A.I.: Artificial Ignorance? (WARNING: Large image)

Stylpe · Post by **Stylpe** » 24 Sep 2004 19:53

This is 13 1/2 years into the Great Britain 100 year challenge. I knew the AI was ridiculous an hour after installing the game, but when I discovered this, my jaw dropped. I'd been concentrating mostly on Ireland all along, and then I wanted to check on my first coal/iron ore/steel route in England to see if any towns were accepting goods now. This is what I found.

There are some places with three levels of railroad, and maybe even four, but I didn't have the nerve to start examining closely. And I'm supposed to be playing for another 85 years? Sheesh. Anyone wanna post a worse case? I dare you.

DanMacK · Post by **DanMacK** » 24 Sep 2004 19:56

And people wonder why there are those of us who play WITHOUT the AI... Perfect example here.

Stylpe · Post by **Stylpe** » 24 Sep 2004 20:00

I figured I should at least attempt the expert scenarios before coming here to brag ^_^
I have plans for multiplayer maps. Playing alone just doesn't make sense to me. No competition, not even with a time limit.

alphagamma · Post by **alphagamma** » 24 Sep 2004 20:01

AI+mountains=spagetti

alphagamma · Post by **alphagamma** » 24 Sep 2004 20:03

The first thing to mod in the AI is the max height above ground it can build.

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 24 Sep 2004 20:04

in all my UK games, the AI is also obsessed with coventry!!

PennCentral · Post by **PennCentral** » 24 Sep 2004 20:28

Yeah, that is a bit ridicoulous. I'm not using ai myself, so I haven't really ran into that.
As far as Coventry goes, one of my online friends lives there and he say's it's a really nice place. Perhaps that's why they are obsessed with it

DarkMatter · Post by **DarkMatter** » 24 Sep 2004 20:38

alphagamma wrote:AI+mountains=spagetti

No, no, you're giving it too much credit. It should look like this:

AI=spagetti

scs748 · Post by **scs748** » 24 Sep 2004 20:48

I don't like the way he went with locomotion, instead of making a better AI, just make more of them, 14 bad AI's are not as good as 1-2 good AI's

Crazy Squirrel · Post by **Crazy Squirrel** » 24 Sep 2004 20:50

Done that scenario and as there are so many AI on it it does just get a mess. The AI even had about 10 bridges accross the irish sea.

bridges are silly.... I had a coal run that was getting too much coal for the trains I had, was too much around to expand the tracks...... So I simply built a copy of the tracks 20m directly above the existing track, i.e. complelty floating with no visible ground supports.

There should not only be a height restriction but the requirement for the bridges to have ground supports every x tiles - perhaps depending on the type?

Majesty · Post by **Majesty** » 24 Sep 2004 21:52

Like that idea Squirrel. But i think it would have been impossible to play with ai then

shYheim · Post by **shYheim** » 24 Sep 2004 23:30

at least looking at the AI makes you look really good

i wish i could just 4get the AI and play multi but no one seems to want to play multi

Singaporekid · Post by **Singaporekid** » 25 Sep 2004 02:02

Can i have the savegame?

TheGrew · Post by **TheGrew** » 25 Sep 2004 10:40

I keeped seeing the AI build routes from mainland to irland I think there should be somthing to stop this happening (What is wrong with using a hovercraft)

metalangel · Post by **metalangel** » 25 Sep 2004 10:44

Because the HSS keeps getting cancelled what with the dodgy seas lately? (I know the HSS isn't a hovercraft)

Yet another reason we need bigger maps!

Stylpe · Post by **Stylpe** » 28 Sep 2004 00:12

singaporekid_92 wrote:Can i have the savegame?

http://home.no.net/stylpe/images/Great% ... llenge.rar

PurdueGuy · Post by **PurdueGuy** » 28 Sep 2004 03:33

shYheim wrote:i wish i could just 4get the AI and play multi but no one seems to want to play multi

I would join you online, but I can't get the game back from my wife - she's hooked!

norfolksouthern37 · Post by **norfolksouthern37** » 28 Sep 2004 05:44

i jsut disable the ai's ability to make trains, they arent so bad with roads.

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 28 Sep 2004 08:48

DarkMatter wrote:
alphagamma wrote:AI+mountains=spagetti
No, no, you're giving it too much credit. It should look like this:

AI=spagetti

WRONG.

try a flatland random game, with 1 smart AI.

Post by **orudge** » 28 Sep 2004 15:35

Looks like someone's trying to reproduce Spaghetti Junction.

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