The BIG Q Continued - AI Flag Choices For Building Units

[Steph]

I think it may be interesting to do some additional tests going beyond the flags only.

For instance, see if the location (island / not island) changes something.

Example : put a city on a coast on a continent, on a island, in the middle of continent, and see if it changes something in the unit produced.

Other test:
Create a unit, and an identical copy with "ignore forest", another with "ignore mountain", and put a city surrendered with forrest.

See what happens.

It could be nice also to but two civs on a small island, each with 3 cities, and preplace units in on civ (let say civ A).

Well civ B build more units if Civ A already has units? Does civ B just stop after it reaches some predefind number or does it try to match Civ A?

 

[RedAlert]

Forgive me for asking to have repeated what has likely already been said, but for my own clarification:
If you give a unit the build fort ability*, but not terraform; or the enslave or stealth attack abilities, but with no targets; the AI will still like this and build more of the unit anyway?
*replace with any of the worker/engineer actions?

I'll be following this thread closely.

 

[wolf_brother]

So, its been some time. Any updates, anyone?

 

[Ozymandias]

Apologies to all; I've been out of commission for awhile.

@Steph: I laud the foundations your laying for a methodology, but ATM you're also opening a near-infinite can of worms (e.g., on that small island, what would cause the AI to build ships, and of what sort, with what flags/abilities, etc.). Baby steps, my friend

@ Tom2050: Sorry, but I can't answer the Enslave question as I have no data. Re: the fortify matter, the simplest starting point would probably be to look at the Legions in the Rome Conquest.

@wolf_brother: Happy? - Okay, granted, more to follow. And any ideas to work with this admittedly simplistic methodology (although look where that got us in the 1st Big Q thread!) would be helpful.

Soon To Be Back At It,

Oz

 

[Steph]

@Steph: I laud the foundations your laying for a methodology, but ATM you're also opening a near-infinite can of worms (e.g., on that small island, what would cause the AI to build ships, and of what sort, with what flags/abilities, etc.). Baby steps, my friend

Understood, but I think the "ignore terrain cost" is doable, all other parameters being equal.

Make 3 identical units except this flag, make it vary a bit between terrain, and put the cities right in the middle of said terrain.

It may also be interesting to test it twice. Once with 1 MP units, one with 2 MP units.