Classic -> Gold

[oleg]

capnag: Sic transit gloria mundi

Taera: what I mean is that if you have

name = junk 1
type = attack ship

name = junk 2
type = attack ship

types in design.txt, pre-gold SE will keep building only one of these ships (biggest one),
while gold SE will keep track of both ships and build thirst "junk 1" then next turn "junk 2" whenever it encounter "attack ship" entry in construction file.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not confident that I really understand how Gold AI works.

[Taera]

I sure hope you right. Though i still wish i could tell the AI exactly what attack/defense ships to build.

[Atraikius]

Taera - That is sort of what Oleg was saying. In the DesignCreation file, you have both a Design Name, and a Design Type field. You can have two different designs;

Design Name =:Attack Ship 1
Design Type =:Attack Ship

Design Name =:Attack Ship 2
Design Type =:Attack Ship

With SEIV you could only use the Design Type in the ConstructVehicle file, and it would pick the first on the list, pretty much only building Attack Ship 1; but with SEIV Gold, you are able to use both the Design Type, and the Design Name for the 'Type' entry. So you can call for the AI to build x amount of Attack Ship 1, followed by x amount of Attack Ship 2. You can also get around this to some extent in the pre-gold Version by using either kamikaze or boarding ships as the Design type for one of the two. Take a look at the Vikings, Orks, and I think the Aquilians for the Last pre-gold Version for what I mean, I believe all three were using the kamikaze and boarding ships as alternate fleet support vessels, along with a good example of AI's that will capture planets. For an example for the gold Version, look at the ConstructVehicle file for either the Orks or Zorians; I have used both of those together, the Boarding and Kamikaze for alternate styles of warships, and the Design Name to call for specific ship designs (like hybrid warship/carriers), and different types of Weapons Platforms, Satellites, and Fighters.

[ May 17, 2002, 17:59: Message edited by: Atraikius ]

[Taera]

Do you mean the construction file chooses ships by their DESIGN NAMES? oh great!

EDIT: wrong post in wrong place

[ May 18, 2002, 13:33: Message edited by: Taera ]

[oleg]

Yes, this a very, very nice feature of Gold Version.

Some design names are reserved, like Attack ship, Colonizer, etc. If you have design with design name "Attack ship" it can be skipped by construction file entry "Attack ship" in favor of something like
Design name = burn baby, burn
Design type = attack ship

Otherwise, "design type" in construction.txt matches "design name" in design.txt

[Atraikius]

Just to clearify, in the CunstructVehicle file, the AI will look at design names first, and then design types; so you can use both in the same file.

[Taera]

Now thats great!