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[SunDevil]

[K126]Mephisto:

Yes the supply works fine. I've tested it out with three games now and supply generation facilities are being built.

I am kind of confused on your topic about sorting out tech because the ai is not using it. The only reason I can think of the ai not using them would be because the repair is not being added to the ship designs (because a shipyard can repair and build). And for planet utilization, the ai does build those things on their planet because the ai leaves room for them to be built and also I declare them in the ai facility construction file. One thing that I have noticed is that planet utilization research isn't a high priority for the default ai.

Thanks for the feedback.

[Mephisto]

In fact the AI is not using the following techs AFAIK in any ship:

Repair
Bio
Bio Weapons
Planetary Weapons
Null Space Weapons
Computer Combat

[SunDevil]

[K126]Mephisto:

But doesn't the ai just need an updated ai_design_creation file that would incorporate the components you just mentioned into a ship design. Whether or not the ai would actually use those things in combat\during gameplay I don't know, but the ai can't use them when they aren't included in any design. Thanks for the reply .

[Tampa_Gamer]

SunDevil-

Havn't had a chance to look at your files yet, probably not till tomorrow (I am still at work and will be for quite some time).

I believe Mephisto meant these were not used in any of the design files.

What I meant below was that even if you include boarding ships, cloaking, ramming warheads, etc. the AI will not use them - try it in the simulator or at any point in a level 3 game, check out the AI fleets - none of them will be cloaked, not even recon sats. So yes, I pushed those techs to the very end of the research file where my "catch-all" clauses are located.

[Nyx]

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Btw, is Nyx responsible for making that Xenophobe speech file? I would like to give him a credit if he is.

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Yup that's one of mine. If you use it just include the readme file that accompanies it as it technically is Twin Galaxies'.

If I weren't so dang busy I'd have two more for you.

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[Tenryu]

I have modded a Crew Quarters component with the ability to do 1 repair a turn.

Adding the qualities(abilities) you want to components you know the AI to be using may be one way around the issue.

Whether or not the AI will use those abilities even if it has them is another issue. I'm not even sure I'd know how to test that.

[Tampa_Gamer]

I have included one repair module on each CA and higher Defense Ship for the Darlok. It works automatically.