[Freeciv] Re: globalwarming

[Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 07:41:09PM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> Ronald van der Fange wrote:
> > Hi all
> > 
> > What can i do if the AI decides to spoil the earth and create
> > polution, i suffer the global warming. Maybe the AI should be made so he
> > has a high priority on cleaning the earth, as the humans should :P
> 
>       Agreed.  CivI/II focused soley on doing anything to hurt the human
> player rather than act rational, I never saw an AI nation use nukes
> against another AI player.  I don't know if its different in SMAC or
> CTP.  At the very least, the AI should
> a) react to pollution in areas under its control,

Yes

> b) think twice about attacking a nation with its
> own nukes, and c) if its target has no nukes or the ability to counter
> them, then its likely the target is weak in conventional arms too, so
> it should look real hard at attacking the target conventionally.

Not necesarily.
AI is very bad at invasions, and can't do conventional attacks well.
I would prefer it to fight by all means, instead of waiting to be killed.