What are your competitors like?

Observer · Post by **Observer** » 27 Nov 2002 18:08

So do I get this right? By increasing the recursion the comp. gets smarter?

Post by **orudge** » 27 Nov 2002 18:13

In theory, yes, but the AI boost switch in TTDPatch has been deprecated and "does not work as intended. Do not use it."

spacy · Post by **spacy** » 09 Dec 2002 19:00

they are really dumb,
till today i still dont uderstand the way they lay down there tracks,

I give them most of the time AI boost 1
intelligent and medium contruction speed,

i buy 75% of there shares, so i can delete parts of the tracks, if i need that ground, or that city

way_2_fun · Post by **way_2_fun** » 10 Dec 2002 00:08

In real life, I would never work for them (the computer) if they were that dumb.....

it's soooo sad

They've never made over $10mil in the whole game since I've started playing.....

spacy · Post by **spacy** » 10 Dec 2002 11:55

way_2_fun wrote:In real life, I would never work for them (the computer) if they were that dumb..... it's soooo sad They've never made over $10mil in the whole game since I've started playing.....

i see sometimes good incomes for the IA players,
so sometimes they will reach the 10m$

way_2_fun · Post by **way_2_fun** » 11 Dec 2002 03:32

The best income on one of their trains was $30 000, and that was a subsidy. And on double check, $12mil was their best total, in 2010! They don't pay off their loan until about 1990, and their loan interest in taking away half their profit, not to mention they never replace their vehciles, they are about 50years over maximum....

Robert Raymond · Post by **Robert Raymond** » 12 Dec 2002 14:56

If what Chris said is true, then why not have the AI BUY up the land it decides its going to build on. After all, thats what REAL railraods do. What, d'ja think they just start laying track, working in the right direction? They got the land bought well before the spikes go in.

It would be far better if you would see a line of sold signs go in, and THEN the tracks start to creep.

COMPUTER AI SETTINGS: Just so you know, this DOES impact the game. It dosn't make them do anything smarter. What it does do is boost their ratings in competition. If you want to see this for yourself, play a game. As soon as the computer puts in a route, build the same thing as close to him as you can. Use the same vehicals. Start running cargos. Click on the stations and bring up both ratings and watch.

At Easy: He's pretty much on par with you, which means that better vehical types and more vehicals will win.

At Medium and Hard: He gets a good point advantage over you, so much that its hard to even compete. I've had trucks beat my darn trains on hard.

You can test this in the above example by changing the value of the setting (you can do that with player options while the game is running) and watch the ratings change.

Personally, I go with easy. I like the competition, and I hate getting chased out of markets I should own with better service.

Arathorn · Post by **Arathorn** » 15 Dec 2002 15:44

CombatGold1 wrote:Maximum Number: 7
Starting Time: 3 Months
Construction Speed: Very Slow
Intelligence: Low

What about yours?

Maximum number: 3 (that's enough to wreak the whole countryside)
Starting time: 9 months
Construction speed: very slow (otherwise they're too fast to sabotage if necessary)
Intelligence: High (that's what TTDX says, not my opinion).

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » 15 Dec 2002 18:37

hmm i dont play with competitors.. the world gets f*** up then... no i play alone... so i can build a good infrastructure

with trains riding on time.. and no falling leaves or square wheels.. or broken heaters..

when i play wit competitors i'm more busy to sabotage them, then to make money!!

way_2_fun · Post by **way_2_fun** » 16 Dec 2002 01:33

You have to have competition, or else the game gets boring.
I always have 7 competitors, even by 2040, only 3 of them have at least 5 vehicles.....

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » 16 Dec 2002 18:19

way_2_fun wrote:You have to have competition, or else the game gets boring.
I always have 7 competitors, even by 2040, only 3 of them have at least 5 vehicles.....

never.. it's never boring me.. i always have something to do.. like rebuilding infrastructure or manipulating the land

way_2_fun · Post by **way_2_fun** » 17 Dec 2002 02:34

Well, that was just my point of view.
I never have anything to do, by the year 2000, all the industries are already used, and have the map is mine already. So I only could check my tracks to be sure everything is as planned.

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » 18 Dec 2002 21:55

i only build subsidies not for myself.. that's keeping things interesting

way_2_fun · Post by **way_2_fun** » 19 Dec 2002 02:15

I've only finished 5/500 games I played. I never have the patience to make it to 2050.

CreepeCoupe · Post by **CreepeCoupe** » 19 Dec 2002 14:08

A rare case of Artificial Intelligence.

spacy · Post by **spacy** » 19 Dec 2002 14:23

CreepeCoupe wrote:A rare case of Artificial Intelligence.

i wont believe you

i think you managed him...

CreepeCoupe · Post by **CreepeCoupe** » 19 Dec 2002 14:41

lol....Honest, he did that all by himself!

Post by **orudge** » 19 Dec 2002 17:22

Whoa! That's AMAZING! How on earth did that AI company manage to do that?!?!?

oliciv · Post by **oliciv** » 19 Dec 2002 17:32

What are your competitors like?

Human

- So much more fun than teh AI

Post by **orudge** » 19 Dec 2002 18:13

I've had a couple of good multiplayer games, but they usually go out of sync sooner or later. I've had two that haven't though, amazingly! (This was with the DOS version over a serial connection)

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