making tougher ai opponents

[dogscoff]

It won't make the AI tougher but it will take away some of the tools to beat it.

The thing is though, the real problem is in the AI's predictable behaviour, complete lack of any understanding of what's going on around it and total inability to make plans and follow them through.

These things aren't in the tech tree, and if they were I wouldn't want to mod them out of myself=-)

Don't get me wrong BTW. I often play vsAI and I really enjoy it. The AI is no match for a human intellect (altohugh with bonuses and a good start it can out-produce one and provide a challenge.), but it's still excellent compared to some other game AIs I've seen.