Pirates and Nomads opening strategies

[Jmenschenfresser]

Went patch crazy Last night. Crap, between the two Versions of SE4 and all the mods I am up to a gig of SE4. That's definitely excessive.

Most of, I think they are, Atrocities' trek races produce a range check error in the patcher....ones that didn't were, Klingon, Romulan, and Vulcan.

Wasn't sure if the AI's were patched so I just won't use them.

FYI

[Jmenschenfresser]

Arg...

Ok, I have started another P&N game, and I am having the same problems as before with the AI. Large galaxy, 18 races, no neutrals, high bonus. I patched several from the TDM, and I repatched all of the stock races.

After 59 turns, someof the Ai, like the Orks, Vikings and Aquiliaeans are expanding like their normal bad *** selves. However, no one is building warships. They design them...but they don't build them.

I don't think a single AI has over 10 ships. I've looked over some of them, and all of the existing ships are colony ships.

I just don't get it. Some of the stock races still don't do anything but build one ship, build another, and scrap the first.....

Any ideas? I really like this mod and would like to play it, but how can you be a pirate if there are no ships to steal.

Many thanks

[Jmenschenfresser]

I just looked over the construction_vehicles.txt for the Orks, which I have in my game. They have 30+planets and no warships.

The AI patcher does something to this file. It combines several of the entries...like Infrustructure and Defense - short term.

Several other categories have been combined as well.

The two are separated by commas...the two names I mean, so it would read:

Infrustructure, Defense

Wonder if this is the problem???

[Jmenschenfresser]

ok three Posts in a damn row, and I am absolutely going crazy. I went back again to replace the two Ork constuction files and now, suddenly, they are the same.

THEY WERE DIFFERENT I TELL'S YA!!!

Insane!!!!!