Re: The AI Complaint
The moddability of SEIV AI is extremely limited. You can not affect how the AI operates, as the actual algorithms are hidden from the user. All you can do is tweak the parameters. You can fiddle with designs and build queues, but the AI still behaves in exactly the same manner. Even TDM AIs are just as terrible as the stock AI in most regards. They make all of the same behavioral mistakes as the stock AI, suffer from the same limitations. Certainly, the TDM authors have done some great things to try to make up for the shortcomings of the AI, but they could not do enough due to hard code limitations. Aaron has a lot of work cut out for him to make a semi-decent AI for SEV...
The MOO2 AI is better designed than the SEIV AI. It still isn't all that good, but definitely better. Of course, it did not have to be designed to be adaptable to a wide variety of data modifications, so it could be optimized for the game better.
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