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Have you played the TDM mod? It dramtically improved the Ai.

To be honest, making good AI, for any game, is an art form that has not yet been mastered by any game company. The best AI are AI's that can be modded and have the scope to change or alter just about anything. SEIV does provide one of the best foundations for modding AI that I have ever seen in any game.

The AI is basically a scripted program that the computer runs. Granted base Ai for seiv is not that hot, but it is still better than most if not all games of this type that have been released resently.

I can see a day very soon where games will have totally customizable AI at a level and scope that will boggle the mind. The problem with that is you will more likely than not, need a masters degree in programing to be able to take advantage of this. Another possiblity is learning AI. IE you as a human player, have your game recorded, and then compared to other successful players, and that forumla of game play is then optioned for an AI.

The better we become the better the AI becomes. GalCiv and Stars Super Nova have this, but only Gal Civ has gone to market with it.

The problem is, people cheat. This compermises the data the AI has available to it. So we are again back to square one.

Try playing a game with the bonus set to HIGH using the TDM. The TDM Mod has all of the original races and a few others.

Good luck, and by all means come join us at PBW.