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Hey Brad. Good analysis of the AI. It is a long road you will travel. Do you have an Ai log file that you can look at? To show you why the AI is making a particular decision? If you don't I highly recommend having one. I would seperate strategic and diplomacy of course between each faction. Anyhow, there are some serious diplomatic issues or bugs currently, that are preventing the AI from going to war. I will post those over in the bugs thread. Thanks for t

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="13" id="3536916"] I definitely see a lot of issues with the AI. The challenge isn't noticing things, the challenge is making them NOT do that without putting in an IF THEN statement into the code. You want the AI to calculate this stuff organically otherwise you end up with a scripted AI. [/quote] Brad: I admire this quality of commitment, however sometimes "if then" statements are needed to

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[quote who="PaulTozour" reply="24" id="3538593"] I suspect that any AI good enough to play a really competent game against you will be making decisions in a way that's much too complex to be loggable in any sort of format that's readable to people other than the developers. [/quote] Hmmm deciding how to take this... I have modded AI and understand LUA and html formats. When I said "simple" I didn't mean laymen simple.&n

[quote who="Franco fx" reply="54" id="3538369"] Quoting xeryx, reply 53 I must not have realized that only one constructor module can only be placed on any size hull. This is ridiculous! If I want to take a huge hull and load it with construction modules, let me ! Remove this restriction please. Then maybe others would not

I must not have realized that only one constructor module can only be placed on any size hull. This is ridiculous! If I want to take a huge hull and load it with construction modules, let me ! Remove this restriction please. Then maybe others would not mind the constructor dilemma so much. Don't make me mod this game please! Or I will lose my social life once I start.😨

What I would like to see as a modding tool. An easy to understand AI decision log. This way I can make sure the AI is making the correct decisions when I decide to make an AI.

I am seeing the opposite effect, in fact the game I'm playing I think the AI is broken. I am in a huge spiral galaxy and I have taken the whole center unopposed. I will report further once I know for sure. (BUGS) 1) I have been seeing for awhile now is the starting (stock) survey vessels weapons are not visually firing in the battles in all the races. 2) The galciv3.exe is also not shutting down properly when exiting the game, and is worse on this build and h

The AI should not trade its fleets, with one exception. Helping an ALLY and that should be the ONLY time.

I hope you will fix the exploit of getting and entire races ships in exchange for peace or whatever else is convenient.

This is just my two cents worth. But the easiest way to fix this issue just be able to put more modules on a constructor. A maximum of 4 would completely simplify Starbase building. this will eliminate any setbacks with the build. I think the Devs have made it quite clear that they are not going to change because this is the way they want it. it will be up to the modders. In fact there could be improvement techs, to shrink the modules or include it with another shrinking tech. I

May huh? Maybe they should keep it in BETA till then, if they want the bugs squashed. Considering this is "Beta 5" the diplomacy and the AI should be in much better state then it is. This Beta 5 seems more like an ALPHA 5 to me, or maybe a Beta 1. The game is cool, but there needs to be more focus from the team on bugs and AI.

Great list of improvements, and I look forward to trying out my new BenQ xl2730Z with it. Awesome monitor if you're in the market and run AMD video cards like myself. I think this release, brings together most of the issues that will make the game finally playable, and enjoyable. From a challenge and crashing standpoint. Let the MODDING begin..lol Thank you Stardock, for finally making this game and adding the battle viewer. I stopped playing galciv 2 b

I think that implementing hull size bonuses and penalties would make a world of difference in space combat, and give ships more uses. Weapons ranges and Hull points need to be implemented on a per hull basis and need to be adjusted to representing different powers of ship size. Here is my idea for hulls or the approximate there of.(These are approximate values!! to show my poi

OK, I am back up and running. There were some mega driver/ai suite issues with that board I bought. Now that I have everything cleaned up, it is running like a champ! Getting around 8k on 3Dmark Firestrike Extreme!! Now all I need is a freesync monitor and I will be in gaming heaven!! (like say a Benq xl2730z) :) Since the release of beta 5 is close, and it has so many features, lets work on the mod when it's released! Cool cool!

Cool, I will see if I can give it a test run today, I will at least get a new game started. I am also working on the review of this new LG 24" gaming monitor that has a 144hz refresh rate. So I bought Sniper 3 Afrika core because it was on sale on Steam. It is a pretty cool game overall. It give you lots of ways, like splinter cell, to accomplish your missions. I have decided to upgrade my computer Motherboard, so I can run dual Radeon R9 290's, It was very hard to find

I actually have to write a review for Newegg this weekend, I am testing a new monitor out, and need to play some FPS stuff as well. Unfortunately my time will be more limited than I thought.

[quote who="Tetrasodium" reply="10" id="3521533"] im on the couch warching tv right now, but there are a lot of sniper templates, probably some with tiny hulls, ill check it out later & probably mod them anyways. worst case, sniper templates are silly weak warships [e digicons];)[/e] & nobody will care much when small hulls open up 10 turns later. I think hacktastic is a spin on the modtastic(?) term Brad(?) used somewhere couple weeks back, modtasti

last I checked the fighters for the Terran's was "Snipers" which is weird because, snipers are a small hull ship. I am getting around and drinking my coffee, I will get these changes in and test them of the next game I play. Can you make a summary list of the feature changes so other people will easily see what you have done, and maybe they will help. Let's keep away from the thrusters for now, I have some other ideas working but we need to keep things as simple

First off, this is not going to become a trolling thread, pissing contest or a flame war! Or I'll have it looked at by a moderator. I will leave it at that. [quote who="peregrine23" reply="12" id="3521416"] If steam didn't exist another digital distribution platform would have risen to the top. I was actually buying most of my games through direct2drive and Stardock's digital distribution service before I switched to using steam primarily. [/quote] And yo

It is good to see that some of those values were already in there, that means I was not too far off base with the developers ideas. As a fellow modder, I am afraid to look at the XML files, especially at this point. I know how I am and I would go completely into Modding mode. I just can't go there right now. I will give this a shot tomorrow and see what happens in combat. It would not surprise me if the .exe will make this difficult. is there a way to test

[quote who="charon2112" reply="6" id="3521262"] Actually, and not to get off topic, but the PC gaming industry has been doing extremely well in large part due to Steam and other digital distribution services. [/quote] I was only referring to a few years ago. I actually think, that STEAM is doing well NOW, mainly because consoles are now using compatible hardware. PC games are actually a much smaller market share than consoles now. This is why, stores do not carry gam

[quote who="AzraeldeBaphuon" reply="1" id="3520540"] I also Think starbases need a combat buff. As they should be bigger than any Starship. But why should Huge Hulls get a disadvantage ..... they are kind of the endgame part. I only build Huge ships as soon as I get them... [/quote] All hulls except the middle most balanced hull should have advantages and disadvantages. It is all part of game play, strategy and "rock, paper, scissor

Hello everyone at StarDock and here at the forums!!!Cheers [e digicons]:beer:[/e] I finally decided to take the plunge and try out the beta 4. I am a longtime Stardock fan and own many games and desktop products. I am glad to see them partnered with Steam now, since the PC gaming market is having hard times. To my credit, I have been playing these types of games for 30 years, and made a few mods for a few games. <p st

It feels like there needs to be DECAY of culture away from your home-world, and getting "boosts" as you hit planets and Star Bases. Like I said before, culture is something that happens civilization wide, and there are plenty of boosts to it. There Is no need to allow more than one main cultural building on a planet and 2 for space stations. This should also prevent AI spamming of those buildings as well.