Comments Thread

[clement]

Currently it's a race (i.e. every ship after the first is wasted. . . unless its CO has a big enough bonus to overcome the head start).

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Personally, I don't think 'multiple stabilization ships working together reduce the time required to stabilize' is a good idea.

I am fine with it as a race. I could not find anything while using my phone to say one way or the other.

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

They all operate independently.

[DEEPenergy]

Hello Steve, are you happy with how the AI is looking so far?

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Hello Steve, are you happy with how the AI is looking so far?

In general, yes, although full diplomacy not tested yet. Seems much better than VB6 and does a lot more.

[Lornalt]

So with the fancy title of the prime minister has titles been added? Or was that flair?

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

So with the fancy title of the prime minister has titles been added? Or was that flair?

That was the actual prime minister at that point in history. There is no specific titles mechanics, although I have used an actual officer of the time, Sir Arthur Hood, and just included his title as part of his name.

[roug]

I am dieing to know how is the performance now vs then?

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

I am dieing to know how is the performance now vs then?

This was my last performance update
http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=10096.msg117578;topicseen#msg117578

This current campaign has 5 races in Sol (so each race detecting ships from 4 other races) and it hasn't noticeably slowed the game.

[Zincat]

The other nations are SLIGHTLY more armed it seems 

Interesting times ahead!

[Father Tim]

19th December 1890
The 33,300-ton Kolga class ships of the Hegemony of Titan move into in orbit of the Roanoke colony on Alpha Centauri-B III. They are apparently terraforming ships as a trace atmosphere of oxygen is forming on the previously airless body. While that appears to be good news, the surface temperature on Titan is -44C, so if the Hegemony really intends to terraform the planet, they will presumably reduce the temperature from the current 7C.

Are we about to see battling terraformers?  Does the AI need updated with code to handle competing colonies trying to move the temperature in opposite directions?  Is the intent to leave it to see what current Aurora will do and whether this will start a war one day?

[Desdinova]

Why does the AI like to send large fleets to orbit player colonies?

[Father Tim]

Why does the AI like to send large fleets to orbit player colonies?

I think they're orbiting their own colonies on the same rocks.  There's only so much good real estate to go around.

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

19th December 1890
The 33,300-ton Kolga class ships of the Hegemony of Titan move into in orbit of the Roanoke colony on Alpha Centauri-B III. They are apparently terraforming ships as a trace atmosphere of oxygen is forming on the previously airless body. While that appears to be good news, the surface temperature on Titan is -44C, so if the Hegemony really intends to terraform the planet, they will presumably reduce the temperature from the current 7C.

Are we about to see battling terraformers?  Does the AI need updated with code to handle competing colonies trying to move the temperature in opposite directions?  Is the intent to leave it to see what current Aurora will do and whether this will start a war one day?

As the code stands, terraformers will compete with each other, which could lead to some interesting climate changes

There is no diplomatic penalty for this at the moment, but I think that might be needed.

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Why does the AI like to send large fleets to orbit player colonies?

There are four colonies on the same planet, only one of which is player owned. The AI is sending a fleet to what the AI regards as its own important colony (actually now two fleets because a Hegemony fleet just arrived as well).

[Desdinova]

Awesome. So a point-blank engagement is likely once hostilities break out.

Is the AI smart enough to garrison ground troops on contested colonies?