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Old March 18th, 2002, 03:34 AM
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Default How to convert old AI to Gold

1. Pick an existing Gold race which you want the new race to act like.

2. Open the Gold race's <race>_AI_Settings.txt

3. Highlight and copy the lines from

"Ships don't move through minefields := <true/false>"

to

"Maximum Anti-Planet Drone Target System Distance := <number>"

4. Open the new race's <race>_AI_Settings.txt

5. Paste the copied text after

"Personality Group := <number>"

6. Save the file.

7. Open the Gold race's <race>_AI_Fleets.txt

8. Highlight and copy the line

"Percentage of Fleets to use for defense := <number>"

9. Open the new race's <race>_AI_Fleets.txt

10. Paste the copied text after

"Fleets Default Strategy := <strategy>"

11. Save the file.

12. The new race is now Gold compatible. (Note that by "compatible", I mean the race won't produce all those error Messages; this patch will not teach the AI to build and use drones.)
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Default Re: How to convert old AI to Gold

Bump, I've got to have this at hand for converting B5 files ...
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Old August 26th, 2002, 04:45 PM
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Default Re: How to convert old AI to Gold

"Personality Group := <number>"

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What does this refer to? any number I want?
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Default Re: How to convert old AI to Gold

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"Personality Group := <number>"

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What does this refer to? any number I want?
As far as I know it serves only for the choice of random computer empires. You have a list of the different percentages in the settings.txt file. IIRC personality group 0 are the neutrals and 1 to 4 are used to differentiate peaceful (=1)to aggressive (=4) races. If all the races on your computer are coded correctely according this personality number system, you can makes games where the computer will select more or less aggressive races according to the settings.txt file instruction.
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Default Re: How to convert old AI to Gold

aaahhhh. Thanks, that is nice to know.
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Default Re: How to convert old AI to Gold

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""Percentage of Fleets to use for defense := <number>"
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What about this fleet defense number? What number should we use for that?
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What about this fleet defense number? What number should we use for that?
Anywhere that I've typed <number>, there will be a number there already; different AIs will have different numbers.

I use <> to indicate a variable.
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Try using the Philosophers Stone. That'll do it.
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