AI_Construction_Facilities.txt
 

I had a couple of questions regarding this file.

1.Does the Last two lines (Facility 23) really ask to construct generate 100 mineral facilities.

2.If yes to question 1, does this option ever get used?

3.At the beginning of the game and the AI unable to build the more advanced options listed below, does it just settle and build the mineral facilities (Question 1 & 2) until all the room is used up?

4.How does the AI go about upgrading any of these built facilities?

AI State := Exploration, Infrastructure, Prepare for Attack, Attack, Secure Holdings After Attack, Incursion, Prepare for Defense, Defend (Short Term), Defend (Long Term), Not Connected
Construction Queue Type := Mining Colony
Num Queue Entries := 23
Facility 1 Ability := Planet - Change Atmosphere
Facility 1 Amount := 1
Facility 2 Ability := Spaceport
Facility 2 Amount := 1
Facility 3 Ability := Resource Generation - Minerals
Facility 3 Amount := 4
Facility 4 Ability := Supply Generation
Facility 4 Amount := 1
Facility 5 Ability := Point Generation - Research
Facility 5 Amount := 1
Facility 6 Ability := Resource Storage - Mineral
Facility 6 Amount := 1
Facility 7 Ability := Resource Gen Modifier System - Minerals
Facility 7 Amount := 1
Facility 8 Ability := Resource Gen Modifier Planet - Minerals
Facility 8 Amount := 1
Facility 9 Ability := Planet Value Change - System
Facility 9 Amount := 1
Facility 10 Ability := Planet Conditions Change - System
Facility 10 Amount := 1
Facility 11 Ability := Change Population Happiness - System
Facility 11 Amount := 1
Facility 12 Ability := Modify Reproduction - System
Facility 12 Amount := 1
Facility 13 Ability := Change Population - System
Facility 13 Amount := 1
Facility 14 Ability := Plague Prevention - System
Facility 14 Amount := 1
Facility 15 Ability := Shield Modifier - System
Facility 15 Amount := 1
Facility 16 Ability := Reduced Maintenance Cost - System
Facility 16 Amount := 1
Facility 17 Ability := Fleet Training - System
Facility 17 Amount := 1
Facility 18 Ability := Ship Training - System
Facility 18 Amount := 1
Facility 19 Ability := Combat Modifier - System
Facility 19 Amount := 1
Facility 20 Ability := Planet - Shield Generation
Facility 20 Amount := 2
Facility 21 Ability := Point Generation - Intelligence
Facility 21 Amount := 2
Facility 22 Ability := Resource Storage - Mineral
Facility 22 Amount := 2
Facility 23 Ability := Resource Generation - Minerals
Facility 23 Amount := 100

Re: AI_Construction_Facilities.txt
 

I will try and answer as best as I can (a lot of this has been through trial, error and assumptions)

1.Does the Last two lines (Facility 23) really ask to construct generate 100 mineral facilities.

Yes - unless directed to scrap and rebuild an additional facility. Unknown what is the trigger.

2.If yes to question 1, does this option ever get used?

Yes, but again I cannot say for certain what the trigger is, other than I have seen the Darloks do what I want them to do.

3.At the beginning of the game and the AI unable to build the more advanced options listed below, does it just settle and build the mineral facilities (Question 1 & 2) until all the room is used up?

Yes

4.How does the AI go about upgrading any of these built facilities

Based on trigger as above.

You might want to download a couple of the mods and compare their files to the default to see what people have tweaked.

Re: AI_Construction_Facilities.txt
 

Ok here it goes:

1) When AI is building facilities it goes in order specified in that file, meaning he will first build the facility 1 if he can, then 2 and so on. The Last one (in this case 23) is usually used to fill up the unused spaces after all the other facilities are built (that's what 100 is for).

2) This option is used mostly by AI on large planets with lots of free space on them.

3) AI will build a facility if he has researched it. If that facility has system wide effect and he already has one in the system, he won't build another (e.g. he will build only one space port).

4) He simply upgrades them just like human player. Also, he does that as soon as he acquires necessary tech to upgrade.

Re: AI_Construction_Facilities.txt
 

Yes the AI does seem to upgrade existing facilities with no problem but it doesn't seem to ever revisit older planets and change the type of facilities there. It should for example build some of the facilities gained from the computer field to maximize the mining, resource, or intell operations when the technology becomes available and there are a certain number of the right facilities already on the planet.

Re: AI_Construction_Facilities.txt
 

I think I've figured out a way to do this. I'll keeping testing make sure.