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A small tip to really faster play against AI - 11/6/2004 3:22:03 PM

IKerensky

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Right playing against AI can take a long time because it compute its move after you finished entering your orders.

Why cant we have an option ( because of different computer power ), that make the AI compute his moves DURING plyer turns ?

I guess this can put a bit more of stress on the CPU but not so much because:
- Player usually take a long time planning and wondering during their turn.
- The game in windowed mode work great even with 2 or 3 other programs turning.

All in all it will speed play against AI by a factor 2 or 3. ANd make it far more interesting.

Of course the best could be to have the cooperative ( sector you didn't control ) AI compute that way too, but it could really make too much problems.

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RE: A small tip to really faster play against AI - 11/6/2004 4:48:00 PM

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agreed its a real turn off to play against the AI as the turns seems to take for ever..........
Maybe for WinTP 2

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RE: A small tip to really faster play against AI - 11/6/2004 6:40:58 PM

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Im curious. What is your computer speed?
My turns take about 4-6 minutes assuming I skip combat animations.
My computer is 11 months old so that may be reason why.

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RE: A small tip to really faster play against AI - 11/6/2004 7:01:47 PM

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hiting the ESC key during the computer's turn speeds things up considerably too

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RE: A small tip to really faster play against AI - 11/7/2004 12:36:02 AM

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Well Combat turn aren't so long.. except of course the initial and terminal AI calculation phase. Wich is a planning phase that is ... as far as I guess ... entirely independent of the actual combat calculation. That's why I suggest calculating this phase during player turn..

But of course you have the save problem, or the player quitting before computer finish.

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RE: A small tip to really faster play against AI - 11/7/2004 7:10:38 AM

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Hitting the escape key really speeds things up as it no longer puts the messages explaining what the AI is doing on the middle of the screen. In a way it is a cheat, because when you notice that in one area all their decisions occur quickly (or the opposite) you have an idea as to the level of operations for that area. I now stop watching during that time and wait for the first sound of a/c flying, troops landing, or battle. I do watch all combats, so my game stops as soon as the first action occurs. As a result, I use the computer's planning phase as a chance to do something else, like relieve the bladder, refill the glass, etc...

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RE: A small tip to really faster play against AI - 11/7/2004 7:45:37 AM

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If I don't watch combat animations, a turn takes me about 2.5-3 minutes to execute. That's only if a lot of stuff happens. usually its about 2 minutes.

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RE: A small tip to really faster play against AI - 11/7/2004 3:23:19 PM

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I was using an 1300 gh with ME, it took about 50 minutes per turn. Yesterday got my new 2800 gh comp with XP, GEEZ WHAT AN DIFFERENT, ONLY 5 - 8 MINUTES PER TURN NOW (v1.3) . So there!

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RE: A small tip to really faster play against AI - 11/7/2004 4:23:59 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

Hitting the escape key really speeds things up as it no longer puts the messages explaining what the AI is doing on the middle of the screen. In a way it is a cheat, because when you notice that in one area all their decisions occur quickly (or the opposite) you have an idea as to the level of operations for that area. I now stop watching during that time and wait for the first sound of a/c flying, troops landing, or battle. I do watch all combats, so my game stops as soon as the first action occurs. As a result, I use the computer's planning phase as a chance to do something else, like relieve the bladder, refill the glass, etc...

This would be a nice option to have in the next patch!

On a more general note, since I have a mere P4 1.6, playing against the AI is something I only really do at work :)

So, for my home gaming needs, would anyone like to start a game against a bleeding edge newbie? [Only owned the game for about a week - email or pm me if you're interested :)

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