script + error logging for order decoding

random_game.py

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+import random
+from diplomacy import Game
+from diplomacy.utils.export import to_saved_game_format
+
+# Creating a game
+# Alternatively, a map_name can be specified as an argument. e.g. Game(map_name='pure')
+game = Game()
+while not game.is_game_done:
+    # Getting the list of possible orders for all locations
+    possible_orders = game.get_all_possible_orders()
+
+    # For each power, randomly sampling a valid order
+    for power_name, power in game.powers.items():
+        power_orders = [
+            random.choice(possible_orders[loc])
+            for loc in game.get_orderable_locations(power_name)
+            if possible_orders[loc]
+        ]
+        game.set_orders(power_name, power_orders)
+
+        print(f"{power_name} orders: {power_orders}")
+
+    # Messages can be sent locally with game.add_message
+    # e.g. game.add_message(Message(sender='FRANCE',
+    #                               recipient='ENGLAND',
+    #                               message='This is a message',
+    #                               phase=self.get_current_phase(),
+    #                               time_sent=int(time.time())))
+
+    # Processing the game to move to the next phase
+    game.process()
+
+# Exporting the game to disk to visualize (game is appended to file)
+# Alternatively, we can do >> file.write(json.dumps(to_saved_game_format(game)))
+to_saved_game_format(game, output_path="game.json")