Problems with the AI?

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Hi Soren,

Did you guys break the AI or something about a month or two ago? I can't help but think the AI's game took a massive drop in quality recently and is making some abysmal decisions I don't think I've ever seen before.

 

Things like founding with 70k or more debt and just imploding, letting critically important claim auctions go for 10k when the AI is struggling with a low level, and grabbing carbon tiles on the opposite side of the map as a level 1 expansive. I was teaching someone to play and the AI put down an absolutely abysmal found next to hers. All of the usable resources were already protected because of its proximity to her found. The AI then grabbed the carbon/aluminum of a perfectly valid carbon location on the opposite side of the map and imploded because of fuel debt.

 

I liked that the AI was willing to take on more debt for a found at release, but it feels like starting debt was turned up to suicidal levels more recently. I'm sure the AI isn't the best at handling random prices at level 1, but lately it's been grabbing valuable resources with little demand at level 1 with a complete disregard for shipping distance.

 

It seems like the AI could at least put up a fight at release, but I can't help but notice the AI is doing bizarre things that end the game before it starts now. Is there any chance you broke how the AI values distance recently, and upped its willingness to take on founding debt a bit too much? Am I the only one that noticed this? 

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Reply #1 from Offworld Forums Top

Could you provide some replays to give some examples? I haven't found this to be the case

Reply #2 from Offworld Forums Top

Is there any way to download a replay that's available online? I have a bunch of good examples of what I'm talking about, but the replays have either been overwritten or are stored on a different computer. I can watch them in my match history, but I have no idea how to get the files themselves.

Edit: I tried the temp folder, but it seems the file that's left there can't be run as a replay, not even if you change the extension. Probably compressed or something.

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Reply #3 from Offworld Forums Top

 I managed to get some of the replays I was talking about.

 AI Grabs a good expansive location and grabs high carbon at opposite side of map at start.

AI Lands scavenger on opposite side of its carbon source. Only nearby carbon is on countdown.

AI Pays 46k for mediocre spot

 

Unfortunately I couldn't get the game before the 46k game where it founded with 52k for a mediocre spot, and the game before that where it founded with 72k debt for an awful scavenger location with 2 low carbon. The 72k found wasn't the best map, but still. Insane. The games I'm talking about are in my match history, if anyone knows how to recover it.

Reply #4 from Offworld Forums Top

Thanks, I'll give it a look when I get a chance.

Reply #5 from Offworld Forums Top

Quoting Soren_Johnson, reply 4

Thanks, I'll give it a look when I get a chance.
End of Soren_Johnson's quote

 

Cool, thanks much Soren. I don't know if you can realistically access my replays stored online, but my recent skirmish game 7/4 at 9:55pm is the one I was talking about with 72k debt.

Reply #6 from Offworld Forums Top

@Duban: those replays look like they are all the same game.

Reply #7 from Offworld Forums Top

Oops, this should be fixed.