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Nitram Draw · #1 June 25th, 2001, 02:47 PM

Two shipyard components is not suppose to happen but the AI can do it, something to do with the ship design file. They get the benefit of both yards for construction so they can crank out the stuff!

Atraikius · #2 June 26th, 2001, 12:48 PM

Jubala - It was one of the AI I'm working on, I've only seen them pull that on low starting tech games, they don't seem to do as well on the med. or high tech settings, but I have seen them pull that on multiple occasions so I figure its going to be normal for them.

Jubala · #3 June 27th, 2001, 01:44 AM

Sounds great Atraikius. Let me know when you release it and I'll play it.

rdouglass · #4 June 26th, 2001, 02:20 PM

This 2 SY Dreadnaught design; can you Intel it and then build it? ..or can you Crew Insurrect them and then you take advantage of a double SY on them? If the AI can build them, is it something to do with their bonus??

Nitram Draw · #5 June 26th, 2001, 02:24 PM

It is done through the AI design file, the AI seems to ignore the one per ship limit.
If you copy the design of the spaceyard ship from the AI in question and put it in the design file of your race then turn the design minister on you will design it. Once it is designed you can build all you want you just can't design it.

rdouglass · #6 June 26th, 2001, 02:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Nitram Draw:
It is done through the AI design file, the AI seems to ignore the one per ship limit.
If you copy the design of the spaceyard ship from the AI in question and put it in the design file of your race then turn the design minister on you will design it. Once it is designed you can build all you want you just can't design it.

Can you go over this again? So a human player COULD build one of these???

EDIT: And is it a result of bonuses or does even an AI with no bonus build these??

[This message has been edited by rdouglass (edited 26 June 2001).]

Nitram Draw · #7 June 26th, 2001, 03:17 PM

The only way to get one is to have your computer ship design minister design it for you. If you try to design one yourself you get a warning "only one component allowed" or something like that when you try to add the second yard component. Apparently the AI design minister is able to inore this warning. Once you have it as a design you can build as many as you want.
The easiest way to get the design is to copy it from the AI's vehicle design file and paste it into your races vehicle design file then turn on the design minister for a turn or two until he decides to design it for you.