(svn r15027) -Merge: tomatos and bananas left to be, here is NoAI for all to see.

NoAI is an API (a framework) to build your own AIs in. See:
   http://wiki.openttd.org/wiki/index.php/AI:Main_Page
 With many thanks to:
  - glx and Rubidium for their syncing, feedback and hard work
  - Yexo for his feedback, patches, and AIs which tested the system very deep
  - Morloth for his feedback and patches
  - TJIP for hosting a challenge which kept NoAI on track
  - All AI authors for testing our AI API, and all other people who helped in one way or another
-Remove: all old AIs and their cheats/hacks

src/ai/api/ai_gamesettings.hpp

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+/* $Id$ */
+
+/** @file ai_gamesettings.hpp Everything to read game settings. */
+
+#ifndef AI_GAMESETTINGS_HPP
+#define AI_GAMESETTINGS_HPP
+
+#include "ai_object.hpp"
+#include "ai_vehicle.hpp"
+
+/**
+ * Class that handles all game settings related functions.
+ *
+ * @note AIGameSettings::IsValid and AIGameSettings::GetValue are functions
+ *       that rely on the settings as OpenTTD stores them in savegame and
+ *       openttd.cfg. No guarantees can be given on the long term validity,
+ *       consistency and stability of the names, values and value ranges.
+ *       Using these settings can be dangerous and could cause issues in
+ *       future versions. To make sure that a setting still exists in the
+ *       current version you have to run AIGameSettings::IsValid before
+ *       accessing it.
+ *
+ * @note The names of the setting for AIGameSettings::IsValid and
+ *       AIGameSettings::GetValue are the same ones as those that are shown by
+ *       the list_patches command in the in-game console. Settings that are
+ *       string based are NOT supported and AIGAmeSettings::IsValid will return
+ *       false for them. These settings will not be supported either because
+ *       they have no relevance for the AI (default client names, server IPs,
+ *       etc.).
+ */
+class AIGameSettings : public AIObject {
+public:
+	static const char *GetClassName() { return "AIGameSettings"; }
+
+	/**
+	 * Is the given game setting a valid setting for this instance of OpenTTD?
+	 * @param setting The setting to check for existence.
+	 * @warning Results of this function are not governed by the API. This means
+	 *          that a setting that previously existed can be gone or has
+	 *          changed it's name.
+	 * @note Results achieved in the past offer no gurantee for the future.
+	 * @return True if and only if the setting is valid.
+	 */
+	static bool IsValid(const char *setting);
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the game setting.
+	 * @param setting The setting to get the value of.
+	 * @pre IsValid(setting).
+	 * @warning Results of this function are not governed by the API. This means
+	 *          that the value of settings may be out of the expected range. It
+	 *          also means that a setting that previously existed can be gone or
+	 *          has changed it's name/characteristics.
+	 * @note Results achieved in the past offer no gurantee for the future.
+	 * @return The value for the setting.
+	 */
+	static int32 GetValue(const char *setting);
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether the given vehicle-type is disabled for AIs.
+	 * @param vehicle_type The vehicle-type to check.
+	 * @return True if the vehicle-type is disabled.
+	 */
+	static bool IsDisabledVehicleType(AIVehicle::VehicleType vehicle_type);
+};
+
+#endif /* AI_GAMESETTINGS_HPP */