Silly Tactical AI Behaviour

Daynarr · #1 January 8th, 2001, 09:05 AM

quote:
easy to fix if you edit the default stratagies to allow any ship type to break formation.

I don't see any line in Default_AI_Strategies.txt file that allow me to do that (I would really loved to do that and post it as a mod).

Emperor Zodd · #2 January 8th, 2001, 09:31 AM

What about not entering a formation at all for the A.I.?

Puke · #3 January 8th, 2001, 11:16 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Daynarr:
I don't see any line in Default_AI_Strategies.txt file that allow me to do that (I would really loved to do that and post it as a mod).

no, what you need to edit is the DefaultStrategies.txt and change all the 'break formation' lines to TRUE. argueably, this decreases the effectiveness of the strategy for a human, so your player race will have to retweak it after game start (and save it to his race file if wanted)

Emperor Zodd · #4 January 8th, 2001, 11:53 AM

Great Puke, have you tried it?

Daynarr · #5 January 8th, 2001, 01:09 PM

Thanks Puke, I was looking at the wrong place all along. This helps a lot.

Puke · #6 January 9th, 2001, 02:32 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Emperor Zodd:
Great Puke, have you tried it?

I have tried it on my own fleets in strategic combat, which SHOULD be the same. basically they all fly around in a big swarm and get caught running into each other when they have to move through multiple planet sectors or asteroid sectors. but they dont stop when the leader stops, thats for sure.

Emperor Zodd · #7 January 8th, 2001, 09:33 PM

So whats the verdict? What works better for the AI?

In tactical battle I use a wall formation up until almost weapons range then break formations and attempt to incircle and converge simultanously all my ships on the target with a overwhelming first volley.

Can we get an AI to do this???

[This message has been edited by Emperor Zodd (edited 08 January 2001).]