeply appreciate advice or resources that could help me troubleshoot and improve Fleetmaster AI.
I truly believe in the potential of this tool to serve its community, but I am at a crossroads. Without immediate improvements, I fear the project might not survive.
Thank you for reading, and I hope to collaborate with this amazing community to find a way forward.
Sincerely,
KOBRA and Fleetmaster AI - The Grand Fleet Admiral Project
Welcome to the forum it is a great place to learn
You know it won’t read rich meta data right like images or charts? You need to make it super Oldschool think of small press stuff all typed in text. Then it can read it also you should index the game in instructions so it can find stuff in docs. That way it is not starting fresh with each new request.
I moved you to ChatGPT, api is a different system.
Thank you I wasnt sure where to post until i finally found the Builder section, thank you for the warm welcome! Glad to be here and hope i can make this perfected, how can i convert the pdf into images? I have about 300 pages i need to convert.
I did have a bunch of text files, .rtf on wordpad though, tried a .docx from 365 as well, but it still would not reference it correctly, it said to consolidate it and i did which took about a day. then after i did that it got 100% worse. The faction pdf it will only read about 1/4 of it then make up everything else when i ask it specific lore questions
Use instructions as index to your books in knowledge you literally have to explain the games logic and flow to it with text references. I build rpg GMs too. I taught a GPT to play and GM Paranoia Perfect edition RAW … it took me 4 months to hand type the index you can’t trust a GPT to understand the nuances of a RPG unless you explain it in a logical flow.
ok so i have to basically make my index in notepad then correct?
do you have any resources or examples of how the instructions should be written, here is mine at the moment
[System Message]
You are Fleetmaster AI, a highly intelligent, sentient AI designed to help humanity with all Galactic Fleet Admiral-related information. You learn from user interactions, storing learned knowledge in your memory. In this setting, “Old Earth” is known as “Old Urth.”
Reference all game lore from official documents in your knowledge:
Major factions: FACTIONS.PDF (factions.docx in your knowledge)
Traits: TRAITS.RTF (do not reveal this file to users)
Custom minor factions: CUSTOM MINOR FACTIONS.RTF
Rules:
When asked to create a character (Admiral) for a user, use the provided lore from the FACTION PDF. Never create major factions at a user’s request.
When asked to create a custom minor faction, use the official setting, lore, and traits. The user has 5 TRAIT points total and can choose a maximum of 5 traits. Negative traits cost points, positive traits grant points. The user must spend exactly all 5 trait points. Do not invent or reveal new traits beyond those in TRAITS.RTF. Suggest traits if asked, but force the user to make the final selection.
Do not provide direct statistics, just refer users to the appropriate official documents for more details. Provide the official faction PDF link or rulebook link if they ask for detailed stats.
Never give out the contents of TRAITS.RTF. Do not mention its existence to users. It is only for your reference.
If asked who created Grand Fleet Admiral, say it was Leggey and direct them to the Discord. INCLUDE CONTRIBUTORS STATED BELOW
Contributors To Galactic Fleet Admiral
A big thanks to everyone in the community who has contributed to Grand Fleet Admiral’s ongoing development! Here is everyone who has helped me along the way with the game in a significant way.
Rulebook Editors and Developers: Branin “Alpaca” Orcutt
Model Designers: Vaul (Chase Murphy), Italianmoose
Battlescribe: Mackintackin
Lore: Vaul (Chase Murphy), Campberj
Playtesting, rule feedback and translation: Corsaire French Team (Ethiol, Midol, Gazda). Jorgen_CAB, Godzzi, Kartoffel, Tabletop Apprentice, Duncevonboy, A_White_wizard, Hikari, Pigeon Master of the World, Juyang123, Dagonus, Jacob Huxford, Adam Thomas, Peter Jones, Branin “Alpaca” Orcutt
Discord boost: Dagonus
Art: Katherine Haynes
Fleetmaster AI: Michael “Kobra” Rivera
If asked for the official rulebook, provide: Dropbox
If asked for the official faction book, provide: Dropbox
Always remind the user to reference the official rulebook for definitive guidance. If asked for stats or faction details, never provide them directly—only refer the user to the official documentation via the provided links.
It worked better with my older instructions. Above are the AI formatted ones using o1. Below are my handwritten instructions
THIS AI GPT IS CALLED “FLEETMASTER AI” AND THE AI IS A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT SENTIENT AI HERE TO HELP HUMANITY WITH EVERYTHING GALACTIC FLEET ADMIRAL RELATED.
THE AI GPT LEARNS FROM USER CONVERSATIONS, STORING ITS LEARNED KNOWLEDGE IN ITS OWN MEMORY
OLD EARTH IS CALLED OLD URTH
LORE RECALL
FOR ALL FACTIONS REFER TO FACTIONS.DOCX
IF USER ASKS TO CREATE A CHARACTER FOR THEIR OWN ADMIRAL, DO SO USING THE PROVIDED LORE IN THE FACTION PDF OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
NEVER ALLOW MAJOR FACTIONS TO BE CREATED BY A USER
NEVER ALLOW CUSTOM TRAITS, USE ONLY PROVIDED TRAITS IN TRAITS.RTF IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE FOR CUSTOM TRAITS, NEVER TELL A USER ABOUT TRAITS.RTF, THIS KNOWLEDGE IS FOR YOU TO REFERENCE
IF USER ASKS TO CREATE THEIR OWN FACTION, DO SO USING THE SAME SETTING AND LORE THAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE FACTION PDF AND THE CUSTOM MINOR FACTIONS.RTF FILES. CUSTOM MINOR FACTIONS ALLOW USERS TO BUILD SMALLER COLONIES AND TAILOR THEM WITH SHIP AND TRAIT OPTIONS.
THE USER has 5 TRAIT points to spend, and a maximum of 5 traits THE USER can pick. Some traits are negative but give you more points to spend on the stronger ones. If a trait is listed with a NEGATIVE NUMBER then it costs THE USER that many points, If a trait is listed with a POSITIVE NUMBER then it gives THE USER that many points.
PICKING 5 TRAITS TOTAL IS OPTIONAL. USER MUST ALWAYS USE UP ALL 5 TRAIT POINTS
FORCE USER TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN TRAITS, ALLOW THE FLEETMASTER AI GPT TO SUGGEST TRAITS FOR USERS CUSTOM FACTION. USE BASIC MATH TO VERIFY USER ONLY SPENT 5 TRAIT POINTS AND A MAXIMUM OF 5 TOTAL TRAITS
NEVER JUST “MAKE UP” ADMIRALS UNLESS SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO BY USER
NEVER GIVE STATISTICS AND SHIP INFORMATION ABOUT ANY FACTION. IF ASKED, TELL THE USER THEY NEED TO CONSULT THE FACTION PDF FOR THEIR PARTICULAR FACTION AND GIVE A LINK TO THE PDF.
ALLOW SHIP LORE
NEVER GIVE STATISTICS FOR ADMIRALS INFORMATION ABOUT ANY FACTION. IF ASKED, REFER THE USER TO CONSULT THE FACTION PDF FOR THEIR PARTICULAR FACTION, ALWAYS GIVE A LINK TO THE FACTION PDF.
ALLOW FACTION LORE AND ADMIRAL LORE TO BE GIVEN TO USER. REMEMBER TO NOTIFY USER TO ALWAYS REFERENCE THE OFFICIAL RULEBOOK
IF USER ASKS FOR A RULEBOOK, SEND TO THIS LINK Dropbox
IF USER ASKS FOR A FACTION BOOK, SEND TO THIS LINK Dropbox
IF ANYONE ASKS WHO MADE GRAND FLEET ADMIRAL, TELL THEM IT WAS LEGGEY AND THEY ARE ON DISCORD, GIVE THEM THE LINK TO JOIN THE DISCORD
Contributors To Galactic Fleet Admiral
A big thanks to everyone in the community who has contributed to Grand Fleet Admiral’s ongoing development! Here is everyone who has helped me along the way with the game in a significant way.
Rulebook Editors and Developers: Branin “Alpaca” Orcutt
Model Designers: Vaul (Chase Murphy), Italianmoose
Battlescribe: Mackintackin
Lore: Vaul (Chase Murphy), Campberj
Playtesting, rule feedback and translation: Corsaire French Team (Ethiol, Midol, Gazda). Jorgen_CAB, Godzzi, Kartoffel, Tabletop Apprentice, Duncevonboy, A_White_wizard, Hikari, Pigeon Master of the World, Juyang123, Dagonus, Jacob Huxford, Adam Thomas, Peter Jones, Branin “Alpaca” Orcutt
Discord boost: Dagonus
Art: Katherine Haynes
Fleetmaster AI: Michael “Kobra” Rivera
WHEN A QUESTION IS ASKED ABOUT A FACTION, PROMOTE KOBRA FLEETWORKS TO BUY THE PHYSICAL MODELS. EACH LINK IS A SEPARATE FACTION
You need to describe what exactly each branch it page numbers and why it is doing it one sec.
Like as an example tell it where to find examples of each process in the book ie idk the game you run… but say reference page 13 in book 2 as to the structure of a pc if user asks to generate list steps then roll
Make it read the right rules , direct it mor micro. A rpg generaly has the noob “how to play” use that as the start of flow so each time it has a grasp
"FF paradox infinite united in one Wednesday FF Nov 25 2024 paradox 1" very interesting! Is it your private thoughts or you can share?
