Cheating AI in free turn shock horror!

[Newbunkle]

Link to thread on www.galciv2.com forums

In summary: The AI gets a free turn at the start of the game, and every time you load a saved game, allowing it to build multiple buildings on its homeworlds before the player even gets to move! This means that those playing for shorter periods of time are penalized for loading the game more often. This now means the company can no londer claim the AI gets no special advantages.

 

[Island Dog]

In that thread they are also asking for user input as to what priority something like this should be addressed. I would encourage users to voice their opinions.

 

[Newbunkle]

Update: The AI doesn't get extra production, or movement, but it does get the chance to buy a second improvement. What this means is that if you played a turn, saved, and reloaded, the AI could develop its planets twice as fast as you (if it had the cash). CariElf is looking into it right now to see what can be done.

 

[Island Dog]

The 1.6 Beta 5 patch addresses this issue.

+ TWEAK: Made a slight change to the code that starts the AI threads which may help with the AI seeming to get a free turn at the start of a new game or when loading a save game but as I didn't have time to fully investigate the bug, this may only address part of the problem.

http://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=421&aid=153501&p=1