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Originally posted by PvK:
For purposes of ministers or AI takeover... I'm not sure how PBW works. I assume you could include AI files in your shipset that you upload to PBW, and then if your EMP file has "use ministers from style" instead of the default "ministers use selected style", then I would assume PBW would use those AI files from your ship set.
No, actually PBW doesn't use the ai files you upload at all. It uses one of the following...
1) If you use a stock race, or a custom race that has the same name as one of the stock races, and select "use ministers from style", it will use those files from PBW, not the ones you inculde with your shipset. If you select "use selected style" it then chooses the aggressive, defensive, or neutral defaulat AI files, depending on which you select. In both cases it uses the coresponding ai files in the mod you are usign if there are any. If there aren't any in the mod, it uses the stock AI files.
2) If you use a custom shipset that does not have the same name as one of the stock AI races and you select "use selected style", then it works as above.
3) If you use a custom shipset that does not have the same name as one of the stock AI races and you select "Use style from race", then it will randomly select a set of ai files to use for each turn you allow the AI to play for you. Similer to the way it will select a different shipset each turn for players that don't have the custom shipset loaded on their PC's when they play their turns.
The exception to rule 3 is if you are using a mod that has that custom shipset built in on PBW, like the TDM modpack.
Someday we may get to the point on PBW of adding peoples custom AI to PBW. For now though if you want that then your option is to put them in a mod and submit the mod to PBW for inclusion as a Version.
Currently the only thing uploading yoru shipset to PBW does is allow you to select it when you join the game so the other players will have a convientent link to download the shipset so they can see the pictures correctly when they play against you. PBW does not use the files, picture or AI for any kind of processing.
Geoschmo