What tech does the AI not use and why?

[Urendi Maleldil]

I've seen the default AI use stellar manipulation as well as unique facilities. They can be modded to use pretty much everything else except:

Master Computers (properly)

Remote resource extractors (they can put them on ships, but they just won't use them)

Build ringworld & sphereworld components (not that the AI ever reaches the point at which it's reasonable anyway)

[Atraikius]

I believe I have seen at least one of the TDM races use 'ancient' techs too, it isn't too difficult to make them use them if they don't though.

[AJC]

The Dominion Imperium gold AI uses some of these techs , like computer virus & allegiance subverters and boarding crews on boarding ships ( a really nasty combination) . it places MCs on ships to stop allegiance subverters, It also builds System gravitational shield facilties

[ September 04, 2002, 03:40: Message edited by: AJC ]

[Heavy-D]

WOW, Thank's everyone for your input.

[oleg]

The only racial facility that AI should never use is Crystalline' solar collection plant: AFIK, there is no way to make AI to build them in binary/trinary systems only. Any attempt to insert SCP into AI construction files will greatly impede productions in standard systems.

BTW, how solar plant works in limited resources game ??? It output does not depend on planet values (I think) but does it deplete planet resources and if yes, will it stop working at the end ?

[raynor]

A better quesion would be:

What tech is the computer player (CP) fairly ineffective at using?

Sure, the CP will use Stellar Manipulation ships but it doesn't use them very well. Another example of a tech the CP doesn't use very well is Troops.

[solops]

The TDM United Flora are using the Talisman on me, so that is a good sign for AI effectiveness.

[Wardad]

CP do not use the Industry catagory very well. They do not use any bonus facility very well. The default Facility Construction file will build the system and planet bonus facilities first.

I tried using the construction minister and found the fool building these on small planets and in sparse systems. These facilities are a huge drain on resources to build, and need enough of the normal ones around to get a decent payback. I recently messed up an AI on PBW by trading it Industry 1. At only a 10% bonus it will go broke even if it does complete some of the robotiod facilities.

I have my own modified file for Facility Construction and one for picking the planet type. It makes the AI races challenging.

MODDERS... It been possible for some time now for each race to have it's own Facility Construction file. Please do not ignore your AIs resource income.

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[ September 04, 2002, 18:28: Message edited by: Wardad ]

[Alpha Kodiak]

Originally posted by raynor:
A better quesion would be:

What tech is the computer player (CP) fairly ineffective at using?

Sure, the CP will use Stellar Manipulation ships but it doesn't use them very well. Another example of a tech the CP doesn't use very well is Troops.

The one exception to stellar manipulation is a create planet ship. The AI seems to do a pretty good job of creating planets and colonizing them.

I have had pretty good luck getting the AI to use troop transports to capture enemy planets. It seems to be much better under Gold than it was before.

[Baron Grazic]

The one exception to stellar manipulation is a create planet ship. The AI seems to do a pretty good job of creating planets and colonizing them.

Not sure if I Fully agree with this statement. Somehow sending a Planet Creation Ship into Enemy Claimed Space to create a planet doesn't sound very 'effective'.