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Originally posted by tictoc:
Marty...
As i said in my first post, i'm not using any mods, so theoretically, the resources (or AI management of them) should not be 'out of balance'. I would have thought that even at the most basic level (for players new to this amazing piece of software), the AI would be smart enough not to cripple itself or (Emperor), have to rely on the players intervention to give it a bonus just to play on a level par. Maybe this needs to be addressed in the next patch.
tic
I'm surprised no-one's provided this answer before:
One of the things improved in both 1.27 & 1.30 was the AI build queues. It's reasonable to expect that these problems had been around for a while, with the real source unrecognized, and both MM and the modders just kept increasing the number of build calls in an attempt to make the AI build an appropriate number of ships and bases. Now that the routine has been fixed, the increased build calls just need to be lowered again (or better checks made for % of resources dedicated to Maintenance).
In other words, the resources were pretty well balanced in early patches, but when the latest patch improved the AI's build ability, it's created a situation where resources need to be re-balanced. The law of unintended consequences applies to everything, especially software patches...
BTW - relevant pieces of History.txt:
Version 1.29:
5. Fixed - Rare case where the AI would go into an infinite loop trying to purchase new items.
Version 1.23:
23. Fixed - The AI would try to build defense bases at planets without spaceyards.
Re: odd 1.30 observation
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