my AI dont do what it should!

[Athena]

I start to really hate this construction_vehicle file... Is the AI supposed to follow the instructions in it ?

to understand the in and out of it, I set a very simple game :

I put in the file just two entries for all AI states, which are:

entry 1 : have at least 2 colony ships
entry 2 : 5 attack ships per planet

So initially my AI build 2 colony ships and then proceed to build 3 attack ships (escorts class). When she colonize a system, she rebuild a colony ship. Fine.

Now she have the planetary shipyard iddle, with a low maintenance usage (coming from something like 5 escorts build). Have a huge stock of minerals. Why ??? Doing nothing except for the occasional rebuilding of a colony ship, and also a new attack ship. In now way she try to crank as fast as possible attack ships (in the general settings, she is supposed to stop building at 90% maintenance).

Can somebody give me a pointer? I want the AI to crank attack ships like mad until she reaches the max maintenance percentage, but to no avail. She follows very loosely the entries.

[Mephisto]

Can you post the whole file? That would make it easier to have a look into it.

[AJC]

From my own Ai building experience I have found that it is a poor strategy to have your ai crank out ships in this way- you end up with a fleet of obsolete and usually huge numbers of the early technology ships and alot of small ineffective vessels draining the AI resources..

I have found that A gradual to moderate level of build up is better to aim for.

[Athena]

Dont forget I just want to set a quick testbed. I agree thats not the best option for the AI to let it cranks ships like mad. But if its not possible to have it follow a simple behavior, how can you expect to follow a more complex one?

Here is the sample AI file:

AI State := {put all AI state here}
Num Queue Entries := 2
Entry 1 Type := Colonizer
Entry 1 Planet Per Item := 0
Entry 1 Must Have At Least := 2
Entry 2 Type := Attack Ship
Entry 2 Planet Per Item := 2
Entry 2 Must Have At Least := 2

Should have 2 colonizers, then up to 5 ships per planets. The AI dont follow this, why?

[Mephisto]

Are you running low on organics or radioactives?

[Q]

Greetings to the goddess of wisdom and warfare!

How many colonies did your AI empire have at this moment?
I usually work more with the "must have at least" than with the "per planet" option, using the latter more for the late game when the AI has 100-200 colonies.