Is There Demand for a Mod to upgrade to Stock AI

Aaron is likely to return to the AI again, but I don't see any problems with putting something together otherwise.

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Space Empires Depot | SE:V Balance Mod

I want to be hurt...HURT...please help the AI do that.

janster

Can't have too many people working on the AI.

SEIV had a great AI mod for the stock game: the TDM mod. It would be great to have something simmilar for SEV. Part of the fun of TDM was that it included races from several AI creators, with therefore also very different behaviour. The AI-contests between these different AI's were legendary.
I haven't really played stock seV, mainly because of the weak AI, and the stock game balance issues (and lack of time). but I know many people are, especially people that are new to the game.

I would appreciate an improved AI for stock SE V very much!

from my point of view yes the origional AI mod was to add three beter AI's to the stock game and prompted many developments with the IRM and Balence Mod AI's

Of course, I'd love to see better AI. I always would, in any and everything. What Henk mentions about TDM sounds absolutely brilliant. If I were any kind of coder, I would have to get in on that.

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Jack.

I've been working on an upgraded AI myself, and have made significant progress in making it more challenging.

The SE V Wiki is somewhere you can upload files as well as put up a page describing progress etc.

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Playing Touhou games (Go here if interested . No, nobody else is that good/insane as that replay). No rush for SE V bug fixing.

To upload the files you might use the Shrapnel forum:

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=sevsm

I've done some work in some area's of the stock AI also, without actually modding the data files, shoot me a PM with a quick summary of what you've done and I'll shoot back what I've done, see if we can put together a pure AI mod without tampering with the game.

Much as I personally believe that some elements of the initial game needed considerable balancing also, but thats down to individual consumption.

I would love to have an upgrade to the stock ai. I would attempt to do my own, but I am waiting for aaron to actually release an update to the stock version. This is so I don't have to work on it twice.

I actually think that a majority of the weak ai can be dealt with by adding handicaps to the ai. I think that even with these, the ai will have the inability to make a good ship. So I do plan on eventually working on the script that designs ships, but like I said, I am going to wait for a stock upgrade.