new SEIV patch !!

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Krsqk:
Any feedback about my Prefer/Allow/Disallow idea? If it sounds reasonable, especially to the AI modders out there, I'd like to send it to Aaron. It seems a simple enough means to permit AI use of MCs but yet prevent all-out usage. And it gives one more thing to mod.

I think a better idea is to follow the pattern as it is now for other components and use the "Misc Ability" requirements that are in the design files currently instead of making up new rules. The problem before wasn't getting the AI to build ships with MC. All you had to do was put them in the design files and it used them. The problem was getting the AI to not also put a bridge/LS/CQ component along with the MC. That I beleive was what was asked for. At least that's what I asked for. I don't know what others suggested. I don't know if there was some programming limitation that made that difficult or what. But if I was going to ask for another change it would be to default to using the B/CQ/LS as before, but if the design file called for MC and MC was available us that instead.

The only thing then is for the cases where you might want both. But the current fix has that problem as well.

Geoschmo

[ January 28, 2003, 18:41: Message edited by: geoschmo ]