Does AI trade techs with Minor Civs?

April 28, 2003 9:09 AM from

It seems like in every game I can always rely on the minors to buy up every one of my techs to minor civs. I don't mind this, of course, as it means a positive cash flow, but I just wonder:

Shouldn't the AI sometimes beat me to it?

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Reply #1 April 28, 2003 9:25 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

I don't know. Sometimes, a minor race will be able to get a lot of techs I don't have, probably by research.
I can't see how the ai trades techs between themselves. They obviously do, since cornered ais are usually lagging far behind, but I haven't seen any indication they trade with minor races either.

Reply #2 April 28, 2003 9:54 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

Hmm, interesting. Yes, I've seen them do some of their own research, but never have I gone to them with a handful of techs that they wounldn't buy otherwise.

Brad:

Are minor civs there to help the humans on trading techs? Or does the AI not trade with them on purpose for strategic reasons?

Reply #3 April 28, 2003 10:18 AM from

Stardock Forums Top

Sure they do : look at your galciv.err (IIRC) log file in main GC folder, there are usually some lines indicating that AIs traded tech with minors (or get cash from them by bullying

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