For Your Amusement: Some Super AI performing tricks

[smacksim]

That was with just adding a few boreholes to a map? Go Yang! He ICSs like no other AI.

[mike2R]

Well I did make a few other changes - removed Conquer from everyone and gave them all Build instructions - helps a lot, I've been behind on infrastructure most of the game (Morgan is also very strong). It's also a massive map.

I'm in a real fight for the first time in ages, and it feels good I'm going to have to PB Yang's core cities and hope it slows him down a bit

[GeoModder]

Anyone ever tried to custom a faction with growth/build preferences.

I was awed at it's progress... Don't try that at see!!

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by mike2R
Not Aldebaran, but just my first experiment in scattering boreholes accross the map.

To encourage the AI's to use boreholes, I assign boreholes a nutrient value. I then scatter boreholes across all of my maps, and the AI's will then use them quite effectively!


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[mike2R]

To encourage the AI's to use boreholes, I assign boreholes a nutrient value. I then scatter boreholes across all of my maps, and the AI's will then use them quite effectively!

I actually tried to set it up like that (following advice I'd read round here somewhere), but edited my alpha.txt after I created the game and the change didn't take effect. Hasn't mattered in my case - I'm playing on a massive water dominated world (raise/lower terrain turned off) so food is no problem, and the AI have worked boreholes almost from the begining.

Looks like I've got a long game on my hands - I can't get the Council to repeal atrocity prohibitions (maybe something to do with my stockpile of Quantum PBs ), and I've turned off all victory conditions except conquest. I'll win eventually I guess, but maybe not before the game ends for scoring purposes (tech stag is on). If Yang had the faintest idea how to use PBs I would not be this confident..

I can't believe how much better the AI plays when it's not mineral starved and supporting tons of obsolete units

Is there a way of turning AI unit support off completely? That could turn Yang or Sven into a monster..

[smacksim]

No, but you could give them all SOCIAL, ++++SUPPORT. That certainly helps

[Commy]

Or you can do it like they do in Civ and give them like 40 free units...

[GeoModder]

You mean independent units, do you?

[Straybow]

Call the hydroponic orbitals Food Of The Gods.

[GeoModder]

Food of the Heavens --> Manna