AI modders: Construction_Facilities.txt

[Rollo]

Hi,
maybe this is a trivial thing and already known to most of you, but here is what I found a short while ago, because the AI was not building facilities as I wanted.
In the _AI_Construction_Facilities.txt the amount of facilities is not the amount to add to already existing ones, but the total amount of facilities (of course, Duh!, I feel so stupid now).
Example: If I want to have a research facility build first, then a resupply depot and another research facility and a space port after that. The file should be

Facility 1 Ability := Point Generation - Research
Facility 1 Amount := 1
Facility 2 Ability := Supply Generation
Facility 2 Amount := 1
Facility 3 Ability := Point Generation - Research
Facility 3 Amount := 2
Facility 4 Ability := Space Port
Facility 4 Amount := 1
...

and NOT

Facility 1 Ability := Point Generation - Research
Facility 1 Amount := 1
Facility 2 Ability := Supply Generation
Facility 2 Amount := 1
Facility 3 Ability := Point Generation - Research
Facility 3 Amount := 1
Facility 4 Ability := Space Port
Facility 4 Amount := 1
...

Again, this might be obvious and public knowledge, but I have looked at the files of other AIs and it seems to me that I was not the only one to make that mistake...
Otherwise things like
...
Facility 3 Ability := Point Generation - Research
Facility 3 Amount := 4
...
Facility 7 Ability := Point Generation - Research
Facility 7 Amount := 2
...
just don't make sense to me.

If you have made the same mistake or are unsure, you might want to look into the files again .

Thank you for your time,
Rollo