[AI] Upgrade Unit

[Ironside]

So In my map I have buildings that upgrade to better buildings

In my map Fortress upgrades to Lords Fortress

So here is the problem, I 1st of all Order a worker to build a Fortress and after it's complete I order it Upgraded to Lords Fortress.
And then the AI start's to build a new Fortress, as he doesn't have one anymore (because the old one is now Lords Fortress)

And that is the problem, I want to make the AI know that Lords Fortress if a better than Fortress, I don't want him to have both, as it's waste of space and gold and lumber.

How do I do that?

I'm actually very good with AIs, but I never managed to figure this out.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Run an upgrade once you upgrade your fortress (detect it with Unit - A unit finishes an upgrade) and then, whenever you want to build a fortress, just make an Integer Comparison

• (Current research level of Iron Forged Swords for Player 1 (Red)) Not equal to 0

and then order the unit to build a Lords Fortress.

Action to run the upgrade: Player - Set the current research level of Iron Forged Swords to 1 for Player 1 (Red)

 

[Ironside]

He will still build a Fortress, because anything an AI builds, he must always have, that's how AIs work...

 

[Pharaoh_]

Then, just detect when it finishes building the Fortress Structure and replace it with a Lords Fortress (Unit - A unit finishes construction). Don't forget the Research level of the custom upgrade.

 

[Ironside]

That's bad too, as this is a custom race map, I can't just cheat and instant upgrade structures. Also in any way when the AI has 0 Fortress he will build a new one...

 

[Pharaoh_]

Can't you just add the Lords' Fortress to the Structures Built? It will not build it, unless you order it to, so, what's the problem?

 

[Ironside]

Ok... Am I so disunderstanable?

The problem is that when the AI upgrades his Fortress he builds another Fortress, because he must always have the units that he was ordered to make...

 

[Cokemonkey11]

Is your lord's fortress properly defined as the 4th tier in your maps gameplay constants?

 

[N1ghthawk]

Is your lord's fortress properly defined as the 4th tier in your maps gameplay constants?

/concur (though I think it'd be the second tier the way he's describing it)

Setting it as the next tier should tell the AI that it is part of a chain of upgrades of the same structure and ergo it will not construct a new building. I haven't done much work with the AI editor but that would be my first guess.

 

[Ironside]

Oh, I didn't do that, I'll try it. But what can I do if he does the same for other non-townhall buildings too?
A Barracks can be upgraded to a Champion Barracks

 

[Ironside]

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