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Old March 23rd, 2003, 09:50 PM
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Default Re: AI making : Duplicate entries in construction_vehicles.txt

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Originally posted by trooper:
did noone understand the subject of this post ?
I vote for this.

Quote:
Originally posted by trooper:
How is it understooden by the AI ?
The problem is that you need to balance what the AI must build.
See this example:

Entry 1 Type := Attack Ship
Entry 1 Planet Per Item := 1
Entry 1 Must Have At Least := 0
Entry 2 Type := Colony Ship
Entry 2 Planet Per Item := 40
Entry 2 Must Have At Least := 3

It mean that the AI must build 10 ships x every planet that have. It could take a looong time (10 planets => 100 attack ships), and then, would take a long time to reach the Entry 2... and your AI will have problems to build Colony Ships.

Second example.
Entry 1 Type := Attack Ship
Entry 1 Planet Per Item := 50
Entry 1 Must Have At Least := 0
Entry 2 Type := Colony Ship
Entry 2 Planet Per Item := 40
Entry 2 Must Have At Least := 3
Entry 3 Type := Attack Ship
Entry 3 Planet Per Item := 1
Entry 3 Must Have At Least := 0

Now
- the AI must build 1 Attack ship x every 5 planets.
- the AI must build 1 Colony ship x every 4 planets (min 3 colony ships).
- The AI must build 10 attack ships x every planet.

Still this is not a good building queue (just an example), but it's better than the previous: first will build some attack ships, after it some colony ships and finally, lots of attack ships.

Hope it help you.
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