Most bang-for-the-buck hard code changes

[Matryx]

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[Mephisto]

Well, I’m a Modder so my wishes are in this area:
1.) Give me a file like the AI_Construction_Facilities.txt for their cargo space. This way I could tell the AI exactly what units to build on a planet and how many.
2.) Let me call ship names in the AI_Construction_Vehicles.txt, not classes.
3.) A switch in the ship design file to determine if a ship is used defensively and in what fleets it should be included.
4.) Let the AI do some scrapping of buildings and old units. I already sent MM some suggestions in this area.
5.) Teach the AI how to use a medical ship.
6.) Teach the AI to scrap all research building once the tech tree is done and build intelligence instead.

With these changes I could make some cool tricks with the AI. And I really think these changes are not that much of programming work.

P.S.: Ups, that were more then 3 wishes. Anyway...

[Atraikius]

My three biggies would be:

1) Inclusion of a file detailing what determines the AI's state, and how the ministers are effected by the state that the AI is in, so that the AI's can be modified to take advantage of the AI state they are in.

2) Ability to call out either a Design Type or a Design name in the Construct vehicle file.

3) Inclusion of AI data files for change of state requirements, minister athorities and precidents, and fleet formation additions (such as maintaining formation based on leader positions, facings, map edges, enemy ships; and use of different formations and strategies based on varios conditions of the enemy fleet abilities).

[Tampa_Gamer]

Although it will echo what others have already said, and what has been sent repeatedly to MM. . .

(1) Ability to call ships/units based on design name instead of design type in Construction file. This will not effect that current AI since their design names already = their design types.

(2) A field in which we can designate a ship as eligible for the AI to add it to a defense fleet, attack fleet or either.

(3) Allow negative/positive anger adjustment in the Anger file based on race name. This will allow historical enemies and allies.

[CW]

Make HUGH improvement on the AI! The current Artificial Idiot is very inadequate and gets me really mad at times, especially in strategic combat. Most of the time I don't even think it is fighting on my side!

[tesco samoa]

Small : ability to show where all system wide abilities are on the system map.

Med : The ability to filter reports ( all of them )

Large : The ability to chose stragetic or tatical combat in multi player games on different computers

[Krakenup]

Trivial: Seeing enemy movement in your system

If I have a presence in a system, and an enemy ship moves in that system, I should be able to see it. Currently, an enemy ship suddenly appears in a system, and the following turn it disappears. You don't know where it came from or where it went. You should be able to see enemy movement during that enemy's turn in your systems.

Small: Straighten out the engines/supplies

It's silly for the same size engines to power escorts and battleships and for an engine to have the same amount of supplies as a supply bin twice its size. My solution would be to have the engines proportional to the hull size in size, cost, supply storage, and supply usage. Also, cut the supplies carried by engines in half, and double the supplies in each supply bin.

Medium: Fix the ministers

The reason the AI's aren't any better is that they have to use all the ministers. This includes the exploration minister that keeps sending ships through damaging warp points and the resupply minister that jerks your fleet back just before it reaches its objective. (Add your favorite minister stupidity here.)