[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by cybersol:
Searching for the best AI's forgotten or unexposed?

A good idea!

Originally posted by cybersol:

The TDM Modpack provides some truly superior AI's as can be seen from both personal play and AI Death Matches I and II (Thanks MB).

Thanks!

Originally posted by cybersol:

But the AI Death Matches also highlight some non-TDM AI's that also seem to perform well. In AI Death Match I the Namovans by Alpha Kodiak finished tied for 7th approximately. In AI Death Match II, the Tessellate by MB (top 6 so far) are awesome and the Khrel by Rexxx finished in the top 12.

The non-TDM AI races in the Death Match II were:
Ekhazan
Khrel
Corrian
Azorani
Namovans
Tessellate
Tesli'k

The EEE, Fazrah and Gron, were very recent AIs (and good AIs) included into the TDM.

I'm happy you liked the Tessellate! But really, they never would have existed without the United Flora!

Originally posted by cybersol:

However, searches reveal there are many AI's that are not in the AI Death Matches or the TDM Modpack that were purported to be good (at least by the standards at the time). Some previously mentioned include Vandron, Hevordah, and Azorani by Alpha Kodiak; the Zorian and Chaos by Atraikius; and the Tesli'k by Gandalph.

The Namovans and Azorani were included in both Death Matches, and the Tesli'k played the second Death Match.
The other AIs were not included... just because nobody sugested their names... and looking back the bad performance of some AIs, really would liked to see your suggestions before start the second Death Match!

Originally posted by cybersol:

So the best non-TDM AI's I've found so far are:
Tessellate (MB), Khrel (Rexxx), Namovans, Vandron, Hevordah, and Azorani (all Alpha Kodiak), Zorian, Chaos (both Atraikius), and Tesli'k (Gandalph).

I have not played with all of them... but believe all are good AI scripts.

Originally posted by cybersol:

Since there is so much knowledge in the forum from both the creators and the Users I would like to know what do you think:

1) Are any of the above AI's I listed basically equivalent to an AI already in the modpack?

Nope. I don't think does exist equivalent AIs to these, into the modpack.

Originally posted by cybersol:

2) There are many shipsets without AI's, but are there still any good AI scripts that are not distributed inside races?

No, don't remember other good AI scripts, but probably should exist more...

Originally posted by cybersol:

3) Are any of the older AI's in need of just a few of the more modern tricks/ideas in order to make competitive but still mostly unique?

Believe the Sergetti for example, would need some work the make them competitive again. They were the first good AI script that I knew, but in my view, today they're less than average.
Think the Tesli'k/Namovans/Azorany could work a lot better with not many tunning.

Originally posted by cybersol:

4) What races/AI's have I missed? What are the best non-TDM AI's in your opinion?

Don't know. Can't remember more good AI scripts.

Originally posted by cybersol:

5) How do all the AI's we list compare with AI's already in AI Death Match 2? Which round would the have made it too?

Hard to say...
Some of the AIs you named, played the Death Match 2: The Azorani and Tesli'k reached the Second round, and the Namovans the Third round.
From the other Alpha Kodiak/Atraikius AIs, I would have expected good performances (like their other AIs included into the Death Match 2).

[ May 10, 2003, 00:49: Message edited by: Master Belisarius ]