Surrender - Big Flaw in the Game

[Taqwus]

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Originally posted by Thomj:
So how do you get a computer to surrender?

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You need a massive score advantage, the threshold in the AI's Anger files, IIRC. ISTR that they also never offer to you; you have to explicitly ask them to surrender. With a big enough score (say, in a no-warp-point game with an uberfleet...) you can get even a non-neutral AI to surrender without firing a shot, or without you knowing where they are (if somebody gave you the comm channel, for instance).

If they refuse, you just need to raise your score and lower theirs...

[Q]

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Originally posted by Taqwus:
You need a massive score advantage, the threshold in the AI's Anger files, IIRC. ISTR that they also never offer to you; you have to explicitly ask them to surrender. With a big enough score (say, in a no-warp-point game with an uberfleet...) you can get even a non-neutral AI to surrender without firing a shot, or without you knowing where they are (if somebody gave you the comm channel, for instance).

If they refuse, you just need to raise your score and lower theirs...

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But there are races that will never surrender. You can change that in the politics file of each race: "Will accept surrender from friend/enemy" = true or false.

[This message has been edited by Q (edited 06 April 2001).]