When AI scrap ships ?

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Originally posted by oleg:
How exactly did you test it ? remember - AI does not read settinds.txt file during the game. Moreover, it is stored in .emp file (I think - but may be wrong). Thus, file changes will not affect games in progress and you may have generate new .emp file too !

I changed the value in the running game, but I am 100% sure that the settings.txt file is read at least for some values during the game: I increased recently during the ongoing game the number of drones per target in the settings.txt file of a race and the effect was seen almost immediately.