AI...need help!

[fearless]

Hi, i have a problem.
I have added a new unit in C3C, but the AI doesn´t use it. How can I change it in the editor or somethinge else?(Can´t activate the offensive,deffensive field in the editor)

My English is not very good, sorry *g*

And, if this isn´t the right forum, please tell what´s the right forum?

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

First of all you need to classify the unit as either land, ground or air unit (upper right of the unit editor page). You then need to give the unit attack, defense, movement, etc values (far, upper left). Note that when you give the unit specific values there, greyed out flag options on hte far right of the page will become selectable:

example: give your unit a bombard value and a bombard range on the left and sudenly on the far right you will be able to select "bombard" (or whatever it is called ) on the left. So far so good!

Now: If after having selected that you will notice that in the middle left of the page there is another set of greyed out AI flag options that will become available when the bombard unit has been given bombard values and the bombard flag. By selecting the AI options with a tick the AI will now know that it has to use this unit as an artillery unit- this is of course a mere example; the details may differ depending on the type of unit characteristic you want to add (some options will only appear if a variety of other flag options are slected- i.e. in combination with the box at the low left corner)

My advise- make a copy of your editor file and play with the values- this way you should see how it works and which values give options to flags, and which flags enable the AI options

 

[Antrine]

Actually Winter, there is a huge modder's issue here, lurking underneath.

This is what I suspect and cannot prove it wrong, and I am trying.

There seems to be a HARD-CODED LIMIT to how many units can be designated AI tagged Offensive/Defensive. All you get when you keep adding units is the AI Explore option. That is it!!

Now I have not noticed this or have yet encountered a limit to Army or Artillery.

This IS a BIG Modder's issue as new units tagged with only the 'AI explore' ARE NEAR USELESS in game play!!

I have much more investigating to do, however I know 'others' are encounting the same problems. Talk about 'wasting' game testing time!

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

Tatanka ?!

 

[Antrine]

My apologies Winter, I do not know what 'Tatanka ?!' means or if even remotely refers to me.

A great BIG Wonderful hurrah and the mystery tag on the Editor to enable the AI Offensive/Defensive is..... drum roll for the time already wasted... 'capture'.

That's it! So simple!

Opps! You better add 'load' with 'capture' flags that enable the AI Offensive/Defensive.

Happy Modding!

P.S. Would somebody gracious, wonderful, generous and kind hearted with loads of time, please make C3C Modders Manual. Oh, and many heartfelt thanks!

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

do not know what 'Tatanka ?!' means

So you must be that single person left without ever having watched "Dances with Wolves" ??? Tatanka (=Buffalo) but in the movie it took the characters a fair while to get it- hence: Tatanka= "Huh???"

You better add 'load' with 'capture' flags that enable the AI Offensive/Defensive

yupe, that's the one- lazy me, should have looked

Would somebody gracious, wonderful, generous and kind hearted with loads of time, please make C3C Modders Manual. Oh, and many heartfelt thanks!

Errr, riiiight; gracious (hmmm), wonderful (I wonder myself), generous (sound like me), kind hearted (yesss- my precioussss), loads of time (ooops- not me after all, sorry, Antrine) Cheers!