21-07-2002 02:44									#1
	AI and Governments Got spare money?

Now, I know the AI has a tendency to go with whatever government comes along on the tech tree, but if a government is truly BAD, will they shy away from it. If I were to make a modern era government that was just TERRIBLE, would the AI still switch to it anyway?

	21-07-2002 20:40									#2
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unsure. But you can make the AI shun that particular governement by changing the civs in the editor.

	21-07-2002 22:07									#3
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While I can't comment on the AI's reaction to 'terrible' governments, I know for sure that if you create a 'super' government, every AI will switch to it eventually. This was the case with 'Fascism' in korn's blitz mod (trade bonus, no war weariness, high unit support, nuisance corruption).

	22-07-2002 01:55									#4
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Trade bonus, plus high unit support always makes uber governmens (--> best research).

And if you remove war weariness...

	22-07-2002 02:13									#5
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Currently I'm tinkering with some Fascist government ideas. E.g. trade bonus, no war weariness, low unit support (e.g. 1/2/4), support costs of 2, rampant corruption, forced labor. Should be a good choice for small war-mongering nations.

BTW, low unit support and support costs of 2 would also be appropriate for Republic and Democracy IMO. Small military = save money compared to the standard setting. Large military = put a real strain on your economy.

	22-07-2002 03:07									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Dom Pedro II Now, I know the AI has a tendency to go with whatever government comes along on the tech tree, but if a government is truly BAD, will they shy away from it. If I were to make a modern era government that was just TERRIBLE, would the AI still switch to it anyway?

If you go to "Civilizations" in the editor, you will find a couple of areas you can adjust for each civ. One is their preferred gov, the other is the one they will avoid if they're given a choice.

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quote: Originally posted by lockstep Currently I'm tinkering with some Fascist government ideas. E.g. trade bonus, no war weariness, low unit support (e.g. 1/2/4), support costs of 2, rampant corruption, forced labor. Should be a good choice for small war-mongering nations. BTW, low unit support and support costs of 2 would also be appropriate for Republic and Democracy IMO. Small military = save money compared to the standard setting. Large military = put a real strain on your economy.

Looks to much uber for me.

Only bad thing compared to Republic or Demo is pop rushing.

	22-07-2002 03:18									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Willem If you go to "Civilizations" in the editor, you will find a couple of areas you can adjust for each civ. One is their preferred gov, the other is the one they will avoid if they're given a choice.

I don't thing that it realy works that way.

Anyway all civs use all govenment options, and don't shun any of them as far as I have seen.


P.S.
Hmmm...
Maybe it only affects diplomcy?
Like make firends with democrats or hate communists.

	22-07-2002 03:34									#9
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quote: Originally posted by player1 Looks to much uber for me. Only bad thing compared to Republic or Demo is pop rushing.

Hmm ... 'rampant' corruption is also worse than Rep/Dem. And I forgot to mention low assimilation and high resistance modifiers.

Still, you may be right about 'uber'.

	22-07-2002 03:42									#10
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I think that the preferred/shunned settings do work--the AI just seems pragmatic enough that if it sees a big enough advantage to a government it shuns, it'll switch anyways. The biggest difference I've seen in the default governments comes from Monarchy/Communism; normally the AI loves Communist and will switch to it at the slightest hint of a war, but civs that prefer Monarchy or shun Communism will sometimes go to Monarchy instead. It's a rare sight to see a civ deliberately pick Republic over Democracy, though.

	22-07-2002 04:10									#11
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quote: Originally posted by player1 I don't thing that it realy works that way.

Then why do you think this feature is included in the editor?