War readiness and the AI

claytonres · May 3, 2001, 14:15

Does the AI ever leave the readiness state of "war?"

claytonres · May 3, 2001, 16:21

I was pretty sure I posted this in another forum, dunno why its here

WesW · May 3, 2001, 19:46

No, they do not leave the state of war in the original settings.

Dale · May 3, 2001, 20:11

But there is an option to allow the AI to change it within one of the files. Can't remember if it's strategies.txt or one of the others. Be careful though, as you don't want a war strategy giving the AI a less-than war readiness.

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claytonres · May 5, 2001, 00:09

Do you mean that the AI is stuck in that setting, so if it's set to "alert" they will never go to war readiness?? IN CIV:CTP they switched from war to peace, why not now????

Locutus · May 6, 2001, 15:23

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Originally posted by WesW on 05-03-2001 07:46 PM
No, they do not leave the state of war in the original settings.

But they do in your mod, right? I noticed this several times already. They even moved the slider bars once (but that was when I accidentally left an AI in control of my empire for a turn, an empire which had very minimal happiness & food and maximum production & science; obviously the AI couldn't deal: once I got control back half my armies were disbanded, workday was at minimum and war readiness at alert).

claytonres,
whether or not the AI gets stuck at lower levels probably depends on how exactly you set the numbers, but it will get caught off guard much more easily, which won't do the game any good as AI performance is already less than optimal, to put it mildly.
[This message has been edited by Locutus (edited May 06, 2001).]