colony type selection

[Strogian]

Ummm.. In the tutorial it says that a colony type is just so the PLAYER will know how to treat a planet. This implies that the AI/ministers don't care what type of colony it is.

[Jeb]

If you say so, but look in the AI folder for a file called Default_AI_Construction_Facilities.txt, which seems to key what the AI will build to A) the colony type and B) the "game state," i.e. exploration, infrastructure, prepare for attack, etc. Am I just misinterpreting it? It sure looks like colony type influences what the AI ministers will do.

[Noble713]

Also, if the AI doesn't use colony types, then why does any AI planet you capture have a type assigned to it, and usually the facilites to match.

[This message has been edited by Noble713 (edited 27 August 2000).]