BUG in saving AI controlled setting for user-created Empires |
I have noticed that when I take the time to carefully construct an Empire, choose the appropriate minister and then check the "AI Controlled" box (to ensure the Empire will be controlled for this particular game by the computer), that after I save the Empire for future games/usage the "AI Controlled" box becomes UNCHECKED when I load the Empire.
I have double-checked to make sure the "AI Controlled" box is checked, and then selected "save Empire to file". This is not a big deal when playing by yourself, but, say I want to create an Empire that others can compete against - the problem then, is that if the Empire is password-protected, one has to then supply the password in order to allow the player to edit the Empire so that the "AI Controlled" box can be checked again!!!
This poses quite a problem! Can this be fixed? And, why does Aaron have the Empires set to NOT RETAIN this very important setting?
THX
Ross
Re: BUG in saving AI controlled setting for user-created Empires
That is exactly the way it behaved in SEIV, so I suspect that it was intended to work that way.
I think the assumption is that if you're manually adding an empire to a game, you are most likely planning to play it yourself (or you're the host setting up a multiplayer game).
The password issue is simple enough to work around. Save the empire twice with slightly different filenames: one without a password for others to use, and a proteted version for yourself.
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