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Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers)

Thu, 13 September 2012 20:15

Mark Hewitt

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Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

What Altruist and ManicLurch said.

I always run my testwars with the same settings as the game I'm designing the race for, ie. size and density. I include at least as many AI's as I'll have human opponents. I haven't yet turned on the AI ally again me flag but that's my next step. And I don't include the CA and AR AI's as they are just too weak to provide any challenge.

Use the seed number in the .def file. Run your testwar for your initial exploration and if you find a good number of green planets near your homeworld. stop that one and begin another with a different seed. You want the testwars to be tough on you. I have one that mimics Stone Age Slaughter 7 and only the third different seed gave me any challenge. It finally had a poor number of greens near my HW *and* a close threatening SS AI. I had to seriously prep my empire for war and not just push my economy.

Remember, a solo vs AI game is still a lot easier than a human game. You will get a better feel for running the economy and research with a real (if weak) threat. You will build more ships and defenses and make other decisions accordingly. As I mentioned before, if you can run it again with a variant race design, it will give you a good feel for what works in each and which might be the better choice.

But it's still all riding with training wheels, when the human games will be you on a unicycle blindfolded. Smile

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		-f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Wed, 12 September 2012 14:32
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Mark Hewitt on Wed, 12 September 2012 18:36
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Thu, 13 September 2012 04:07
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Mark Hewitt on Thu, 13 September 2012 05:59
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: ManicLurch on Thu, 13 September 2012 16:39
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Thu, 13 September 2012 09:54
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Altruist on Thu, 13 September 2012 15:19
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Mark Hewitt on Thu, 13 September 2012 20:15
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Thu, 13 September 2012 21:58
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Fri, 14 September 2012 05:07
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Fri, 14 September 2012 11:03
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Sat, 15 September 2012 03:12
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Altruist on Sat, 15 September 2012 14:37
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Sun, 16 September 2012 03:17
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Sun, 16 September 2012 06:41
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Altruist on Sun, 16 September 2012 08:39
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Sun, 16 September 2012 08:56
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Coyote on Sat, 15 September 2012 18:20
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Altruist on Sat, 15 September 2012 22:39
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Sun, 16 September 2012 03:10
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Sun, 16 September 2012 13:14
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Coyote on Sun, 16 September 2012 14:44
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Sun, 16 September 2012 14:47
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Mark Hewitt on Sun, 16 September 2012 15:16
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Sun, 16 September 2012 22:29
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Mon, 17 September 2012 02:17
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Mon, 17 September 2012 02:40
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Mon, 17 September 2012 04:54
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Mon, 17 September 2012 05:48
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Mon, 17 September 2012 07:37
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: LittleEddie on Mon, 17 September 2012 20:32
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Mark Hewitt on Mon, 17 September 2012 22:55
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Altruist on Mon, 17 September 2012 23:12
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Coyote on Tue, 18 September 2012 01:56
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Tue, 18 September 2012 06:16
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Tue, 18 September 2012 08:06
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Tue, 18 September 2012 08:44
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Tue, 18 September 2012 10:17
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Tue, 18 September 2012 10:32
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Tue, 18 September 2012 18:38
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Altruist on Tue, 18 September 2012 12:35
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Tue, 18 September 2012 01:54
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Wed, 19 September 2012 06:07
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Wed, 19 September 2012 06:15
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Wed, 19 September 2012 09:15
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Altruist on Wed, 19 September 2012 13:51
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Mark Hewitt on Wed, 19 September 2012 21:22
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Wed, 19 September 2012 22:40
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: Mark Hewitt on Wed, 19 September 2012 23:31
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: magic9mushroom on Thu, 20 September 2012 01:21
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Thu, 20 September 2012 11:27
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: ccmaster on Mon, 01 October 2012 15:25
		Re: -f benchmarks (IT or ithers) By: XAPBob on Mon, 01 October 2012 13:58

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