Space Empires IV: AI Races/Ship Sets

[God Emperor]

V1.69 Races

1023193145.zip

In this update I have focussed on the DesignCreation and Research files of my AI for Borg, Jraenar, Klingon, Praetorian, Romulan, Shadows and UkraTal. This Version incorporates a few changes from v1.61.

DesignCreation.txt:
I have reduced armor and point defense a little to increase weaponry slightly. I have adjusted the values slightly to ensure that Other Abilities are better prioritised.
I have also eliminated the use of High Energy Discharge Weapons, relying solely on a combination of PPB's and Null-Space Projectors.

Research.txt:
As I have flagged above, none of my AI now research High Energy Discharge Weapons. This has allowed me to promote Shield, Cloaking and Sensor tech's, which in my play tests has made the AI more prone to launching surprise Cloaked Ship attacks. The Research tree for all races has been extensively revised to prioritise those tech's that an AI really needs to be robust.

I have played five play-tests of the middle section of the game on large galaxy-low bonus-hard opponent settings and have found the AI fleets much tougher than before. The Borg in particular with their special components regularly feature in the top 3 AI. Hope you enjoy this revision.

Regards

God Emperor

PS: TechArea, Components and full AI files for the Borg are attached below:

1023194897.zip

[ June 04, 2002, 13:48: Message edited by: God Emperor ]