Noob problem with AI stopping....

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Bought this game a while back and just getting to play it ....been very busy :)

So, I'm a noob at it. I've been playing a 2vs2 on medium map to learn/test. I found out that on a saved game i can change who i was playing, see in on how the AI was doing things. This seemed like a good way to get some insight, but when i moved my team member to colonize an astro i liberated, I found that the AI stopped working for him. It seems if I try to peek in on any player the AI stops. Is this a bug? Is there a fix? I'm running 1.191 and impulse say's that it is the latest.  ???

...sorry if i posted this in wrong spot

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

There is no fix that I know of. Once you tell the ship to do something it will execute the orders and then it will wait for a very long time before the AI takes it over again. Generally, it is a bad idea to do what you did during the game, to check on what the AI did.

Far better way to check what the AI did is to SAVE A REPLAY and watch it :)

PS. What you did, however, is the best way to set up fights - for example, you want to test 30 assailants vs 20 illums with certain upgrades. You make a 1v1 game and switch seats repeatedly to make sure both players are on their way to having the fleet you want them to have and then you order both fleets to go where you want them to fight.