New AI for United Flora shipset

[Rollo]

When is the Last time you gave your plants some water?

Well, you better hurry up, because the United Floral Empire has arrived to teach you some respect for plant life.

UnitedFlora Version 2.00 (http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newuploads/1024694616.zip)

Shipset, race description, and speech by Henk Brouwer
AI by Rollo

We hope you enjoy this and let us know how you like them.

Have fun http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif .

Rollo

[sachmo]

Cool, Rolo. Absolutely beautiful ships, and the speech should be fun. Can't wait to get them into a story... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Atrocities]

Thanks man. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Odd how this ship set is equally admired by so many. A true statement to its appeal I guess. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Baron Munchausen]

The images are remarkably consistent in theme while being different enough to be distinguished in use. It also looks much more 'organic' than any of the shipsets in the default SE package. I'm still a bit annoyed at the transport images. They look more like ants carrying salt-shakers than plants... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif but that's just part of the image set. I could replace them with something else if i really wanted to and still have the rest of the set.

[ June 22, 2002, 02:26: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

[henk brouwer]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
I'm still a bit annoyed at the transport images. They look more like ants carrying salt-shakers than plants... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">LOL http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I'm going to do an update on the graphics when I'm back in the Netherlands. I might replace the transports with something more apropriate, and use the idea for the transports for another fleet..

I'm however stuck in California for the coming three months http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif so it will have to wait for now.

Anyone tried the AI yet? I'm unable to play SeIV here, and really curious on how they are doing. :-)

Edit: repaired the quote. (I messed it up somehow)

[ June 22, 2002, 02:51: Message edited by: henk brouwer ]

[Baron Munchausen]

Well, when you get to revising please remember that there is now a 'primary' and 'secondary' image for each class now. So, you could add a dedicated baseship image and it would actually be used even if MM won't produce dedicated baseship images for the default sets.

[Taera]

hmm... is the AI is for 1.49 or gold only?

[Rollo]

This AI is for SE4 Gold. I suppose it could be converted back to 1.49 by deleting the lines in settings, strategies, fleets, etc. to produce no errors in non-Gold, but I am pretty sure that the AI would not work well without the Gold Version. The AI (for example the fleet minister) is much better in SE4 Gold. The United Flora AI makes use of the features in Gold and has combined weapons tactics that do not work in pre-Gold SE4. I would recommend sticking to a 1.49 AI, rather than trying to convert this one back.

Rollo

[Rollo]

*bump

for all those, who only read the forums at work http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[dogscoff]

Yay! Nice one, way to go Rollo. Henk - can't wait for you to get back and work on the images.I don't think they need improvement (except the addition of neo-standard images=-), but if you think you can make them better I'd love to see it.

[henk brouwer]

Originally posted by Taera:
hmm... is the AI is for 1.49 or gold only?
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Originally posted by Rollo:
This AI is for SE4 Gold. I suppose it could be converted back to 1.49 by deleting the lines in settings, strategies, fleets, etc. to produce no errors in non-Gold, but I am pretty sure that the AI would not work well without the Gold Version. The AI (for example the fleet minister) is much better in SE4 Gold. The United Flora AI makes use of the features in Gold and has combined weapons tactics that do not work in pre-Gold SE4. I would recommend sticking to a 1.49 AI, rather than trying to convert this one back.

Rollo<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You could still use the speechfile and designnames file though.

So has anyone started a game with the new UF-AI yet?