The AI... when will ìt earn its "I"?

[dHay]

Originally posted by dHay:
Someone in an earlier post said that TDM does not change the data files. Sooo, how is that done? Enquiring minds want to know.

Figured it out. Data fixes only. Sigh.

[Fyron]

"Data files" refers to the files in the Data folder. TDM changes the AI files, in the various race folders. Although, I did lie, because TDM does modify the Formations.txt data file, adding several new formations. But it does not change the nature of the game.

[Starhawk]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
CIV II
Can you remember the relentless Zulus that would attack the closest enemy even if it was on a fortifed hill top defended by catapults? They could have easily by passed it and captured the city producing those catapults. Still they were a fun feisty bunch. Then again there was the time they rained nukes on my cites and we had not even met!!!!!! Talk about pissed! [/QB]

Oh yeah them and the Mongols, a nice bunch of jerks that would attack the nearest city time and time again and would send fighters bombers, missiles, infantry and everything else they pulled up to attack you.....even if your city was invincible to them :-) I loved blowing their armies up. Though I didn't like their use of nukes :-(

[oleg]

Originally posted by Gryphin:
I would love a more challenging AI espcialy since I am a solitare player when I play at all. There is a second reason I play 5 X games.
eXploration - I want to know what is beyond that next warp point / black area / mountain. What is he enemy hiding? What....?
...

The best eXploration element in SEIV and, heck, any other 4X games for me is a no warp game in AIC with AI bonus. Every time I open warp point with 100 strategically located satelites and The Home Fleet on stand-by I know I might be opening a can of worms that will eat all my people alive !

[Gryphin]

What is the "AIC"?
thanks

[Alneyan]

AIC is the Artificial Intelligence... erh I mean the Algorithm Intellect Campaign. It is a mod designed to make the AI a much tougher opponent, and there are quite a few changes similar to Proportions. (For example, population is *much* harder to transport, your homeworld is a resource powerhouse while your colonies don't produce much and so on)

So when you are playing with no-warp points you can open the Pandora Box when using these shiny new warp openers and pave the way for a proper invasion of your systems by a very aggressive race. Or you may very well find "Orion", a system with several huge breathables planets. Or both.

[oleg]

Exactly No-warp AIC games are very engrossing.

Basic idea behind AIC is to give AI special facilities and components to compensate for its deficiencies. It is still not on par with humans of course but is probably best we can get before SEV comes out