AI War:AI War

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 deadly AI civilizations in lengthy, multi-session campaigns spanning an 80-120 planet galaxy map. More About AI War

Community Wiki

The primary ArcenWiki is maintained by Arcen Games staff only, since it serves as a manual and a source of official information about the game. However, many of our players expressed a desire to contribute strategies and other play advice, so we have a public Community Wiki set up for those purposes: http://www.arcengames.com/communitywiki/

AI War Wiki Topics

General

• I'm Just Starting Out -- What Should I Do?
• How Do I Know What Difficulty Level To Play On?
• What Difference Does The Map Size Make?
• How Do I Get More Ships?
• What Do I Do With My Older Ships?
• How Do I Use The Priority Buttons In The Galaxy Map?
• Do Shots Miss Sometimes? (Plus All About Shields)
• Should I Micromanage Ships In Battle?
• What Can I Do If The Game Seems Too Slowly Paced?
• Some Of My Ships Are Extra Slow, Or Won't Move At All. Why?
• Are There Cheats In The Game?
• What are the differences between solo and multiplayer?
• When Should I Be Worried About The AI Progress Getting Too High?

Interface

• Keyboard: Where Are The Keyboard Controls For The Game Documented?
• Keyboard: What Exactly Does X + Right Click Do?
• What Does Flashing On The Galaxy Map Indicate?
• How Do the Quick Buttons At The Bottom Of The Screen Work?
• About The Planetary Summary
• What Exactly Do "Strong Vs" And "Weak Vs" Indicate?
• Is It Possible To Zoom All The Way Out?
• Why Is Clicking The Minimap Imprecise When I Am Zoomed In?
• Can I Queue Multiple Attack Orders And Movement Orders?
• What Are The Rules For Gifting Ships Between Players?

Defense

• How Do I Barricade A Wormhole?
• How Do I Prevent Enemies From Sending Waves Against A Planet?
• Why Would I Unlock Turrets Instead Of Mobile Ships?
• How Do I Secure The Area Around My Planets?

Offense

• How Do I Establish A Beachhead?
• What's The Best Way To Handle Scouting?
• Why Does An Enemy Planet Get Reinforcements After Its Warp Gate Is Gone?
• Are The Capturable Enemy Ships Always Away From My Starting Position?

Economy

• How Do I Get More Knowledge?
• What Do I Do About Reduced Harvester Efficiency?
• Are There Resource Caps? What Happens When I Hit Them?
• What To Do With Too Much Of One Resource, But Not Enough Of The Other?

Ship-Specific Game Mechanics

• Cloaking: How Does Cloaking Work?
• Cloaking: Why Aren't My Cloaked Ships Auto-Attacking Enemies?
• Cloaking: How Do Cloaking Boosters Work?
• Why Can't I Repair Some Ships (Such As Forts/Force Fields)?
• Am I Ever Able To Build Core/Mark V Units?
• Why Do Some Ships (Such As The Fortress) Have Two Range Circles?

Ship-Specific

• Advanced Research Stations: Does Losing One Of These Matter After I've Held It Once?
• Astro Trains: What Do These Do?
• Captive Human Settlements: Do I Gain Anything From Holding These?
• Command Posts: What Do These Do?
• Counter-Negative-Energy Turrets: What Are These Good For?
• Cruisers: Are These Overpowered?
• Engineers: How Can I Best Use These?
• Engineers: What Restrictions Are There On When An Engineer Can Repair Another Ship?
• Force Fields: How Do I Kill Them?
• Force Fields: How Much Of A Ship Needs To Be Covered By A Forcefield To Get Its Protection?
• Force Fields: What Uses Are There For The Mobile Force Field Generator?
• Ion Cannons: What Do I Do About Them?
• Mines: Are Ships Supposed To Be Able To Slip Past Mines?
• Mines: How Do I Clear Enemy Mines?
• Mines: What Is The Best Way To Clear The Remains Of Enemy Mines?
• Mines: How To Kill PermaMines?
• Missiles: How Do I Get EMPs, Nukes, And Other Missiles?
• Missiles: How Do I Use Nukes?
• Missiles: How Do I Use EMPs?
• Missiles: How Do I Use Lightning Missiles?
• Missiles: How Do I Use Armored Missiles?
• Parasites: What's The Best Way To Use Them?
• Special Forces Command Posts: What Do These Do?
• Special Forces Command Posts: How Do I Destroy Them?
• Spiders And Weak Ships: What Are These(And Other Weaker Ships) Good For?
• Starships: How Do I Best Use Them?
• Starships: What Are Scout Starships Good For?
• SuperFortresses: What Do I Do About Them?
• Tachyon Beams: Why Do Yellow Beams Come Out Of Nowhere And Hit My Ships?
• Warp Gates: How Does A Warp Gate Work?

AI

• AI Story: How Does The AI Think?
• AI Tech: At What AI Progress Does The AI Tech Level Increase?
• AI Tech: What Does The Roman Numeral In Parentheses Next To The AI Progress Mean?
• AI Reinforcements: How Do Basic AI Reinforcements Work?
• AI Reinforcements: How Does The AI Alert Level Affect Where The AI Reinforces?
• AI Progress: What Happens If The AI Progress Is Lowered After Passing A Tech-Up Threshold?
• AI Progress: When Should I Be Worried About The AI Progress Getting Too High?

Higher Difficulties Only

• How Do I Defend Against The AI Destroying All My Resources?
• Why Are Waves Coming In Without Warning?
• How Do I Keep Astro Trains Off My Planets?
• Why Do The Enemy Waves Get So Large So Fast?

Settings

• What Is TBS-Friendly Pause?

Technical Support

• Technical Support Forums
• System Requirements
• .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Not Installing?
• Optimizing Performance In Multiplayer
• Desync in multiplayer? Check this first.
• Trouble applying the latest patch?
• FIREWALLS - Configure, or use VPN
• VOICE SUPPORT - Use Skype, Teamspeak, etc.