Space Combat - Observations and Questions (Aaron/Richard take note)

[thecyclemania]

This topic is very interesting, I have a question though :

Is there a file(s) that tells the AI what to do during strategic combat ?

I understand that the formation and strategy of the fleet will have an impact, but how do you evaluate (or guess) what the computer will do based on your design ?

For example, I read that if your fleet is using maximum range and your ship have direct fire/missile weapons, the fleet won't take advantage of its long range with missiles, it will move in to get within range of its direct fire. How am I supposed to know this ? What file dictactes this behavior ?

This is interesting because I recently was testing various design of ships with different weapons. The most successfull design had missiles weapons only and maximum range strategy. The moment you would add a direct fire, it wouldn't perform as good. I guess I know why now. But without this thread, I couldn't have guessed why ?

I'm tired of all this guessing...

thecyclemania