Re: 3rd party randomizer
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">To be honest, there's not really a way you can randomize AIs or Neutrals. The data files aren't set up for that kind of stuff at all...

Re: 3rd party randomizer
 

????

So this section from the Neutral001_AI_Anger.txt file...
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">Per Attack Location := 2
Per No Treaty Ship := 2
Per Ally Ship := 2
Per Enemy Ship := 0
Minimum Anger := 20
Regular Decrease := -2
Mega Evil Empire := 50
Combat Attacking Won := 5
Combat Attacking Lost := 15
Combat Attacking Stalemate := 0
Combat Defending Won := 5
</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">If I write something I can click on which rewrites the file giving those numbers random new settings I WONT end up with an AI that acts completely different than it did the Last time I met it? That seems to be what file says it does.

Re: 3rd party randomizer
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">You'll just change how quickly/slowly the neutral race will get angry at you for the situations that you listed. In fact, in can result in some silliness if the race ends up being described as aggressive while the anger file values might have it react slowly to the aggression of other races.

Re: 3rd party randomizer
 

OK thats what I thought. As for the description, thats in the files also so eventually the "making more logical" phase would try to match description to the other settings.

I can see 2 ways of doing that. One would be to build the description as the other settings are being chosen. Kindof a madlib style. That would be fun. The other would be to have large collections of reasonable alien files which can be randomly selected and swapped in.

Re: 3rd party randomizer
 

Any updates on your progress or findings?

Re: 3rd party randomizer
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Nahh some work got in the way.

I suppose I should make another install of the game so I can mess up the files safely. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

As much fun as it would be to tease the people here with the idea of a completely random AI (+20 every time you fly thru his area but -20 for each message you send?) I think Im already going away from that. Total random doesnt look as playable as it was in Dom2

I "discovered" that right-clicking the AI gives up most of the settings so there wouldnt be much testing of the waters as I originally thought. It still might be interesting to do a variety of AI's and swap them in and out with a clickable program.