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onomastikon
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AI "Team" not teamworking

September 19, 2013 5:46:44 AM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums


There is an option in game setup to have AIs belong to "teams". I'm not sure if this is WAD, since the respective AIs do not treat each other as such. While I cannot speculate as to how often they trade resources with one another freely, I can see that it is quite easy to wage war against one team member and have pleasant relations with the other. This, at least, in my opinion should not be possible.

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smeagolheart
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Reply #1 September 19, 2013 10:31:27 AM
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yeah they are not a team if you can war one and peace the other.  Where's the united front?

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StevenAus22
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Reply #2 September 20, 2013 4:52:37 AM
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I thought Teams created in Game Setup acted as Allies from the start of the game?  I guess faction relations are on a "per civ" rather than "per alliance" basis.

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smeagolheart
Join Date 06/2008
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Reply #3 September 20, 2013 10:55:53 AM
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Quoting StevenAus,
reply 2

I thought Teams created in Game Setup acted as Allies from the start of the game?  I guess faction relations are on a "per civ" rather than "per alliance" basis.
  They aren't really allied if they don't protect each other.  What benefit do they have from being on the same team?   Will they declare war on each other?   Maybe that's it they won't do that but it doesn't seem like they help each other or anything.

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sjaminei
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Reply #4 September 20, 2013 1:59:20 PM
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Rule #1 Do not expect too much from AI.

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smeagolheart
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Reply #5 September 20, 2013 3:07:33 PM
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Quoting sjaminei,
reply 4

Rule #1 Do not expect too much from AI.

It's not even really AI, just game rules.  

Somewhere in the code there is a section for what happens when War is Declared.  What's missing in there is an If statement.  If you get declared war upon, then all your allies go to war as well.  Then it's up to the War AI to prioritize making military units, make battle plans, etc etc etc, one would hope.

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