[geoschmo]

Well, perhaps I am not the best person to comment on this then. Everything I have seen and understood about the AI was that it was slaved to the research text file. That the priorities were adjusted according to state, but that even that was determined by the research file.

Let me ask this. Has anyone ever seen a Neutral race build mines or mine sweepers? The reason I ask this is because mines are not in the Default_AI_Resaerch.txt file. If the ai is slaved to the text files then no Neutral should ever build mines or mine sweepers regardless of whether you use them against them. If we ever have seen a Neutral race use mines or sweepers then in my mind that would confirm that their is some hard code flag that overrides the research text file and instructs the ai to research them when encountered.

The fact that noone has seen it would not confirm my theory of course. You can't prove a negative. But if anyone has seen it, it would certainly disprove my theory.

Geo

[This message has been edited by geoschmo (edited 17 July 2001).]