Mephisto: Mod Question

Tomgs · #1 December 22nd, 2000, 10:16 PM

You took off all the supply storage from the AI? I don't think they use it enough myself. I know if I see an AI ship that their home world will be only a couple of systems from there because they don't explore very well. I think they should have an explorer design that has 3 or 4 supply storage units and really tries to find good colonizable planets and to find threats before they get to their systems. If they sent a few scouts out and knew where I was and actually attacked me in my home systems when they declared war it would be a completely different game.

Talenn · #2 December 22nd, 2000, 10:29 PM

Tomgs:

Perhaps they should have an 'explorer' class of ship, but there is really no way to have the AI build it and then enforce that it actually is used for exploration. Also, getting it to build a specific ship for a specific part of the game (ie the early exploration phases) is problematic at best.

Overall, I think the AI is FAR better off without the extra storage. At least its warships are more solidly built and include more weapons and/or defenses a result of not having the extraneous 'stuff' on all of it's ships.

Talenn

Tomgs · #3 December 22nd, 2000, 10:37 PM

Well perhaps it is better off right now without supply storage if it won't use it anyway, but I never design a destroyer or above class of ship without at least 2 supply storage units. Also I see ships with one movement a lot because they are out of supplys even in the AI's home system. Is this situation going to get worse without any supply storage? I think a ship with a lot of weapons and 1 movement point is a dead ship if I see it.

Jubala · #4 December 22nd, 2000, 11:11 PM

If you think the AI's ships are to slow without extra supply storage up the amount that engines can carry. Should give them better range.

Mephisto · #5 December 23rd, 2000, 12:12 AM

Talenn, you toke the words right out of my mouth.

Tomgs · #6 December 23rd, 2000, 12:17 AM

I have thought a lot about making level II and level III engines hold more supplies. It would give a reason to upgrade to them and also a reason not to upgrade to the next faster engine so quickly. Kind of a trade off. It may help me more than the AI though because it fits into my style more than the programmed AI's style. I will play around with it and see if it will be useful or not.

eagleton · #7 December 26th, 2000, 02:29 AM

I use the Earth Alliance AI by Mephisto but with the original Malfador files (changed all the files to make AI have CS and ECM). Now I have a range check error like Atrocities, except that the EA this time is done by the computer.

source of trouble, or maybe there is an update of the EA-AI which fixes it?