AI using custom (modded) ship templates

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Hi all. I'm pretty new to the game, but had much fun with the very moddable space empires V. I was drawn in by Naeslus Insane mod, and by all the amazing ship creations I've seen in the steam workshop. However, when playing a game with AI custom factions I notice that they do not use the user created template ships.

I did a search, and could only come up with this: https://forums.galciv3.com/465834/page/2/#3582672

 

looks complicated to say the least. Is this the only known way to get the AI to use custom ship templates? Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks!

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Hi,

generally speaking the AI should use custom templates you have created. I see these in my own games. You have to have played with the e.g. the Terran ship style before and need to have created custom templates, but then I see the Terran AI using them. One thing that hinders this in later game is if the player has researched a lot of miniaturization techs (+x capacity), and the AI has not. Then these are overcrowded designs for the AI, and it will not use them.

Apart from that, at the moment if you want to force the AI to use certain ship templates, the only way is to create your own ship style  with the link above and assign the templates for the AI. There are quite some custom shipstyles out there already, check the steam workshop. People say it'll take 15-30 minutes to create your own ship style this way.

Hope this helps.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

bummer. I'll poke around and see how difficult it is tonight. Thanks for the reply!

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I downloaded the Andorian Faction which said it needed the ships so I downloaded them too however the AI never used them and when playing the Andorians the Andorian ships never come up. Now I can go into the Designer and see all the ship templates including the custom ones.

 

Is there going to be an easier why of doing this in the future?

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I believe one day there will be an easier way of doing this, at the very least, I expect Steam Workshop to later support true mods, allowing users to efficiently share and update proper AI using sets. 

This is the best guide on making it work that I know of:

https://forums.galciv3.com/465834/page/1/

 

Furthermore, if you want some examples of how to set this all up, look at the files I have for my mod:

http://www.nexusmods.com/galacticcivilizations3/mods/18/?