AI will never research new ships

Iäve seen AI research and use even dreadnaughts, the problem is they research at the speed of crippled snail moving on tar.

How far have you played, is it possible they simply have not researched them yet?

Hmm... and this happens in BM mod too you say... Not sure how to explain that, given the AI is using Baseships in my game. I presume you always set Difficulty to High and you're giving the AI a bonus as well?

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Well, 300 turns should be enough to let AI get better ships. So few questions to narrow it down.

Is this happening on:
a)one game
b) more then one game, but not on all games
c) in all games

Is this happening to:
a) only one of few AI empires (always the same ones)?
b) all/any AI empire?

I assume you are not using the unnamed AI mod, just plain stock files.

Further question: are you using custom shipsets?

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Have you tried alltech games? This could rule out lack of researching it in AI code, and limit it to lack of using it.

The Balance Mod AI utilizes all ship sizes.

What version of the mod and what version of SE:V are you running? Are you running a non-English version?

Space Empires Depot | SE:V Balance Mod

80k research!!!
The sad thing about the AI is that in the game I play, the only way the AI can even get that high is if I give them a couple of research planets. Thats on hard with max bonus.
I guess i'm too used to playing humans

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I've seen stock AIs with no bonus deploying destroyers as early as turn 30.

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I find the AI mostly builds frigates and cruisers, annoying yes, but they build them in their hundreds. While they do have the odd dreadnought and starbases, but never starships.

Can't say I've ever seen this and I often use a bewildering array of mods and play testing self-mods at the same time.

hmm thats very strange...

This is what I would do if I were you, remove the special ship set your using. Why? because your having an issue that doesnt happen in stock. Try the game and see if they build bigger ships. If no, remove BM because this issue doesnt happen in stock, if still no, delete stock, try again, dont load save games or any other files.

If that doesnt work...well it will work

OR

Just set the game to have a lot of tech points at the start and instead of letting the computer make empires, make your own computer empires and use the tech points to research bigger ships

Or send a message and offer a load of your own dreadnoughts to the AI? Or Research?