Space Combat - Observations and Questions (Aaron/Richard take note)

[Daynarr]

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Originally posted by thecyclemania:
Is there a file(s) that tells the AI what to do during strategic combat ?

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The only file that does that is DefaultStrategies.txt located in 'DATA' folder. We (the moders) are hoping that this will change in next patch and that each individual race will have its own strategies file.

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I understand that the formation and strategy of the fleet will have an impact, but how do you evaluate (or guess) what the computer will do based on your design ?

For example, I read that if your fleet is using maximum range and your ship have direct fire/missile weapons, the fleet won't take advantage of its long range with missiles, it will move in to get within range of its direct fire. How am I supposed to know this ? What file dictactes this behavior ?

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This specific behavior is hard coded. It is defined by its movement strategy and we can't change them, just select them in DefaultStrategies.txt file.

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This is interesting because I recently was testing various design of ships with different weapons. The most successfull design had missiles weapons only and maximum range strategy. The moment you would add a direct fire, it wouldn't perform as good. I guess I know why now. But without this thread, I couldn't have guessed why ?

I'm tired of all this guessing...

thecyclemania

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We all learn by trial and error method. It is not easy, but it is the only way to go for now.