Oh, and BTW: be a man and play against them
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I suggest the following setup: one average start planet, small galaxy, three to four other handpicked AI, high difficulty, low or medium AI bonus, 2000 or 3000 race points.
With more than one start planet it is probably a good idea to further increase the cost of monster tech. You can do this in .../Devnullmodgold/data/techarea. Monster tech is the Last entry in this file.
Have fun
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Rollo