Why doesn't the AI use nukes

[chris1]

OTHER AI things

i've noticed quite alot of bugs in the AI, for example if you have america as a AI the other Ais will automaticly attack them for some bizzare reason, i even tried it on island same result they got attacked. bit peculiar that.

Australia nearly always uses nukes

Russia will

If you have Either:

England
scotland
ireland
wales

they always end up being the most aggressive,

the best civs to play with are:

Mexico
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Australia
Russia

let me know what you think

[Tamerlin]

I must admit I have never paid enough attention to the personnalities of the AI until the Democracy Game. After the DG and this thread this is the kind of informations I will use more efficiently to manage the AI civs.

[Gilgamensch]

AFAIR England likes to backstab you.

Australia, I hardly had in my games...

A CIV with which you can come along nice is India, with M. Ghandi.

I am not sure I should keep posting here...

Be aware we have your address and our nukes are ready to be launched

About the Armageddon: I never really seen it happen in CTP1/2

The cruise missile: Never build it, seems to be useless.........

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Gilgamensch
AFAIR England likes to backstab you.

Perfidious Albion...

Be aware we have your address and our nukes are ready to be launched

I thought you all were a cool bunch of people and you all are agressive Chaotic Evil maniacs...

The cruise missile: Never build it, seems to be useless.........

Given its cost and its one time use the attack strength and range should be largely increased for the cruise missile to be usefull.

[The Big Mc]

Given its cost and its one time use the attack strength and range should be largely increased for the cruise missile to be usefull.

but that is easily fixed

[Gilgamensch]

I thought you all were a cool bunch of people and you all are agressive Chaotic Evil maniacs...

maybe
Chaotic Evil Maniacs, uuuuuuuuuuuusssssssss?????????????

never, we are all angels

Given its cost and its one time use the attack strength and range should be largely increased for the cruise missile to be usefull.

Should be like 2-3 times it's value, than it would make sense. But otherwise...............
Not sure, if the AI would know how to use them though.........

[The Big Mc]

Try replacing this one with the cruise m I have doubled its attack and range + full and reduced the cost be 2/3

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## UNIT 17
UNIT_CRUISE_MISSILE {
   Description DESCRIPTION_UNIT_CRUISE_MISSILE
   DefaultIcon ICON_UNIT_CRUISE_MISSILE
   DefaultSprite SPRITE_CRUISE_MISSILE
   Category UNIT_CATEGORY_AERIAL
   Attack 120
   Defense 10
   ZBRangeAttack 60
   Firepower 1
   Armor 1
   MaxHP 10
   ShieldCost 600
   PowerPoints 100
   ShieldHunger 20
   FoodHunger 0
   MaxMovePoints 2000
   VisionRange 2
   EnableAdvance ADVANCE_GUIDED_WEAPON_SYSTEMS
   BombRounds 10
   BombardRange 1
   ActiveDefenseRange 0
   LossMoveToDmgNone
   NoFuelThenCrash
   MaxFuel 2000
   IgnoreZOC
   NoZoc
   CanBeachAssault
   CantCaptureCity
   SingleUse
   Explodes
   SoundSelect1 SOUND_SELECT1_CRUISE_MISSILE
   SoundSelect2 SOUND_SELECT2_CRUISE_MISSILE
   SoundMove SOUND_MOVE_CRUISE_MISSILE
   SoundAcknowledge SOUND_ACKNOWLEDGE_CRUISE_MISSILE
   SoundCantMove SOUND_CANTMOVE_CRUISE_MISSILE
   SoundAttack SOUND_ATTACK_CRUISE_MISSILE
   SoundWork SOUND_WORK_CRUISE_MISSILE
   SoundVictory SOUND_VICTORY_CRUISE_MISSILE
   SoundDeath SOUND_DEATH_CRUISE_MISSILE

   CanAttack: Land
   CanAttack: Mountain
   CanAttack: Air
   CanAttack: Sea
   CanAttack: ShallowWater
   CanSee: Standard
   MovementType: Air
   Size: Small
   VisionClass: Standard
}

############################################################

[Gilgamensch]

Just to check:

It would have a range of 20?
Attack of 120?

What was ZBRangeAttack again?

But will the AI use it?????????????????????

I'll might gonna try tomorrow, tonight I'll be out.................

Thanks

[Immortal Wombat]

"It would have a range of 20?" Yes
"Attack of 120?" Yes
"What was ZBRangeAttack again?" The ranged attack statistic that archer's use. This usually doesn't matter for missiles, since you won't stack them, or if you do, the attack stat of 120 will put them in the front row.

"But will the AI use it?????????????????????" Yes. Because it's a replacement, the entry is already in the AI files.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by The Big Mc
Try replacing this one with the cruise m I have doubled its attack and range + full and reduced the cost be 2/3 :evil

Thanks the Big Mc, I will try these new settings in my next game...

[Peter Triggs]

"But will the AI use it?????????????????????" Yes. Because it's a replacement, the entry is already in the AI files.

But it's not in the AI unitbuildlists, so you'll have to add it in there.

The fact that it's not in those buildlists leads me to suspect that they didn't write any proper code to handle cruise missiles.

[The Big Mc]

if you want I could work on a quick mod to make 2 cruse m units one with twice the rang of the one above but with 1/2 the attack power

[Gilgamensch]

if you want I could work on a quick mod to make 2 cruse m units one with twice the rang of the one above but with 1/2 the attack power

Big Mc, how do you want to call the long range version? Maybe toothpick? Might have the same result

Peter,

that's kind of what I am worried about, even with adding it to the buildlist, I don't think the AI will know how to use them.

I see couple of different ways:

1.) Last defence for a remote city (softening an attacker)
2.) Interception of an incoming invasion fleet.
3.) Softening of a city, which you want to attack and you haven't got enough artillery
4.) crosswater harrasment

But all of those would require a fairly huge amount of missiles..........

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by Peter Triggs
But it's not in the AI unitbuildlists, so you'll have to add it in there.

The fact that it's not in those buildlists leads me to suspect that they didn't write any proper code to handle cruise missiles.

*blink*
So the AI doesn't use Cruise Missiles in the default game? I didn't know that; how stupid.

[The Big Mc]

Cruise Missiles mk t

its there for long range bombardment of enemy cities.