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AI War: Fleet Command is a space-based RTS with incredible AI and the largest number of units (30,000+ in most games) of any game we know of. Up to eight players team up against two [http://christophermpark.blogspot.com/2009/06/designing-emergent-ai-part-1.html deadly AI civilizations] in lengthy, multi-session campaigns spanning an 80-120 planet galaxy map.
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AI War: Fleet Command is the flagship title of Arcen Games, first released in 2009. Up to eight players battle a pair of rampant artificial intelligences once used by warring human superpowers, in the aftermath of the AI's near complete victory over humanity. Human players must avoid the notice of AI powers while preparing for an attack against the AI homeworlds. The game takes place on a procedurally generated galaxy map with between 10 and 120 planets in a genre splicing mix of real-time strategy, 4X, and tower defence.
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It has six expansions: The Zenith Remnant, Children of the Neinzul, Light of the Spire, Ancient Shadows, Vengeance of the Machine, and Destroyer of Worlds, which variously include additional units, critical paths, AI types, lore, and music. The game is in ongoing development and receives regular bug fixes and balance adjustments based on community feedback. Major version updates typically coincide with new expansions and sometimes fold improvements from expansion development into the base game.
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AI War is known for its gameplay depth, [http://arcengames.com/designing-emergent-ai-part-1-an-introduction/ the behavior of its AI opponents], and strong ties between fans and creators.
 
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* AI Reinforcements: [[AI War:AI Reinforcements#How Do Reinforcements Work After All The Planets "Fill Up?"|How Do Reinforcements Work After All The Planets "Fill Up?"]]
 
* AI Reinforcements: [[AI War:AI Reinforcements#How Do Reinforcements Work After All The Planets "Fill Up?"|How Do Reinforcements Work After All The Planets "Fill Up?"]]
 
* AI Waves: [[AI War:Why_Do_Enemy_Waves_Get_So_Large%3F#How_Wave_Sizes_Are_Calculated|How Are Wave Sizes Calculated?]]
 
* AI Waves: [[AI War:Why_Do_Enemy_Waves_Get_So_Large%3F#How_Wave_Sizes_Are_Calculated|How Are Wave Sizes Calculated?]]
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* AI Progress: [[AI War:AI Progress|What Happens If The AI Progress Is Lowered After Passing A Tech-Up Threshold?]]
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* AI Progress: [[AI War:AI Progress Strategy|What Happens If The AI Progress Is Lowered After Passing A Tech-Up Threshold?]]
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* AI Progress: [[AI War:AI Progress#When To Worry|When Should I Be Worried About The AI Progress Getting Too High?]]
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* AI Progress: [[AI War:AI Progress Strategy#When To Worry|When Should I Be Worried About The AI Progress Getting Too High?]]
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* AI Progress: [[AI War:AI Progress#What Causes AI Progress Changes?|What Causes AI Progress Changes?]]
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* AI Progress: [[AI War:AI Progress Strategy#What Causes AI Progress Changes?|What Causes AI Progress Changes?]]
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* AI Progress: [[AI War:AI Progress#AI Only|Does The AI Progress Go Up When I Lose A Command Station?]]
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* AI Progress: [[AI War:AI Progress Strategy#AI Only|Does The AI Progress Go Up When I Lose A Command Station?]]
 
* Cross-Planet Attacks: [[AI War:Cross_Planet_Attacks#How Do Cross-Planet Attacks Work?|How Do Cross-Planet Attacks Work?]]
 
* Cross-Planet Attacks: [[AI War:Cross_Planet_Attacks#How Do Cross-Planet Attacks Work?|How Do Cross-Planet Attacks Work?]]
 
* Border Aggression: [[AI War:Border Aggression|How Does Border Aggression Work?]]
 
* Border Aggression: [[AI War:Border Aggression|How Does Border Aggression Work?]]

Revision as of 14:07, 24 April 2015

AI War: Fleet Command is the flagship title of Arcen Games, first released in 2009. Up to eight players battle a pair of rampant artificial intelligences once used by warring human superpowers, in the aftermath of the AI's near complete victory over humanity. Human players must avoid the notice of AI powers while preparing for an attack against the AI homeworlds. The game takes place on a procedurally generated galaxy map with between 10 and 120 planets in a genre splicing mix of real-time strategy, 4X, and tower defence.

It has six expansions: The Zenith Remnant, Children of the Neinzul, Light of the Spire, Ancient Shadows, Vengeance of the Machine, and Destroyer of Worlds, which variously include additional units, critical paths, AI types, lore, and music. The game is in ongoing development and receives regular bug fixes and balance adjustments based on community feedback. Major version updates typically coincide with new expansions and sometimes fold improvements from expansion development into the base game.

AI War is known for its gameplay depth, the behavior of its AI opponents, and strong ties between fans and creators.

More About AI War.
Upcoming and latest patch-notes.

Introduction

General Gameplay

Multiplayer Co-Op

Expansions

Game Setup

Interface

Defense

Offense

Economy

Ship-Specific Game Mechanics

Ship Strategies & Errata

In an average game, the player's navy revolves around groups of fleet ships supplemented by starships and support vessels. A comprehensive ship compendium is being added, of which you can currently begin browsing by visiting the basic triangle ships: Fighters, Bombers, and Missile Frigates.

AI

Higher Difficulties Only

Design Philosophy

Story

Settings

Player-Created Strategy Resources

Release History

Please note that there are generally prerelease beta versions available at any given time of the year, and there have been literally hundreds of those in between all of the official releases noted below.

The New System That Began In 4.0

Brace yourself: but the entire combat, repair, economic, and construction models have been almost completely rewritten. To the novice player these changes are subtle enough that it feels like basically the same game. To the more experienced player, these changes are a dream come true, shaving off rough edges left and right and leaving something simpler and more elegant in its place. We had a corps of 95 community members giving us feedback, after all, so there's been a lot of vetting of this from both newer and experienced players. The main benefits of these particular changes are simplicity, transparency-to-the-player, and internal accuracy in outlier situations. •As part of the new combat model, the old concept of "shields" (as distinct from "force fields") has been removed, and the random-hit-chance and range-related components of the hit chance calculations are gone. In place of this is a new, simpler, and far better "armor" system that affects damage output instead of hit chance. •One key simplification in this new version is the removal of all the internal ship-specific damage multipliers. In their place, we now have a small number of new "hull types" and ships get visible bonuses against them. This also removes the "Strong Vs and Weak Vs" display in favor of both the raw hull attack multipliers display and a new Reference tab when really detailed data is needed (presumably not often). •Following on with those massive changes, every last ship in the game has been rebalanced to a heavy degree, sometimes pretty much completely



Technical Support

The new navigational bar is under construction!


AI War Navigation Reference
AI War:Wiki Home - AI War:Reference Section - AI War:Strategies Section
Version History Version 2.000 ♦ Version 3.000 ♦ Version 4.000 ♦ Version 5.000 ♦ Version 6.000 ♦ Versions 6.00Beta - 7.00 ♦ Versions 7.00Beta - 8.00 ♦ Versions 8.00+
Game Content AI War:Base Game ♦ Expansion 1: The Zenith Remnant ♦ Expansion 2: Children of Neinzul
Expansion 3: Light of the Spire ♦ Expansion 4: Ancient Shadows ♦ Expansion 5: Vengeance of the Machine ♦ Expansion 6: Destroyer of Worlds
Getting Started User Interface and Controls ♦ New Game Options ♦ Tutorial Walkthrough ♦ Game Objectives (What do I do next?) ♦ How the AI Attacks You (AI Progress, Waves and Threat) ♦ I'm stuck! Help? (Player submitted questions)
Enemy AI Types and AI Plots AI Opponent Types: (Easier - Moderate - Harder - Technologist) ♦ AI Plots: (Avenger - Hybrid Hives - Advanced Hybrids - Astro Trains - Beachheads - Hunter - Shark-A - Shark-B - Counter Posts - Warp Relays - Preemption)
Minor Factions Human Marauders ♦ Human Resistance Fighters ♦ Human Colony Rebellions ♦ Zenith Traders ♦ Zenith Miners ♦ Zenith Dyson Sphere ♦ Zenith Devourer ♦ Broken Golems (Easy) (Moderate) (Hard) ♦ Botnet Golem (Easy) (Moderate) (Hard) ♦ Neinzul Rocketry Corps ♦ Neinzul Preservation Wardens ♦ Neinzul Roaming Enclaves ♦ Fallen Spire ♦ Spire Civilian Leaders ♦ Spirecraft (Easy) (Moderate) (Hard) ♦ Dark Spire ♦ Alt Champion Progress ♦ Alt Champion Nemesis ♦ Showdown Devices ♦ Nomad Planets ♦ Exodian Blade
Ships and Structures Fleet Ships ♦ Starships ♦ Spirecraft ♦ Turrets ♦ Guardians ♦ Guard Posts ♦ Military Structures ♦ Economic Structures ♦ Golems ♦ Warheads ♦ AstroTrains
Combat Mechanics Ammunition Types ♦ Ship Immunities ♦ Ship Abilities ♦ Hull Types ♦ Attack Multipliers ♦ Armor (Overall Damage Calculations) ♦ Engines and Speed (including Tractor Beams and Gravity Effects) ♦ Force Field Interactions ♦ Cloaking and Tachyon Beams(Stealth) ♦ Capturing Ships and Structures (& Reclamation) ♦ Strategic reserve
Economic Mechanics Crystal and Metal Harvesting ♦ Energy Generation ♦ Science and Knowledge and Hacking the AI ♦ Build Time and Constructors (including Repair)
Miscellaneous Map seeds of interest ♦ Glossary



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