Want your custom AI on PBW?

geoschmo · #1 August 4th, 2002, 04:52 PM

We have had many requests for games on PBW where people want to play with custom AI files. Because of this I am going to make a new Version for play on PBW. It will be stock SEIV Gold patch 2, but I will be adding as many custom AI to it as I can accumulate. This will allow you to play games using this Version and have AI players that bahave according to your custom AI files, or allow you to use these for your race and have them follow your customized files if you miss a turn.

This could potentially end up with dozens of new races. It will be a "server only" mod. You will not need all the files on your machine, only the races that are actually in your game.

I am also not going to do any kind of "quality control" as to whether or not these AI are any good. That will be up to the submitters. The only thing I will check is to make sure they don't cause errors on the server, and if they do I will remove them.

At this point I am just collecting names of people that are interested in submitting AI for this. Post a reply here if you want to and I will contact you later about how to submit your AI. It won't happen obviously until at least after the new patch comes out.

Geoschmo

Grandpa Kim · #2 August 4th, 2002, 05:21 PM

Dumb question time:

Does this mean your going to let me rifle through the server files to find the AI empires I want? After all, there is no guarantee that the custom file I have is (still) identical to the one the server has.

Kim

Suicide Junkie · #3 August 4th, 2002, 06:28 PM

You might just have a zip with all the AI data files in it. If you omit the shipsets, the download would be small, and you'd be able to see exactly what each AI is setup like.

Alternatively, you could always upload your AI with the name "Grandpakim's_Peaceful_Rage_Tweak"

geoschmo · #4 August 4th, 2002, 08:02 PM

My plan is to have a webpage somewhere that I update whenever I add another race or update a current one so you know what is currently in the package. I could include links to when you can get the AI files themselves.

Geoschmo

Grandpa Kim · #5 August 4th, 2002, 09:15 PM

But I'm likely to use "Grandpakim's_Peaceful_Rage_Tweak" only in this one game. It need only appear in the .gam file along with all the other emp files.

But I want to use "SJ's_Surly_EEE_Tweak". How do I get it from the internal mod? Geo's webpage idea is great. Even better would be a large, ever-changing file in the PBW File Library.

Kim

Ed Kolis · #6 August 5th, 2002, 01:15 AM

Why not wait until patch 3 is out and give people a chance to update their AI's? It's supposed to be sometime soon, isn't it? Or is there much of a difference in the AI file structure between the patches to begin with? Oh well it's your PBW...

<edit: Oh, patch 2 IS the new patch! Dumb me!

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[ August 05, 2002, 00:17: Message edited by: Ed Kolis ]

Alpha Kodiak · #7 August 5th, 2002, 02:17 AM

I'm definitely interested in uploading a few. Let me know what you need.

Atraikius · #8 August 6th, 2002, 01:06 AM

I would be interested (specifically with the Orks, and my Krill AI)

geoschmo · #9 August 29th, 2002, 03:39 PM

Ok, the new patch is out. It's time to start collecting the AI for this.

What I need from you. A post in this thread with a link to get your AI. At this time I am only looking for AI that are usable with 1.78 stock SEIV. I wan't to be able to have the turn process for any of these AI wihtout generating errors that images or strategies or whatnot are missing. Whenter or not the AI is any good is not as important to me.

This is not intended to compete with TDM, this is just a way to allow you to have a game on PBW and see your AI that you have worked so hard on actually do what it is supposed to in the game.

Geoschmo

Alpha Kodiak · #10 August 29th, 2002, 05:57 PM

Do you want just the AI files or the shipset as well?