That Crazy AI

President_Elect_Shang · #1 December 5th, 2001, 07:23 PM

What fun! I had said in an earlier post that I was about to complete my first mod, all I had left was the AI. Guess what? I have taken a stab at that darn thing and run into a problem that for the life of me I cannot figure out. I hope someone out there has heard of something similar and can guide me on what to do, here it is:

The Neutral AI will create designs for:
Attack Base
Base Space Yard
Carrier
Colony (Gas, Ice, Rock)
Troop Transport (only on a warship hull, not a freighter hull [?])
Fighter
Satellite
Mine
Troop

But Not:
Attack Ship
Defense Ship
Space Yard Ship
Boarding Ship
Mine Sweeper
Mine Layer
Satellite Layer
Recon Satellite

Can anyone help me? Aaron?

geoschmo · #2 December 5th, 2001, 07:28 PM

My first guess is that you have a "must have" ability for that design, but the AI has not researched a component with that ability yet.

Geoschmo

Q · #3 December 5th, 2001, 07:33 PM

It would help if you post the design file. (somewhere, this was easier in the old forum!)

President_Elect_Shang · #4 December 5th, 2001, 07:41 PM

I hear you, now how do I post this darn thing? My be I will need to e-mail it to you?
Yes I will, I have a message that says
"File uploading is not allowed in this forum"
Do you want it?

Q · #5 December 5th, 2001, 07:49 PM

Yes send it to me as a private e-mail and I have a look at it.

President_Elect_Shang · #6 December 5th, 2001, 07:55 PM

Ok Q, I am still new to this forum. How do I do this? The only option I found was private message. This does not allow file uploading as well?

dmm · #7 December 5th, 2001, 08:05 PM

Your design file is just text. So cut and paste, and send as a private message.

Q · #8 December 5th, 2001, 08:41 PM

President Shang I got your mail and I see several problems: sometimes the minimum and maximum size of the ship is not specified and in many designs there are several lines missing. Did you create this file completely new? Sometimes also the blank line between two different designs is missing. This will cause errors.
I recommend that you use an existing and tested design file and start to mod the numbers but don't delet or add any lines except maybe deleting misc. abilities that you don't need.

Hope this helps!

President_Elect_Shang · #9 December 6th, 2001, 02:23 AM

I will give that a shot right now. Yes I did start from scratch.

President_Elect_Shang · #10 December 6th, 2001, 05:23 AM

Q, I been working on and to no avail. Still it will not create those darn ships!