Human controlled neutral empires

stecal · #1 February 8th, 2003, 07:07 PM

What about neutral drones? Can they warp to attack distant planets/ships?

Ragnarok · #2 February 8th, 2003, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by stecal:
What about neutral drones? Can they warp to attack distant planets/ships?

No... Anything and everything that a neutral builds stays in the system it was built in. It cannot go out of that system due to it being hard coded in.

Urendi Maleldil · #3 February 8th, 2003, 08:22 PM

I've seen neutrals move ships out of their home system, but only after their home system has taken heavy damage or their homeworld has been terminated. I don't know if it's a bug or what. I do know that those lone ships never make it that far

stecal · #4 February 9th, 2003, 01:08 AM

Are you sure about the drones?

The Neutral_AI_Settings.txt file has these 2 lines that seem to indicate that drones can warp:

Maximum Anti-Ship Drone Target System Distance := 5
Maximum Anti-Planet Drone Target System Distance := 5

capnq · #5 February 9th, 2003, 09:15 PM

I'm not sure, but I think all &ltraceName&gt_AI_Settings.txt files have to include those lines, regardless of whether the race even uses drones.

stecal · #6 February 9th, 2003, 09:30 PM

This might be change to request for the next Version of Space Empires then.

When a (neutral) player is changed from computer Ai to human player the warp limitations are removed. Or have it moved to a yes/no switch in settings.txt

I like to include 1-3 neutral or AI empires in any game I am running to provide for new players or replacement empire for a player who gets knocked out early. This would be a great tool for that.