Where did the AI leave it's I

[raynor]

Talenn,

I agree with you one hundred percent. But my mind won't accept it until I quantify it.

Here is the Last test I ran. Start a high dif/high bonus game with yourself and just one AI. Now, hit end turn ten times in a row before you take control of the AI player. Take a look at what he has produced. I tried this a couple of times. When I compared the cost of the ships and units to his production capacity and his resources, it seemed to balance out.

I gotta, gotta be able to demonstrate the higher production before I'll believe it. So, I have two theories for the AI's seeming abundance of ships. First, maybe there is something hard coded in the game engine that makes the AI play better? Second, maybe the increased research at the beginning of the game is playing a role somehow?

Do ya suppose I should offer a reward for the first person who quantifies this?

Thanks for your comments. I hope we can draw some other bright folks into this discussion.

[Daynarr]

Talenn, this was true in 1.19 Version (I had confirmed it), but in this Version it seems that there is no bonus resource production for AI. I have both Sergetti and Xi'Chung on the edge of their maintenance capacity and as soon as they have more maintenance then resource income, they start losing resources from their reserves. I am 100% positive on this one. It has been fixed, whatever the problem was.

[This message has been edited by Daynarr (edited 03 March 2001).]

[Marty Ward]

Maybe the ship building routine is effected by the difficulty level not the bonus level. I usually play medium difficulty and find that some races build fleets of a reasonable size and others don't seem to. Don't know why, just an observation.