Pirates shipset Version 2.0 available

[Perrin]

Originally posted by trooper:
Dogscoff have suggested me to create a colorful speech file with typical pirate language, but i'm afraid my poor english vocabulary is a bit weak for that. Would someone be interested in witing that file ?

Just take a speech file that you like and add Arr! to the end of of each line. "Mineral planets are the best. Arr!"

[ March 25, 2003, 12:50: Message edited by: Perrin ]

[trooper]

M. Belisarius : I run under W2k.
If you can explain to me how you run your automatic tests, I'll be interested.

Until now, I put the race on full AI, and press the next turn key, looking at little ships moving here and there. It's...deadly boring.
And the AI keep on asking me stupid questions such as "Master, what type of colony should I build on this planet ? -You idiot, build a disneyland colony, it will increase happiness in the neigbourhood." or "Master, there are ennemy ships on my way, should I bLast them ? -"Surely not, you've built these 20 warships just for parade, don't you remember that, moron!"

Perrin : Lol. JLS is working on a better speech file, I think !

Others : My troop ships are too big, I'll have to limit their size to small transport, or it takes too much time to fill them with troops, and when there are ready to fight, there is no ennemy colonny left !

[Rexxx]

Originally posted by trooper:
And the AI keep on asking me stupid questions such as "Master, what type of colony should I build on this planet ?

You can get rid of this question. In the empire status window under empire options uncheck "display select colony type dialog when colonizing". The AI will then follow your orders from the planet_types-file.

[ March 25, 2003, 20:09: Message edited by: Rexxx ]

[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by trooper:
M. Belisarius : I run under W2k.
If you can explain to me how you run your automatic tests, I'll be interested.

Sorry... but the SE4 Batch program doesn't work with W2k.

Originally posted by trooper:

Until now, I put the race on full AI, and press the next turn key, looking at little ships moving here and there. It's...deadly boring.
And the AI keep on asking me stupid questions such as "Master, what type of colony should I build on this planet ? -You idiot, build a disneyland colony, it will increase happiness in the neigbourhood." or "Master, there are ennemy ships on my way, should I bLast them ? -"Surely not, you've built these 20 warships just for parade, don't you remember that, moron!"

Well, you could use the Rexxx advice... or run your AI in simultaneous games.

[phaet2112]

So could somebody list their impressions of the races for TDM- which are considered "good" AIs to play against in single player? What are bad combinations to use?

[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by phaet2112:
So could somebody list their impressions of the races for TDM- which are considered "good" AIs to play against in single player? What are bad combinations to use?

Think you could check the second AI Death Mach, that I'm running: http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=23;t=008233

The results for the first contest were:
1) Narn Regime
2) Pyrochette
3) EEE and United Flora
5) Aquilaeian and Earth Alliance.

About bad combinations... don't know. If you want a more challenging game don't play in big galaxies, and give high bonus to the AI.

[phaet2112]

I have read it, but there are so many combinations Second round isnt done there yet, is it?
Sometimes I am like the vast masses- wanting a simple "rank" table for my smooth, uncratered brain to digest...