AI for custom races

how can i get the AI to work with the custom races IE Cylon, Colonials, Federation. The computer will select them as random players, but will never build and ships only sats and bases. Which leaves a few races that are even weaker then "Neutrals"

I'm using balance mod 1.02 and se5 1.20

I have tried to copy a races AI files and rename them from (old_race)_file.xxx to (new_race)_file.XXX