AI Anger Data File

[Repo Man]

I'm not sure what the units are for the anger file, but I changed it to -1. AI got really angry in a matter of turns. -2 seems to make them gradually drop, but they do recover. My main problem right now is that AI choices seem unrelated to anger. A brotherly race who has not fired a shot in a decade will not accept a peace treaty, while a murderous race keeps sending me alliance proposals.

I have been experimenting with the declaration of war settings, but its too early to tell what they do.

[Noble713]

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Originally posted by Sultan:
I was wondering if I save a game at what I feel is a key turning point, change the AI settings in the AI anger file and The AI politics file, then reload the game I could fine tune the AI to at least put up more of a fight.

Does this sond like it will work?

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I think saved games retain the data of whenever they were firs created, so if you change something in a major data file and restart the game, you will still have to create a new game.

[Ebonyknight]

I have to agree with that. It seems to read the files when the game starts, then never again. "Tweaking" during a game doesn't seem to be possible.

[Talenn]

No, thats not completely true either. I was playing a game where I had fighters galore and decided to make a change to the fighter cost to make them a bit more expensive. I restarted my game after making the change and the fighters created afterwards all had the new cost. The old ones listed as the old cost. The game crashed out once one of my carriers was carrying some of both (same class of fighter, different costs). I assume some sort of internal checking error caused it.

So, I *THINK* it can be effected by changes to the data and that it might re-read the data for something every time the game is launched.

Talenn

[LintMan]

At least some things can be changed mid-game. I changed the research points granted by research facils mid-game, and that worked. I also changed the "remote mining depletes asteroids" mid-game, and that also worked.

[Talenn]

Lintman:

I've been toying with the idea of changing the number of RPs that Research Centers generate too. Out of curiousity, what change did you make (up or down?) and why?

Thanx,
Talenn

[Baron Munchausen]

Changing data files and then reloading an old game is tricky. The game seems to use tables built on-the-fly when it loads the data files, so changing tech levels or components can make things "shift" and produce very weird results like armor components replacing engines in a ship design or something like that. Small changes to the abilities of components (weapon damage, shield strength, cargo storage) don't seem to be a problem, but changes in cost or size usually will be. I think you can change the AI files without the game getting screwed up, but many of the changes won't have an effect on an existing game. It's generally better to start a new game when you change the data files.

[This message has been edited by Baron Munchausen (edited 04 December 2000).]