Ai testing : what to do when the AI stops building ?

Master Belisarius · #1 March 18th, 2003, 11:31 PM

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Originally posted by JLS:

Unless there is no more room on Colonies for AI to build supply storages

Most the modders, included Supply Storage facilities in the Resupply Base, Military, Construction, and even some in the Mineral/Farming/Radioactive Planets. Then, is near to impossible to the AI, doesn't have a few supply storage facilities... And this is what you need to avoid the problem: only a few.

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Originally posted by JLS:

If AI stops builds, then how can it build the supply storages Facility?

The AI still can build facilities, but not ships (I can't remember about the units).
And this behavior doesn't happen in the early game, then, usually the AI had time to build some resupply storage facilities...

[ March 18, 2003, 21:32: Message edited by: Master Belisarius ]

JLS · #2 March 18th, 2003, 11:34 PM

Thanks MB

Now I understand your scenario , Troopers AI probably started next door to the other, causing this thing to happen, to soon in the game.

[ March 18, 2003, 21:42: Message edited by: JLS ]

Master Belisarius · #3 March 18th, 2003, 11:39 PM

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Originally posted by JLS:
Thanks MB

No problem!

But after realize that in the image posted by Trooper, doesn't exist maintenance cost... I think that's more probably that your explanation, JLS, was more appropriate.

JLS · #4 March 18th, 2003, 11:48 PM

Either way, I just learned something MB !

Thanks

trooper · #5 March 19th, 2003, 12:48 AM

Well, I don't know the reason for this, but it seems it doesn't occur in my current game.

I think it was a critical situation (no ships left, lots of colonies destroyed), and the AI algorithm didn't know how to cope with such a situation.

It was not a question of blank lines anyway.

Master Belisarius · #6 March 19th, 2003, 01:19 AM

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Originally posted by trooper:
and the AI algorithm didn't know how to cope with such a situation.

No. I saw many many AI dying, and still they continue building things.

Atraikius · #7 March 20th, 2003, 02:38 AM

I've had this happen with a couple of races, where they stop building anything. Every time, the race in question has had no storage facilities, and a fairly low income {<10000} the race then seems to just quit and not do anything {they have even stopped using the satellite and mine layers they did have}. All of them have started to build again if a starage facility was built or they were able to colonize a new planet with an existing colonizer.