More than just 'weak' AI?

[Raapys]

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I can't figure out what the AI's up to. It's been 40'ish turns without all but one or two of them building a research and/or mining/farming facility( And presumably colonizing)? That just my game, or are others having as severe AI problems( Using the Balance mod or without)?

Is the AI having troubles with maintenance costs which in turn stops him/them from expanding? I had big MC problems myself but he had even more ships and units, and presumably wasn't colonizing only 'green' planets like me, so he must have gigantic maintenance expenses. This is a 'hard' game with small computer bonus.

[AAshbery76]

The A.I spawns the most stupid treaties.The A.I empires most likely have "No research pacts" with each other.

[Phoenix-D]

Yeah, I'm thinking the treaties are the cause of problems like that. They're rather brain-dead when it comes to treaty proposals. In my current game they all have about the same expansion as I do.

[NullAshton]

What kind of a pact is a "No research" pact? A pact not to research planet/star destroying tech I can understand. But all research in general? That's just plain stupid.

"Hey, let's both agree not to research any more technology, and together with our slingshots we shall rule the galaxy!"

[Raapys]

Ah yeah, forgot about the treaties. Since they're not expanding their resource operations they probably also have the 'Don't colonize' thingy. Don't suppose there's any quick fix for it( or an ETA for the next patch)? It's sort of game-breaking to me knowing that the AI is basically doing nothing.

[Tim_Ward]

Script_AI_GlobalSettings.txt has a big list of the treaty elements allowed for the AI (all of them). If you liked, you could go and take out the retard-o-vision ones (No research, no intel, no treaties with others) and recompile all the AIs and see what that does.

This would only work with stock, not the balance mod.

[Raapys]

Ack, guess Kwok might work it out when he fixes the AI for the Balance mod.

[pujal]

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[AngleWyrm]

If you liked, you could go and take out the retard-o-vision ones (No research, no intel, no treaties with others) and recompile all the AIs and see what that does.

Here's a possible use for those: When you are in a militarily dominant role, you could bully with threat of force. "From now on, you will not do any research."

It would be major cool if the ai could figure out that this is a threat, and reply according to the liklihood of win/lose military combat in their systems.

It would be even more cool if it could remember if you broke such treaties shortly afterwards and just killed em all anyway.

[Shadowstar]

Well that's the way the game should work. It doesn't though because it was rushed and the AI was never properly completed. Kwok certainly has a full plate.