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Q: A question about EARTH 2140's AI solved
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Posted March 21, 2009
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Hello everybody! If someone bought this game, please tell us, whether the computer AI is normal and computer really tries to win :) I ask this question, because I encountered a crippled version (believe it was from Zuxxez) of this game, and it was deliberately changed into something very dumb, like a body without spirit. ("to make the game easier").

Thanks a lot for the info, I intend to buy it...
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Posted June 29, 2009
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Please, anyone can say how much bad AI is there? Many thanks
Posted June 29, 2009
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strejcius: Please, anyone can say how much bad AI is there? Many thanks image
It is described in the beginning of this thread, just read a few posts ;-)
Posted July 01, 2009
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So this is very bad that GOG sell game whitch is broken. There will be better when they stop selling this game.
Posted July 01, 2009
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For my part, I wonder why my game isn't exhibiting the same problems that everyone else seems to be having. I just finished the last level of the UCS campaign, and it felt to me like I was beating off a counterstrike every ten minutes or so. Good thing the enemy wasn't using nuclear weapons...
Posted July 11, 2009
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Prator: For my part, I wonder why my game isn't exhibiting the same problems that everyone else seems to be having. I just finished the last level of the UCS campaign, and it felt to me like I was beating off a counterstrike every ten minutes or so. Good thing the enemy wasn't using nuclear weapons... image
And did you tampered with the files in any way? Seems strange. I also wonder what's going on between GOG and TopWare (or how the hell they name themselves now) about th fixed version.
Posted July 11, 2009
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Prator: For my part, I wonder why my game isn't exhibiting the same problems that everyone else seems to be having. I just finished the last level of the UCS campaign, and it felt to me like I was beating off a counterstrike every ten minutes or so. Good thing the enemy wasn't using nuclear weapons... image
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Jaxx: And did you tampered with the files in any way? Seems strange. I also wonder what's going on between GOG and TopWare (or how the hell they name themselves now) about th fixed version. image
Actually... yes. There was a .ini file that controlled some basic game functions: game speed, fog of war, and so forth. I edited that to make the game run slower (didn't make any visible difference), and to turn the fog of war off (it's hard enough to kill every single enemy on the map when you CAN see them!). I also edited the game's startup shortcut to enable cheatcodes.

I dunno why any of that would affect the AI, though.
Posted July 11, 2009
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Jaxx: And did you tampered with the files in any way? Seems strange. I also wonder what's going on between GOG and TopWare (or how the hell they name themselves now) about th fixed version. image
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Prator: Actually... yes. There was a .ini file that controlled some basic game functions: game speed, fog of war, and so forth. I edited that to make the game run slower (didn't make any visible difference), and to turn the fog of war off (it's hard enough to kill every single enemy on the map when you CAN see them!). I also edited the game's startup shortcut to enable cheatcodes.

I dunno why any of that would affect the AI, though. image
You should put your ini file here so we could try it too and see the difference (if any)
Posted July 11, 2009
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Jaxx: You should put your ini file here so we could try it too and see the difference (if any)

Okay, here it is. Look in your Earth 2140 folder and you should find a Configuration Settings text file named "Game." Text is as follows;

[ sound ]

reverse = 0 # 0 - normal mode, 1 - reverse stereo mode
soundsOn = 1 # sounds on/off
soundsVolume = 7 # 7 - max sounds volume, 0 - no sound
speechOn = 1 # speech on/off
speechVolume = 7 # 7 - max speech volume, 0 - no sound
musicOn = 1 # music on/off
musicVolume = 7 # 7 - max music volume, 0 - no sound

[ video ]

playIntro = 1 # play intro sequence

[ panel ]

gameSpeed = 2 # game speed: 0 - min, 2 - max
scrollSpeed = 2 # scroll speed: 0 - min, 2 - max
interface = 0 # 0 - normal mouse mode, 1 - reverse mouse mode
fogs = 1 # 1 - fogs visible, 0 - fogs invisible
spy = 1 # 1 - spy panel active, 0 - spy panel inactive

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If I remember right, I set the gameSpeed to 1 and fogs to 0. I will repeat for the record that I highly doubt this will help you.
Posted July 16, 2009
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I got this game during the topware promotion and while the AI isn't monstrously difficult it certainly kept hitting me with attacks in the later missions and deffinitely set up working mines and refineries. I also had to keep shooting down heavy loaders that tried to take my mine's ore. It seems very odd some people are having such different experiences with the game....
Posted August 17, 2009
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strejcius: Please, anyone can say how much bad AI is there? Many thanks image
Having recently played the GOG Earth 2140, I can confirm that it's actually quite challenging; thus I recommend not paying too much attention to whether it's crippled or not :). It's good enough anyway.
Posted August 18, 2009
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I played the demo when it was first released back in 1998 and then purchased the game when it was officially released by Interplay and Topware. It was, in my opinion, the best RTS for it's time (especially when the only comparison was C&C). But the AI in this version is rediculously bad. I barely have to try to beat these missions. I even set it on the highest difficulty and it made no difference. I wished I hadn't even purchased this game.
Posted May 15, 2010
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I got this game, with the two mission packs, free with the first issue of PC Action magazine, here in the UK. It is the DOS version. The DOS version has great AI whereas the Windows version doesn't. If this GOG version comes with DOSBox then it'll be the great AI, if it doesn't then the AI will be crap.
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