StormingKiwi

Reply to [MOD Alpha 0.3] Sins of the Sirius Sector (For Rebellion) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Is this still a happening thing?

Reply to 2.25 Update in Ashes Support AshesoftheSingularity Forums

[quote who="Quesocito" reply="5" id="3676387"] i think its sad that units have to continually have their "preferred engagement range" reduced.. thereby effectively reducing their range, in order to counter a problem that shouldnt occur anyway.. if units suffered a speed penalty while backing away AND firing, then all of this would be solved. instead we have long range units who intentionally close the distance, just so that other shorter range units can catch them while they t

Reply to Advice For A Noob in Ashes of the Singularity AshesoftheSingularity Forums

[quote who="DKTrue" reply="2" id="3675516"] Though I wouldn't put too much emphasis on Unding's Videos. He hasn't uploaded since the big balance patch 2.2 so a lot of things might be off there. You can also watch Priest's steam at https://twitch.tv/priestxes <span style="color: #ffffff; ba

Reply to What features and QOL do you want to see implemented? in Ashes of the Singularity AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Oh yeah, One feature that I would really like to see is the Rise of Nations unit-AI control, where you can tell your armies to be aggressive/defensive/hold position/focus on razing structures/focus on raiding economy etc.

Reply to What features and QOL do you want to see implemented? in Ashes of the Singularity AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Suggestion: Area commands. This is one of the things that Planetary Annihilation did really well in terms of ease of control.

Reply to Add 'Terrain & Units' ie full-view option at least in skirmishes in Ashes Bugs and Ideas AshesoftheSingularity Forums

I think so, and so is replay mode... I *think* so. I haven't seen anything to the contrary.

Reply to Silgul's The Hunters doesn't allow the player to build aircraft, however AI can build aircraft in Ashes Bugs and Ideas AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Correct I did that. mac implied I could now build aircraft. Also I'm pretty sure it's a bug that my AI teammates, including the guy telling me we can't build aircraft, can build aircraft .

Reply to Add 'Terrain & Units' ie full-view option at least in skirmishes in Ashes Bugs and Ideas AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Play on a 2v2 map and watch what the AI does in the meantime?

Reply to Customize Your Game (Part 1): AI Options in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

These options are not new, they're available in vanilla Ashes?

Silgul's The Hunters doesn't allow the player to build aircraft, however AI can build aircraft in Ashes Bugs and Ideas AshesoftheSingularity Forums

In "The Hunters', Mac explicitly states that aircraft can't be built. Despite this, the AI can build aircraft Also the event chain that leads to the player being able to build aircraft doesn't work :-( I can still not build Sky Factories after the script has fired to enable my engineers to build Sky Factories.

Reply to In-game tips very brief - are texts available? in Ashes of the Singularity AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Yes it's a file. Hang on! I'll find it for you. Here you go. Copy and pasted from the file, located in Assets\Loading Tips :) Capture Turinium Generators for a 10% global boost to metal and radioactive income. Whichever player (or team) controls the most Turinium Generators accrues victory points over time. Destroying an enemy Nexus severs their connection to the current planet...

Noob Modding Questions in Ashes Modding AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Just a couple of noob modding questions. How do we mod the artificial intelligence behind Ashes, both unit, tactical and player AI? I've heard rumours this is possible? How do you view and change the ranges for various weapons? Cheers

Reply to DEV DIARY: Your game competes against all games from all time in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

[quote who="TAG_Utter" reply="28" id="3655102"] Quoting StormingKiwi, reply 27 I guess what I'm really asking is whether modders will be able to write code for the unit, tactical and strategic AI in Ashes. Yes we can do that. We can create a u

Reply to DEV DIARY: Your game competes against all games from all time in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Oh lovely :-) I had seen that we could alter the personalities so thank you for opening that up. Is it also possible to mod the AI itself? E.g. Topware Interactive, the developers behind Earth 2150, released a tool called Earthc that allowed modders to write scripts for unit AI. I guess what I'm really asking is whether modders will be able to write code for the unit, tactical and strategic AI in Ashes.

Reply to DEV DIARY: Your game competes against all games from all time in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Re Modding: Using the nitrous engine, is it technically feasible to mod the AI? Especially for future games using the nitrous?

Reply to DEV DIARY: Your game competes against all games from all time in Escalation Dev Journals AshesoftheSingularity Forums

Is it possible/feasible to open up modding support for the AI more than is already available? I've figured out how to alter the existing personalities/difficulties, and I am hoping to be able to tune the unit AI/player AI. E.g. Rise of Nations, SoaSE and Earth 2150 allowed the player to tune the unit AI to different degrees of specificity. I am essentially asking if custom AI would be possible, especially as Escalation is adding units that might be compl

Reply to Artificial Unintelligence (Mod v0.62 + AI info) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="Delnar_Ersike" reply="62" id="3458980"] you must be playing v1.80 instead of v1.82BETA for Open Rebellion to keep triggering [/quote] That's kind of a shame - I quite like how the Open Rebellion planets sometimes end up with an absolutely massive fleet (i.e. 2 or 3 capital ships, plus a whole load of attendant frigates and cruisers)

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[quote who="Delnar_Ersike" reply="53" id="3441618"] @StormingKiwi: Sure, a new setup would confuse humans just as easily, but humans can adapt and "change their hardcoded definitions" on their own, if you will. Having the AI query all possible actions, spells, and techs for every unit in the game to automatically account for any modifications would be a step in the right direction, but by then you'd essentially have to make an AI that would work in any custom gamemode ever made, whic

Reply to Artificial Unintelligence (Mod v0.62 + AI info) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="Delnar_Ersike" reply="48" id="3439578"] Quoting StormingKiwi, reply 47The situation that the AI didn't know about it was not recognising that units were being repaired by workers, so it gave the workers a lower threat than they deserved, and took more casualties against the units being repaired than it expected. It's strategy still caused it to win the match. It also created the strategy it used without explicit programming. I suggest you look up the articles w

Reply to [MOD Alpha 0.3] Sins of the Sirius Sector (For Rebellion) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="Yholl" reply="152" id="3438929"] Planets have a vague 50-200m zone where it warns you about the atmosphere, get any lower and it insta-kills anything. Like stars, this also varies randomly per planet, but generally forms to the planet tightly so it doesn't do much apart from blow up stupid NPCs every now and then. There is no way of detecting the corona radius, or the radius of planetary atmospheres. There are no visual hints. There is no met

Reply to Artificial Unintelligence (Mod v0.62 + AI info) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="Delnar_Ersike" reply="45" id="3438355"] Quoting StormingKiwi, reply 44What about the Berkeley Overmind? Since its source code is not publically available, I cannot comment on it. However, most BWAPI AI's switch between 100+ pre-set scripts based on various factors (chance, worker count, enemy units seen), so I can safely assume Overmind does a similar thing. As mentioned before, the problem with this setup is that everything has to be defined: if the AI s

Reply to [MOD Alpha 0.3] Sins of the Sirius Sector (For Rebellion) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="Yholl" reply="146" id="3438457"] Quoting StormingKiwi, reply 144What do you mean, vaguely defined? Don't fly so close to the sun! And I'm pretty sure there was an option to turn planetary atmospheres on so you could see a safe zone you could fly in.. There wasn't such an option. And as for vaguely defined, the coronas are not based on the type of star at all. So Sigma-17 has Medium stars with a 6K corona, Omicron Gamm

Reply to Artificial Unintelligence (Mod v0.62 + AI info) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Err... re: wall of text on BWAPI.... What about the Berkeley Overmind?

Reply to Option for "Safe" or "Shortest" pathing for ships and rally points. in Sins Rebellion Sins Forums

This kind of should be in the AI proper... I have noticed the AI will suicide capital ships by making them go through the pirate planet. Not for any good reason - k allied with the AI, the sun was in the middle with the pirate planet. My capital was at 9 o'clock, its capital at 12. I owned most of the planets in between. The AI moved capital ships from his capital to jump about 10 jumps all through my empire, then through the pirate base, through the sun, through the ene

Reply to [MOD Alpha 0.3] Sins of the Sirius Sector (For Rebellion) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="Yholl" reply="137" id="3431436"] * Yholl remembers that he no longer has to worry about vaguely defined insta-kill coronas and planetary atmospheres. * Yholl is comforted.[/quote] What do you mean, vaguely defined? Don't fly so close to the sun! And I'm pretty sure there was an option to turn planetary atmospheres on so you could see a safe zone you could fly in.. I don't think I'll ever forget the