Mines and AI reaction?

[justjake73]

This is probably a dumb q, but if the AI tries to enter a non-contested sector in peacetime and is destroyed by a mine, will they declare war?

[Suicide Junkie]

I believe that the AI does not get upset over mine losses.
They will start researching minesweepers right away, though.

[Deathstalker]

They will? I thought they followed the research txt by letter. If they do research mine sweeping right after they encounter mines then why isn't it set up that way for point defense after missiles are encountered? or Phased shields after ppb?(etc), and is there any way to mod this?(probally hard-coded though ).

Are there any other instances of 'breaks' in research (ie, medical after plagues happen?)

VERY curious.

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"The Empress took your name away," said Chance.
Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.

[Deathstalker]

bump.....anyone???

[geoschmo]

I believe you are right D. There is nothing in the text files anyway. Unless it is at the code level there is no way for this to happen. Given the typical level of memory of the ai, (none) I think it is unlikely that they would modify their behavior based on anything like this.

What SJ probably perceived as this was either,

a. The AI already had minesweepers, but did not direct them to his space until it encountered a minefield.

or

2. A sheer coinkydink that the minesweepers appeard shortly after he started using mines. It would stand to reason that the ai and the player would research mines in roughly the same time period.

or

d. SJ has a vivid imagination.

Geo

[capnq]

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I thought they followed the research txt by letter.

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It's a lot more compicated than that, so much so that I don't understand it myself. Try searching the Boards or checking the Modders Guide for the gory details.

You've given me another opportunity to point out that a lot of people only check these Boards once a day or less.

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"