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zsh...@aardvark.apana.org.au (Brad Barns) wrote:
>I have been playing and winning against the computer in Skirmish games at the 
>"Normal" difficulty setting.  I win regardless of how many AI opponents I 
>have.  Sometimes (depending on how many AI opponent I have) the computer 
>gives me a real run for my money and other times it is pretty easy.  I decided 
>to move up a step and play at the "Difficult" difficulty setting.  MAN, the 
>computer cheats BIG TIME.  It manages to get more tanks and infantry out in 
>the shortest space of time and then rushes you with them.

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Take a look in rules.ini and you'll find a description of how the
"difficulty levels" are implemented.  For the "Difficult" setting, the
player's Firepower, GroundSpeed, AirSpeed, Armor, and ROF all become
20% worse and building/repair are slowed down.  Meanwhile, the
computer's stats listed above become 20% better, building/repair
delays get faster, and it gets a 20% reduction in costs and build
times.  (The Build/Repair delays essentially mean that, instead of
waiting 0.02 minutes before initiatine repairs and 0.03 minutes before
after something is finished before building something else, it only
waits 0.001 minutes.)

Now you know how it gets so much so fast...

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