GrandpaTroll
18 years ago
I am tweaking some modifications forpersonal usage only.

I am wondering about the A.I. in Skirmish Mode, can I:

1) Select say 3 A.I. and have them all on same team (against me)?

2) Can I say make one a China Tank general, one a China Infanytry and say the third a USA Air Force General (or whatever the specialty Air Force is called)

3) Do I need to make them all the same team or should I put them as different teams?

I ask, because I dont want them fighting each other, i want to have them attack me, preferably with a variety of special abilities.

Thanks

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krit
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18 years ago
Yes, yes and yes, and you don't even need a modification for it...
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Me Myself and Pi
18 years ago
Yeah it's easy. When you select your skirmish map, choose the Easy, Medium, or Hard armies. Then click on the RANDOM, you can choose a faction there. Then click on the NONE, you can choose a team number there. If you have all 3 of the skirmish players on the same number, & yours on another number, or just NONE, then all the skirmish players will attack you.

This is pretty basic stuff. Don't you know this already?
GrandpaTroll
18 years ago


Yeah it's easy. When you select your skirmish map, choose the Easy, Medium, or Hard armies. Then click on the RANDOM, you can choose a faction there. Then click on the NONE, you can choose a team number there. If you have all 3 of the skirmish players on the same number, & yours on another number, or just NONE, then all the skirmish players will attack you.

This is pretty basic stuff. Don't you know this already?

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Well, I shall let you in on a little secret Me, Myself and Pi, come closer, I wont bite, please, now sit still, and ready..UserPostedImage THE THIRD SPOT I PICKED WAS A DIFFERENT FACTION THAN THE SECOND SPOT AND AFTER 8 MINUTES, IT HAD BUILT ONE UNIT

I am asking because I was not sure if you could pick several players on against you and all be different.

Just asking in case I missed something.

I do thank you for asking and yes I would expect this to be basic but when it didnt work, I thought I would ask the nice people here if I was uninformed about something.

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Me Myself and Pi
18 years ago
Well a quicker way to find answers to questions like these is from the user guide that came with the game. If you lost it, you could probably find it on the Internet some place.

THE THIRD SPOT I PICKED WAS A DIFFERENT FACTION THAN THE SECOND SPOT AND AFTER 8 MINUTES, IT HAD BUILT ONE UNIT


Did you try this on a custom or official map?
GrandpaTroll
18 years ago


Well a quicker way to find answers to questions like these is from the user guide that came with the game. If you lost it, you could probably find it on the Internet some place.

THE THIRD SPOT I PICKED WAS A DIFFERENT FACTION THAN THE SECOND SPOT AND AFTER 8 MINUTES, IT HAD BUILT ONE UNIT

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Did you try this on a custom or official map?

Official, because until I work out my issue with inability to load saves from Unofficial Maps, I choose not to play.

I kinda thought the purpose of the forum was to ask questions.

I dont remember having a guide.

If I do purchase one, most times I purchase Brady games guides, but the problem with those is they are usually compiled when game is in Beta and leave a lot to be answered.

Me, Myself and Pi, I understand "if" you feel it a nuisance to answer questions by some who have not experienced everything surrounding a game.

One thing I have always done in life is teach myself through learning from mistakes and experiences of others. If I cant find an answer, I usually dont stop, but pursue rather new possibilities.

I have come to this forum because i am trying to learn why I am having a problem that for some reason cannot yet be explained and remedied.

What i also found was a gifted group of very knowledgeable persons, who, through a benevolant nature, care t share that knowledge with less than expert folks such as myself.

My intent is to help others with this knowledge.

i have helped many people over the years, directly or indirectly through a community of skilled and scholared individuals.

I only ask you understand this is a forum and since the topics say if your having any unresolved problems ask.

You didnt say this, but others do, call people Noobs or stupid because they lack experience or knowledge.

I have learned so much, and it started when a kind soul took time to guide me along the way.

Please remember this sir, I am merely trying to learn.

Thanks for your time and all the guidance and responses thus far, they are very appreciated sir.

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krit
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18 years ago
Is the game a genuine copy?
Do you have a mod installed?
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GrandpaTroll
18 years ago


Is the game a genuine copy?
Do you have a mod installed?

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Yes to a mod, yes to Genuine Copy.

I believe I have installed 17 times over last week or two.

Still to No Avail.


@ ME, MYself and Pi:I did figure out why the A.I. wasn't working when choosing multiple factions, it only occurred when i tried the "-1" trick on the skirmish file for cash.

Thanks for all feedback, Gramps
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18 years ago
And what mod are you using?
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Me Myself and Pi
18 years ago
I'm sorry if I offended you Troll by saying my answer was pretty basic. 😳

Anyway, when you buy a new copy of Zero Hour, it should just come with user guide. Not a strategy guide, mind you, but a user guide, it should explain everything about the game that the training mission in the Generals disc doesn't.

I don't remember you saying that you had a mod installed on your game. Maybe a bug isn't letting you load costum maps. Try uninstalling the mod, & then see if you can load games from costum maps. Like Krit said, we might be able to look into the mod you have installed if you give us its name.
GrandpaTroll
18 years ago


I'm sorry if I offended you Troll by saying my answer was pretty basic. 😳

Anyway, when you buy a new copy of Zero Hour, it should just come with user guide. Not a strategy guide, mind you, but a user guide, it should explain everything about the game that the training mission in the Generals disc doesn't.

I don't remember you saying that you had a mod installed on your game. Maybe a bug isn't letting you load costum maps. Try uninstalling the mod, & then see if you can load games from costum maps. Like Krit said, we might be able to look into the mod you have installed if you give us its name.

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Its ok sir, I must have taken it wrong. 2 years ago I got hit in an auto accident, I have had 1 spine surgery and 4 hand surgeries, and am on Vicodin every night for constant pain. I humbly apologize for my inappropriate response.

Ok, the skirmish alteration only came this weekend, Sunday night, I dont exactly remember where, but here or other forum I found a thread about altering Cash.

I tried it and it works great, except when you choose many ai, only one a.i. worked (functioned) the others just sat there.

But this as shared, was not used and actually, changed it yesterday from a "-1" to a larger PLUS number and I got all i wanted with 4 ai versus me, and was able to choose 4 different factions with the various traits to attack me with!

Thanks again all for the responses, they are allways appreciated.

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Yoshi714
18 years ago
Can I ask where it is you placed this larger value for cash?? does it make the compuer have more money? I ve been trying to make the computer more difficult and have succeded tremendously but have a ways to go before they are unbeatable... maybe whatever it is you did would help. at this point I can only get a super weapon to beat up 1v3 on a tank, infantry and nuc gen with no assistance, id like to see more!!
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GrandpaTroll
18 years ago


Can I ask where it is you placed this larger value for cash?? does it make the compuer have more money? I ve been trying to make the computer more difficult and have succeded tremendously but have a ways to go before they are unbeatable... maybe whatever it is you did would help. at this point I can only get a super weapon to beat up 1v3 on a tank, infantry and nuc gen with no assistance, id like to see more!!

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Well, it the Skirmish.ini file I changed the starting Cash to 999999


The A I I can only assume also gets this because they flooded me faster than I could mass produce my units.

I did try -0 (basically giving an endless cash flow, but one game a single ai out of three functioned, the other two did nothing.

I went me vs 4 with the "+" cash flow and was over run

I really enjoyed this versus doing a World Builder modification with adding Oil Derricks and supply docks

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