Poll

Which of the AI types will you blacklist?

Entrenched_Homeworlder
3 (2.7%)
Vicious_Raider
1 (0.9%)
Fortress_Baron
0 (0%)
Sledge_Hammer
0 (0%)
Assassin
0 (0%)
Bully
0 (0%)
Turtle
3 (2.7%)
Technologist_Homeworlder
8 (7.1%)
Technologist_Raider
8 (7.1%)
Mad_Bomber
0 (0%)
Feeding_Parasite
0 (0%)
Stealth_Master
1 (0.9%)
Special_Forces_Captain
1 (0.9%)
Train_Master
9 (8%)
Teleporter_Turtle
3 (2.7%)
Counter_Spy
1 (0.9%)
Scorched_Earth
12 (10.6%)
Shadow_Master
1 (0.9%)
Attritioner
2 (1.8%)
Backdoor_Hacker
3 (2.7%)
Mine_Enthusiast
3 (2.7%)
The_Tank
0 (0%)
Technologist_Parasite
7 (6.2%)
Technologist_Turtle
8 (7.1%)
Technologist_Sledge_Hammer
7 (6.2%)
The_Core
5 (4.4%)
Raid_Engine
2 (1.8%)
Alarmist
2 (1.8%)
Camouflager
0 (0%)
Experimentalist
3 (2.7%)
StarfleetCommander
4 (3.5%)
ZenithDescendant
2 (1.8%)
Golemite
3 (2.7%)
SpeedRacer
1 (0.9%)
Peacemaker
0 (0%)
RadarJammer
1 (0.9%)
OneWayDoormaster
5 (4.4%)
TagTeamer
1 (0.9%)
ShieldNinny
0 (0%)
GravDriller
3 (2.7%)

Total Members Voted: 0

« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Down

Author Topic: The AI Blacklist  (Read 2868 times)

Offline keith.lamothe

  • Arcen Games Staff
  • Arcen Staff
  • Zenith Council Member Mark III
  • *****
  • Posts: 19,505
Re: The AI Blacklist
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2010, 09:30:23 am »
Vince, none of the AI types are being removed from the game ;)  The blacklist is a file in your game directory named disabledaitypes.txt that you can use to make sure the game doesn't use the types listed.  Later on this will become a UI thing but this gets the feature to the people who wanted it faster.
Logged
Have ideas or bug reports for one of our games? Mantis for Suggestions and Bug Reports. Thanks for helping to make our games better!

Offline Doddler

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 287
Re: The AI Blacklist
« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2010, 01:04:49 pm »
I don't mind the One Way Doormaster so much, but I tend to play on grid style maps so I don't usually have to take many systems I'm not really interested in.

I played the starship commander AI yesterday though, and it was... not fun.  Most of the smaller Mk 1 and Mk 2 worlds were reasonable, but the higher level worlds were just dumb.  We tried to break a Mk VI world that had no less than 12 spires, an an equal number of zenith starships, and Mk 3 leech starships + dreadnaughts.  On top of 500+ core/Mk VI ships.  I'm not really sure that kind of thing is reasonable to handle, the AI has like 6 times my unit cap in starships on a single world. :(
Logged

Offline x4000

  • Chris McElligott Park, Arcen Founder and Lead Dev
  • Arcen Staff
  • Zenith Council Member Mark III
  • *****
  • Posts: 31,651
Re: The AI Blacklist
« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2010, 01:06:22 pm »
Quote from: Doddler on February 15, 2010, 01:04:49 pm
I played the starship commander AI yesterday though, and it was... not fun.  Most of the smaller Mk 1 and Mk 2 worlds were reasonable, but the higher level worlds were just dumb.  We tried to break a Mk VI world that had no less than 12 spires, an an equal number of zenith starships, and Mk 3 leech starships + dreadnaughts.  On top of 500+ core/Mk VI ships.  I'm not really sure that kind of thing is reasonable to handle, the AI has like 6 times my unit cap in starships on a single world. :(

Yeah, this particular AI type is one that needs some work for sure.
Logged
Have ideas or bug reports for one of our games?  Mantis for Suggestions and Bug Reports. Thanks for helping to make our games better!

Offline I-KP

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 681
  • Caveat Pactor
Re: The AI Blacklist
« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2010, 01:09:19 pm »
Sixty-four Zeniths and thirty Dreadnaughts was the comical most I've ever seen from a Starfleet Commander on one MkIV world.  Twenty star ships of mixed classifications on all other worlds was about the norm.  No, it's not enjoyable (or even possible due to the reinforcement rate).
Logged
Atmospheric & Lithospheric Reticulator,
Post-accretion Protoplanet Aesthetic Seeding Team,
Celestial Body Design & Procurement Division,
Magrathea Pan-Galactic Planets Corp.,
Magrathea.

Offline x4000

  • Chris McElligott Park, Arcen Founder and Lead Dev
  • Arcen Staff
  • Zenith Council Member Mark III
  • *****
  • Posts: 31,651
Re: The AI Blacklist
« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2010, 01:10:18 pm »
Quote from: I-KP on February 15, 2010, 01:09:19 pm
No, it's not enjoyable (or even possible due to the reinforcement rate).

I know.  Something happened with this one that caused it to be rather bugged, it's on our list.
Logged
Have ideas or bug reports for one of our games?  Mantis for Suggestions and Bug Reports. Thanks for helping to make our games better!

Offline I-KP

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 681
  • Caveat Pactor
Re: The AI Blacklist
« Reply #20 on: February 15, 2010, 01:11:48 pm »
I wish I'd taken a screenshot at the time.  It's not something I'm ever likely to see again!  ;)

Five star ships on any one world is trouble enough.
Logged
Atmospheric & Lithospheric Reticulator,
Post-accretion Protoplanet Aesthetic Seeding Team,
Celestial Body Design & Procurement Division,
Magrathea Pan-Galactic Planets Corp.,
Magrathea.
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Up
« previous next »