Alpha Centauri 2

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire => The Theory of Everything => Topic started by: Metaliturtle on June 29, 2015, 01:04:01 AM

Title: AI only game?
Post by: Metaliturtle on June 29, 2015, 01:04:01 AM

Just curious if you've seen TPangolin's CIV battle royale.  Any way to make AC 100% AI and have the factions all battle amongst themselves?

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Yitzi on June 29, 2015, 04:16:24 PM

I think it can be done in the scenario editor.

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on June 29, 2015, 04:34:35 PM

?  During development at Firaxis, they'd tape the Enter key down for overnight test runs.

Maybe before the scenario editor was done; I don't know.

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Yitzi on June 29, 2015, 06:11:26 PM

Quote from: BUncle on June 29, 2015, 04:34:35 PM

?  During development at Firaxis, they'd tape the Enter key down for overnight test runs.

Maybe before the scenario editor was done; I don't know.

Or maybe you need that too; I'm not sure.

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on June 29, 2015, 08:40:18 PM

Hmm. Hard to see what the point or use would be if you couldn't turn your faction over to the AI, first.

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Metaliturtle on June 30, 2015, 01:23:24 AM

TPangolin put a sub under an icecap in CIV.  I'm not sure how you would do that in AC but would be an interesting AAR.

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on June 30, 2015, 01:43:28 AM

AC represents the poles with strips of rocky land, so quite a trick...

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Geo on June 30, 2015, 12:01:09 PM

Quote from: metaliturtle on June 30, 2015, 01:23:24 AM

TPangolin put a sub under an icecap in CIV.  I'm not sure how you would do that in AC but would be an interesting AAR.

The closest analogy I can come up with in SMAC is that reinforced hull ability that comes with Nanometallurgy, and have the boat in a polar inland lake.

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on June 30, 2015, 12:23:56 PM

Do something modish with the seafungus to make it "ice" for a scenario?

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Dio on June 30, 2015, 02:34:26 PM

Quote from: BUncle on June 29, 2015, 08:40:18 PM

Hmm. Hard to see what the point or use would be if you couldn't turn your faction over to the AI, first.

It is possible to have a game where the AI controls everything. The only problem I see with this particular set-up is that you have to run the scenario editor which results in the label of cheated at the  game's end.

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Buster's Uncle on June 30, 2015, 02:39:46 PM

Well obviously it would only be useful for testing purposes - or just to watch for fun.  I don't see the problem with how the game gets marked.

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Metaliturtle on June 30, 2015, 06:22:13 PM

Yeah, if we were to run it like that the 'player' will not win, an AI will win.  What you would want to do is pit all the AI factions against each other.  Watch like a sport rooting for teams etc.

Title: Re: AI only game?
Post by: Geo on June 30, 2015, 07:40:12 PM

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