Difficulty Settings and CPU usage

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I'm just wondering, with all the new control and customization options for enemies, what the difficulty settings really mean in DA? Also, does difficulty setting affect the CPU usage setting? If not, is there any way to just tell the game to let everyone use max CPU time, or do I have to adjust it on a race by race basis?

Thanks,
Vin
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Also, does difficulty setting affect the CPU usage setting?


Nope.

If not, is there any way to just tell the game to let everyone use max CPU time, or do I have to adjust it on a race by race basis?


There's a global 'force max AI CPU' option in the menu.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Here is a link to the wiki article on the subject. Lots of info in there. WWW Link
does difficulty setting affect the CPU usage setting?


No, it does not.
is there any way to just tell the game to let everyone use max CPU


When you tick the max cpu, it is applied across the board.
Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Oh, I missed it then, I'll go look. Thanks for the quick response kryo!
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Mistralok: Yeah, I saw the article on the wiki but it appears to be accurate for 1.31. There seem to be new variables available for enemies in DA, so I was wondering how the difficulty level affects those, if at all.
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
AFAIK, those values are still correct, as far the penalties and bonuses go. That being said- Frogboy has put in an enormous amount of work into the AI, and 'tough' in DL is quite a bit different than 'tough' in DA. [aside to Kryo] How do you do that? You seem to be everywhere at once. We should start calling you 'Hermes'.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
How do you do that? You seem to be everywhere at once.


Magic
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Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The new user manual goes over all this btw. The PDF is included.
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
How do you do that? You seem to be everywhere at once.


Magic



Kryo is really an AI??   
Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

The new user manual goes over all this btw. The PDF is included.


Oh right, there's a pdf manual. Now I just feel like an ass. Thanks for the answer, though.
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
Two suggestions on this topic:

1a. In the manual on Pp. 68-69, the Options "Force AI to Use Max CPU" and "Move Camera to Selected Colony in Colonies List" are missing.

1b. In the manual on Pp. 17-19, you may wish to reference the "Force AI to Use Max CPU" suggested above as a way to customize difficulty when playing with randomized opponents. When the races are randomized, there is no way to edit your opponents. (Instead you have the "Choose which civilizations will inhabit the galaxy with you" graphic where the race description would be.)