AI only ships???

posted on May 26th, 2009, 5:07 pm

Hi Guys, I've got a bug I found... or at least I think it is a bug. The Federation Galaxy, Nebula and Excelsior (original one) classes are not buildable by me, but the AI can build several of these. Is this supposed to be there? Also I was wondering if this is just an issue with the Federation AI.

posted on May 26th, 2009, 5:10 pm

The Galaxy, Nebula and Excelsior classes are all warp-in ships, which is accessed through the Starfleet Command building

posted on May 26th, 2009, 5:17 pm

Also in 3.0.6 there is an increase in the number of available warp-in slots. So it may seem like they have access to more ships... because they do.

posted on May 26th, 2009, 5:21 pm

Do limits matter to the AI? They seem to go past them all the time, plus the Station never seems to use SE.

posted on May 26th, 2009, 5:30 pm

The AI has infinite resources to build ships and stations when on Hard, they only mine to make it seem like they are limited.
The AI (no matter what setting) is still limited to the same special ships and station limitations as we are. The can only build two Tavara's etc...

posted on May 26th, 2009, 6:31 pm

Yes, yes I know that they are warp-in vessels. What I'm talking about is that I literally see them coming out of the Adv. Shipyard. That is why I wonder if there is a bug in the build list or AIP file.

posted on May 26th, 2009, 6:34 pm

well, they cant use the borg ship building feature, or the klingon yard feature, maybe this is just the latest AI blunder. *facepalm*

posted on May 26th, 2009, 6:35 pm

Hmm thats a good question. I've never seen that before. But I know the AI does handle certain things differently, like the Borg AI builds mining stations is one notable example. This may be intentional but i'm not sure.

posted on May 26th, 2009, 6:43 pm

It's possible that they are only being repaired when you see them come out of the shipyard.

posted on May 26th, 2009, 6:51 pm

It's possible that they are only being repaired when you see them come out of the shipyard.

Makes sense, ships repair inside (and slightly above) the yard rather than outside in Starfleet ones.