Very quick question about Sphereworlds

oleg · #1 January 31st, 2004, 03:10 AM

I wonder if it is possible to do in AIC mod - because of the "AI only" race technology. Add some huge ship capable to carry all components and edit designs file. Will AI send such a ship to the sun and build Sphereworld ?

geoschmo · #2 January 31st, 2004, 03:21 AM

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Originally posted by oleg:
I wonder if it is possible to do in AIC mod - because of the "AI only" race technology. Add some huge ship capable to carry all components and edit designs file. Will AI send such a ship to the sun and build Sphereworld ?

That's the only way it might work. If you had a mod with everything needed on one ship. I think the AI will make regular planets out of asteroids, so it's possible it would be smart enough to send the ship to a sun.

[ January 31, 2004, 01:22: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

ChinMonster · #3 January 31st, 2004, 03:50 AM

I tried GIVING a fully developed sphereworld to the AI on several occasions just so i'd have a better challenge in defeating them.... they refused my offer lol, they always do.

[ January 31, 2004, 01:58: Message edited by: ChinMonster ]

Taz-in-Space · #4 January 31st, 2004, 06:43 AM

The AI will colonize a ring or sphereworld. So if you want to play against an AI with such an world just build them one (in one of their systems) and let them colonize it.
Or mod the map so they 'find' one available...

Kamog · #5 January 31st, 2004, 07:15 AM

I have had success in getting the AI to accept stuff by using trades. Say I have a damaged ship stranded far away that I don't want to pay maintenance on, and it's not worth sending out a repair ship. So I try to gift it to an AI and they refuse. No problem. Propose a trade, and give the ship along with 20000 minerals, and ask for 10000 minerals in return. The AI always seems to accept. Of course, you lose some resources by doing this, so it only makes sense if you have an excess.

So maybe you can get the AI to accept the sphere world by trading the sphere world + 20000 resources and ask for 10000 resources back.

ChinMonster · #6 February 1st, 2004, 04:12 AM

Yup, that did it6

Paul1980au · #7 February 2nd, 2004, 09:28 AM

Does that apply to getting its advanced energy weapons when you have focused on other tech areas early games - using resources to get what you want or get rid of ships etc.