Cheater!

[Coracle]

Same deal happened to me.

I had to raze a city in the Industrial era to prevent that stupid Culture Flipping crap.

Before even I could get a settler there, a rival civ's transport appeared with settler and some military right on those open tiles near the coast.

Cheat Number One: the AI immediately knew about the open tiles.

Cheat Number Two: the AI got a freebie settler, which they had to in order to get it there that fast.

And here is cheat number three. . .

I went back to autosave to test the AI. I put units on all those coastal hexes. Result? The transport NEVER SHOWED UP!

Of course the AI cheats. And the above was at Regent!

[The Pioneer]

Note:

I did not say that I do not like t he game because of it! I actually am in love with the game (as with 1 & 2) , just ask my wife! I just noted the fact because this was the first time I caught the AI cold handed .

Oh, by the way Coracle I must admit that the concept of cultural flipping may be a bit crudely implemented in the game but I am all for it. Don't you just get tired of complaining about the same thing over and over and over again! There are a whole lot better things to do or play in this world

Firaxis could refine this feature a bit, i.e. give us the option to turn it on or off, warn us before the city flips, all units should not go puff, etc. But otherwise I do like especially because it prevents me for coming in and cleaning house as in Civ 2. At precisely that moment it was only a matter of time before you won the game in Civ 2. But not here, here you have to heed yourself and plan much better.

[Catt]

Originally posted by Coracle
Cheat Number Two: the AI got a freebie settler, which they had to in order to get it there that fast.

I frequently keep settlers handy in times of war (whether I'm involved or not). I've noticed that the AI does this as well (I have checked my military advisor reports after espionage and seen some AI civs with 3 and 4 settlers -- this when no free land is available).

Catt

[Panag]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
The AI knows the location of all your units. This one is well known and one of the few real cheats.

hi ,

, any proof to that , ....

have a nice day

[Space05us]

the AI is known to cheat who needs proof?

[Panag]

Originally posted by Space05us
the AI is known to cheat who needs proof?

hi ,

specific proof on this or that cheat might help to fix it , ...
or to bypass it , .....

have a nice day

[Space05us]

it cheat so it can stand half a chance against a person. if we "fix" it the game would suck.

[alva]

Originally posted by alva848




but look how it i'mproved in the last 10 years ( civ1 ---> Civ3). So i guess ther's hope afterall

Someone will respond to this. I wonder who

originally posted be CORACLE
Same deal happened to me.

I had to raze a city in the Industrial era to prevent that stupid Culture Flipping crap.

Before even I could get a settler there, a rival civ's transport appeared with settler and some military right on those open tiles near the coast.

Cheat Number One: the AI immediately knew about the open tiles.

Cheat Number Two: the AI got a freebie settler, which they had to in order to get it there that fast.

And here is cheat number three. . .

I went back to autosave to test the AI. I put units on all those coastal hexes. Result? The transport NEVER SHOWED UP!

Of course the AI cheats. And the above was at Regent!

you need to change your strategie from time to time
You are becoming to predictible. This was to easy

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by mwaf
Please name a strategy game in which the AI doesn't cheat (on at least the more challenging difficulty levels).

I don't think the CtP2 AI cheats. That's one of the main reasons why it sucks.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Space05us
it cheat so it can stand half a chance against a person. if we "fix" it the game would suck.

hi ,

at least they could tell us , as to what and how it is done , ....

have a nice day

[Thrawn05]

Originally posted by ShredZ
The AI has Uber Spies - knowing all yer unit placements.

I was thinking the same way. Although not really an Uber Spy. But a really good spy depending on the difficulty level. Perhaps Pioneer, you should search for a mole in your civ. I could bet a dolor to a donut there is a spy in your civ.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Thrawn05


I was thinking the same way. Although not really an Uber Spy. But a really good spy depending on the difficulty level. Perhaps Pioneer, you should search for a mole in your civ. I could bet a dolor to a donut there is a spy in your civ.

hi ,

one thing is to do counter intel ones in a while , ..
second , never give the AI your map , but get his when you can , otherwise decline , ...

have a nice day

[Panag]

hi ,

one way the AI cheats with proof is the "hidden nationality" , give it to a unit , go for a walk , so far so good , but certainly a civ says "hello" to you , ....

play with the attack value a bit , and go for a small battle , the AI will sometimes change his attitude towards you , its like the AI knows to who the "hidden" unit belongs , ....

have a nice day

[Thrawn05]

Originally posted by panag
...
second , never give the AI your map , but get his when you can , otherwise decline , ...
...

I'm waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of you.

[Thrawn05]

Originally posted by panag
hi ,

one way the AI cheats with proof is the "hidden nationality" , give it to a unit , go for a walk , so far so good , but certainly a civ says "hello" to you , ....

play with the attack value a bit , and go for a small battle , the AI will sometimes change his attitude towards you , its like the AI knows to who the "hidden" unit belongs , ....

have a nice day

I think the AI knows who the nationality is of the hidden unit myself. In one of my mods, I set the regular submarine to have hidden nationality. It works, no mil. advisor warning me or anything. But the civ I attack gets mad after a while, and starts to declare war in a while.

Of course this could be due a little bug with hidden subs, their color may be white, but turn on the unit circles and you'll see the color of the nationality.