Pirates shipset Version 2.0 available

[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by trooper:
M. Belisarius : I run under W2k.
If you can explain to me how you run your automatic tests, I'll be interested.

Sorry... but the SE4 Batch program doesn't work with W2k.

Originally posted by trooper:

Until now, I put the race on full AI, and press the next turn key, looking at little ships moving here and there. It's...deadly boring.
And the AI keep on asking me stupid questions such as "Master, what type of colony should I build on this planet ? -You idiot, build a disneyland colony, it will increase happiness in the neigbourhood." or "Master, there are ennemy ships on my way, should I bLast them ? -"Surely not, you've built these 20 warships just for parade, don't you remember that, moron!"

Well, you could use the Rexxx advice... or run your AI in simultaneous games.

[phaet2112]

So could somebody list their impressions of the races for TDM- which are considered "good" AIs to play against in single player? What are bad combinations to use?

[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by phaet2112:
So could somebody list their impressions of the races for TDM- which are considered "good" AIs to play against in single player? What are bad combinations to use?

Think you could check the second AI Death Mach, that I'm running: http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=23;t=008233

The results for the first contest were:
1) Narn Regime
2) Pyrochette
3) EEE and United Flora
5) Aquilaeian and Earth Alliance.

About bad combinations... don't know. If you want a more challenging game don't play in big galaxies, and give high bonus to the AI.

[phaet2112]

I have read it, but there are so many combinations Second round isnt done there yet, is it?
Sometimes I am like the vast masses- wanting a simple "rank" table for my smooth, uncratered brain to digest...

[Atraikius]

The AI should put a standard troop transport into a fleet, but the larger cargo space (taking longer before it is sufficiently full, or being pulled out to load some more troops in a nearby system), and slower speed will cause some problems.

[Perrin]

Originally posted by trooper:
Dogscoff have suggested me to create a colorful speech file with typical pirate language, but i'm afraid my poor english vocabulary is a bit weak for that. Would someone be interested in witing that file ?

Just take a speech file that you like and add Arr! to the end of of each line. "Mineral planets are the best. Arr!"

[ March 25, 2003, 12:50: Message edited by: Perrin ]

[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by phaet2112:
I have read it, but there are so many combinations Second round isnt done there yet, is it?
Sometimes I am like the vast masses- wanting a simple "rank" table for my smooth, uncratered brain to digest...

The round 2 was finished, and the 3rd round is going well.

Space Vikings 1
Namovans 0
Khrel 2

Pyrochette 2
EEE 1
Sallega 0

Fazrah 1
Aquilaeian 2
Rage 0

United Flora 2
Cue Cappa 1
Earth Alliance 0

Tessellate 2
Gron 0
Orks 1

Toron 1
Narn Regime 1
Piundon 0

Based in the current results (and previous), think probably the following races will be not in the next round: Namovans, Sallega, Rage, Earth Alliance, (Orks or Gron), Piundon.

I wanted to run the contest into a fair map for all the races... but it's not 100% possible, then, the results would be not 100% fair.

[trooper]

Stil trying to solve my multi-fighter design pb...

Is it possible to create a fighter design using the drone design name (I don't plan to use drones, so there is a unused design name) :

Name := DUC Interceptor
Design Type := Anti-Ship Drone
Vehicle Type := Fighter
Default Strategy := Fighter Attack
Size Minimum Tonnage := 10
Size Maximum Tonnage := 5000
Num Must Have At Least 1 Ability := 0

[Atraikius]

Is it possible to create a fighter design using the drone design name (I don't plan to use drones, so there is a unused design name) :

Name := DUC Interceptor
Design Type := Anti-Ship Drone
Vehicle Type := Fighter
Default Strategy := Fighter Attack
Size Minimum Tonnage := 10
Size Maximum Tonnage := 5000
Num Must Have At Least 1 Ability := 0

Should work fine, I used to use Recon Satellites to do the same thing until a patch durring the change from 1.49 to Gold prevented the AI from building more than 1 Recon Sat per turn on each planet. Try looking at your fighter files some more, I've seen some AI's building multiple fighter designs without a problem.

[trooper]

What races use two different fighters ?
I've got to see that working to believe it.

[ April 07, 2003, 20:01: Message edited by: trooper ]