Some Questions

[Spyder]

Question 1

Has anyone written a guide to the various <race>_AI_*.TXT files? There are some things in the default files that leave me with many questions.

Question 2

Has anyone written any kind of Race Modification Guide?

Question 3

In the Default_AI_Construction_facilities.txt file it implies that <ability> in the following line:

Facility 1 Ability := <ability>

exactly corresponds to <ability> in this line in the Facility.txt file:

Ability 1 Type := <ability>

However.....

In the default_AI_construction_facilities.txt file there is a line that reads:

Facility 8 Ability := Planet Value Change - System

and another that reads:

Facility 9 Ability := Planet Conditions Change - System

These entries are obviously meant to point at the Value Improvement Plants and the Climate Control Facility. However, the corresponding entries in the Facility.txt files are:

Ability 1 Type := Planet - Change Minerals Value
and
Ability 1 Type := Planet - Change Conditions

Is this a typo in the Default_AI_construction_facilites.txt file, or, is there something here that I'm missing?

Question 4

In the Default_Planet_Types.txt file there is the following entry:

quote:

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Mineral Value, Organics Value, Radioactives Value:
The approximate percentage value a planet must have to be selected
as this planet type. These are used as a ratio in relation to each other.
If this is zero, then this is not used.

For example, if the values are 110, 100, 100, then the planet must be at least
110% above the norm in minerals to be used.

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This raises many more questions than it answers for me Would someone make sense of this for me, please? And I'd also appreciate a demonstration of the realtionship to the actual values of the planet in question...if there is one.

More questions on the way as I work my way through these files creating the Arachnid Confederation

[ 28 November 2001: Message edited by: Spyder ]