AI Air Force v1.1

[BomberEscort]

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AI Air Force - Changes to Air Units to help the AI use them

This is my attempt to make the AI use air units.

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Version 1.0
-- Changes effect all air units (player and AI)
-- All AI now prefer to research FLIGHT and ADVANCED FLIGHT
-- Air units no longer require Aerodrome (but can still use it). Now require a City Center only.
-- City center can now hold two air units.
-- Air units no longer require resources to be built.
-- Air units cost 50% of their normal cost
-- New air stats to accommodate their...

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[sp00n]

[3663453.349] [Gameplay] ERROR: Database::XMLSerializer (AI_Air_Force_XML.xml): <Update> element requires a child <Set> element.
[3663453.350] [Gameplay]: In XMLSerializer while updating table AllowedMoves from file AI_Air_Force_XML.xml.

The <Where> tags aren't closed in the XML file's <AllowedMoves> section, causing this error.

 

[BomberEscort]

Thanks. This has been fixed.

 

[DemonMaster]

This surely will make the AI build air units, they still don't use them, except for interceptions which is a passive action.
Edit: I actually saw my first AI vs. AI air combat today. So they do use the air, even though it is rare.

 

[DemonMaster]

This is a modified version of this mod. This removes all the stats changes but keeps the rest (you can build planes without Aerodrome, AI use planes more often).

edit: I should say that I am no modder or programmer. I just simply removed the line with changed stats because I only want the AI (incl. CS) to build planes AND use them.

 

[DrJambo]

So what’s the trigger to make the AI actually build them - the reduced cost? I’ve tried no aerodrome mods but this didn’t make any difference.

 

[DemonMaster]

I didn't make the code and I don't know what the code means, but there is a line in the sql file. That line is the difference between this mod and the "no aerodrome mod". So all planes cost the same, have the same resource requirement and stacking limit (i per city).

In my (limited) tests (using autoplay in advanced start). CSs build planes fast (they don't have much else to do). Civs will eventually build them and Civs will also eventually build aerodromes (and air strips). I have seen the AI use planes quite a lot actually during these tests.

I removed the stats changes from the original mod simply because I don't agree with them. I also removed the "I like planes" lines for the various civs because not all the civs are coded (the original mod is old) and I don't know how to add the code for the new civs. This last part would have been great of course.

As I said, I am no modder. But I would like to add to this mod that the AI build anti-air a little bit more (or at all). But I don't know how to do that.