AI Ignoring settings?

[PeterD]

After checking all the TDM AI's at turn 127 I
noticed that most ignored the lines:

"Fleets Percentage of Ships For Fleets" and
"Maximum Research Point Generation"

The settings were 80-90% for fleets and the
average was 50% (some as low as 30%).

They had also many more intel and research points
than the settings file listed.

They all seemed to play well but why have these
lines if the AI ignores them.

[Aiken]

You should probably also check for ships with order "Join fleet XYZ" That'll give you the correct percentages.

About research/intel: afaik AI will consider the _actual_ points, but if your AI have starting bonus, their points will be multiplied by the bonus level factor.

[JLS]

Originally posted by PeterD:

After checking all the TDM AI's at turn 127 I
noticed that most ignored the lines:

"Fleets Percentage of Ships For Fleets" and
"Maximum Research Point Generation"

The settings were 80-90% for fleets and the
average was 50% (some as low as 30%).
<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">IMHO- theTDM Xiati for example is set perfect, just a little elbow room for (post 40) scouting. And Mephisto has a good defensive guard as well.
The rest of the ships not fleeted are for special opps.

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They had also many more intel and research points
than the settings file listed.

They all seemed to play well but why have these
lines if the AI ignores them. <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Please remember, the Intel and the Research Points (as with most generation points) are indicative to the Facilities the AI makes, and again Mephisto's Xiati Planet and F-Construction File can't be beat.

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Your AI starting Bonus will then modify the total sum values http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ June 11, 2004, 20:31: Message edited by: JLS ]

[PeterD]

Thanks for explaining it.