really big games

Using map6 I started a game with 10 good planets and high resources but low tech using the changes mentioned previously to settings.txt but no change to the AI files. I used TDM-Modpack races with my race (Rock None (like the Rage of course), Ancient Race, Physical Stength 90, Reproduction 120) in and around system Ike. The Cue Cappa are in Ein, the Narn in Yak, the Ukra Tal in Red, plus Abbidon, Amonkrie, Colonial 2000, Cryslonite, Drushocka, Eee, Krill, Phong, Piundan 2000, Pyrochette 2000, Rage 2000, Sallegra, Sergretti 2000, Toron, Toltayan, and Xichung 2000 (contact & war on turn 2).

In case you did not get the map, system Central is a nexus with 10 warp points. Sytems Ike, Ein, Yak, and Red are nexus systems connecting to Central.

I ran all on full AI for ten turns to see what would happen. By turn 10 6 races had found and entered Central. All but two races who had contact with another race were already at war. There were a few trade treaties but it was the exception not the rule. There were light cruisers in combat. There were fleets of 25 destroyers, fast work for ten planets 10 turns when they had to learn the tech first....

I will not post any more about the game unless people are interested, but it will certainly require me to modify my strategy since there are at least 7 races able to reach me with warships within the first 12 turns.

[This message has been edited by LCC (edited 19 May 2001).]

Also the Piundan are/were in Oil, which I overlooked in my first glance at the AI. When I got there on turn 10 there was no colony so there must be a war going on. Systems with a race one warp point away from a major nexus (two warps from Central) - Colonials @Hen, Drushocka @Ivy, Krill @Red, Sallegra @Nizzarum, Toron @Zanthis. Two warps away - Cryslonite @Osteo, Phong @Ivy, Rage either Red or Osteo, Sergetti @Yak, Toltayan @Oil, Xichung @Ike. Isolated races are Abbidon 6 from Yak or Ein, Amonkrie 4 from Hen, Eee (also Ancient Race) 4 from Hen or Nizzarum, Pyrochette 4 from Zanthris. I met ten by turn 10 and expect to meet at least 16 by 16. As I said when developing the map, I want to watch the AI and see how it performs in a rich environment - not really cheating, more a simulation than a game.

[This message has been edited by LCC (edited 20 May 2001).]
The Piundan were not in Oil they just claimed it from a system 1 warp point away.

[This message has been edited by LCC (edited 22 May 2001).]