Pretty much as the title says, I was wondering how to alter the KAIK config files in such a way that would allow them to at least have a chance against air attacks. I don't mind that they don't build any air units whatsoever, what bothers me is that they don't build any anti-air defense, so you can practically win the game with a few bombers and they don't even react.
There's got to be a way to tell them to at least build a minimal amount of air defense, because such a critical flaw is turning an otherwise decent AI into a one-trick pony.
KAIK completely defenseless against Air
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Re: KAIK completely defenseless against Air
with shard AI there are buildqueues saved as LUA files; it may be worth having a peek and seeing if you can add some AA into the list (as well as airlab, fighters etc)
Re: KAIK completely defenseless against Air
With Shard you can go as far as you like, if adding AA to a buildqueue suffices then hooray!
You can also make it only build them if the enemy makes air, or only on certain maps, or only when certain things have been built, etc etc If you know lua you can go much further than buildqueues
But if you dont know lua then its just a comma separated list of unit names with quotes around them.
If you need any help send me a PM. I may not have stable internet at the moment but I can reply at length during my lunchbreaks at work. Anything you do I'd appreciate if you could send me a copy so that I can share your hard work with the rest of the community in the next release =)
You can also make it only build them if the enemy makes air, or only on certain maps, or only when certain things have been built, etc etc If you know lua you can go much further than buildqueues
But if you dont know lua then its just a comma separated list of unit names with quotes around them.
If you need any help send me a PM. I may not have stable internet at the moment but I can reply at length during my lunchbreaks at work. Anything you do I'd appreciate if you could send me a copy so that I can share your hard work with the rest of the community in the next release =)
Re: KAIK completely defenseless against Air
While Shard is nice, he did ask about KAIK rather than what alternative AIs there are.
As far as I know, there's no configs for KAIK along the lines of build orders. It's designed with *A mods in mind, but doesn't yet pay attention to air. Not sure about the state of it's development process, so an alternative AI might be worth considering if the lack of air is a large enough problem for you.
As far as I know, there's no configs for KAIK along the lines of build orders. It's designed with *A mods in mind, but doesn't yet pay attention to air. Not sure about the state of it's development process, so an alternative AI might be worth considering if the lack of air is a large enough problem for you.