Questions about aip troop types

[WesW]

I'm trying to change the aips so that the computer doesn't build so many troops, espcially defensive ones. I've read CD's comments about the aips, and looked through them myself, but I'm confused about the names. For example, what is the difference between core troops and primary troops? If someone can help me with this, I'll probably have more questions in the future.

[Blackwisardy]

As I understand it core is less important than primary, of the cites that will build units the majority would build primary, fewer would build core, and the rest would build overflow but I'm not complitly sure on it.

[WesW]

I spent all night going through CD's comments and the flis and aips line-by-line, and it finally started making sense, some of it anyway. You're right about those units, BW. I tweaked some of the files, and made major changes to others, which will hopefully lead to significantly improved AI performance. I've started a new game to try and gauge the effectiveness of the changes.