Teleporting Scout

[cdaniel]

I had just starting a new game, mostly just messing arround with differnt game options. About 15 turns in or so, I opened the worldbuilder just to see what kind of world was generated. It was then I noticed I was two squares away from a hut. I looked arround and nearest computer unit was 7 spaces away. I went back into the normal game and went to the next turn.

Much to my surprise, a computer controlled scout suddenly appeared right next to the hut! I reloaded the game and entered the worldbuilder again. Sure enough, there was nothing close by.

I then created a bunch of scouts arround the hut so I could see where the unit was coming from. I went back into the game and sure enough when I went to the next turn, the computer controlled scout appeared right next to the hut.

So, the computer is either teleporting units, or they are getting to move like 8 squares a turn!

Has anyone else noticed this?

[rjwoer]

Not specifically, but I've heard of things like this where the AI seems to get an unfair advantage. Some might even call it cheating.

I wonder if this is what has happened in your case?

[Urban Ranger]

I did notice that computer controlled scouting units move erratically, during the few times I reloaded a saved game. Sometimes they would come close to my own scouts, other times not.

I thought they were exploring randomly, though "teleporting" might have something to do with it.

[Will9]

There are ways the AI cheats. I don't know the ways the AI cheats in civ4. They may know the entire map and the locations of all the rousources from the begining like in civ3.