newby question: custom AI for proportions

[PerpetualNewbie]

I just did a single player proportions game, and loved the mod. But I like to play with 5k race points, and most of the modded races only have 2k. I also figure it might be fun to play around with the AI of races...but I can't find any information on how to go about doing this.

Can anyone point me to a FAQ on how one goes about modifying race AI?

Thanks.

[Suicide Junkie]

Just create a 5k point game, and let the game choose AIs randomly.

The AI_general.txt is prepared for any game setup, and you'll get AI races that use 5k points.

You can set the players to human control after the game starts and save them to an EMP file if you like.

[PerpetualNewbie]

Thanks for that tip. I was also wondering if it
were possible to modify the AI of custom races so they would emphasize given technologies (ie a race that researched colonizing gas giants from day one, etc), and never sent fleets smaller than a certain size (say 20 ships)?

Thanks,
PN

[Suicide Junkie]

You could simply shift the race_AI_research.txt entries around, and stick gas giant colonization at the top.

As for the fleet thing, I don't know. AI's aren't my area of expertise.
You can try browsing the AI files until one of the AI guys reads this thread.

[PerpetualNewbie]

Okay, I'll try playing around with the research file. Thanks, I had no idea where to start.

[PerpetualNewbie]

Okay, I'm lost now. I tried modifying the AI files (including adding a couple of Space Yard technologies) to the proportions files. When I started a new game all the races start with the un-modded facilities instead of the cultural centers...anyone have any ideas what I screwed up?