<r> I made a summary based on your answers until now. It serves to my understanding and maybe to others interested in CC AI.<br/>
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<t> Hi Steve, <br/>
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Thanks for the last clarifications. You can edit campaign.txt file in new releases of CC series but if you don't know in details what really AI does, it wouldn't help you too much. I did't read this info in any game manual. <br/>
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I understand now better from your ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Steve McClaire<br/>
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The reserve is simply the teams in a reserve group.<B><s>[b]</s> Defensive posture with a small reserve simply means most of the teams are forward to meet the enemy at the start<e>[/b]</e></B>.<br/>

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<t> 1. My query was how AI can be defensive (-5) when it keeps the smallest possible number of teams in reserve (-5)? If it defends it must keep most if not all its forces in reserve. <br/>
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2. What is the difference between DEFEND and SURVIVE battle plans from campaign.txt for AI?<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Steve McClaire<br/>
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The AI divides its teams into internal groups. A recon group, a support group, a reserve group, and 1-3 combat groups. Some of these groups may have zero teams in a weak battle group. The higher the commander's caution, the more teams ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Steve McClaire<br/>
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The attack/defend decision is based on the strength of the force, which is a value arrived at by evaluating all the teams for each side. A Panther tank is worth far more than a sniper team, for example. So the exact number of teams isn't ...

<r> Steve,<br/>
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I am glad you appreciate my enthusiasm. I don't know how long or involved our discussion will go but I want to be a pleasant one not a torture. <br/>
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I will concentrate on a single problem per post because, as you know, AI is an elephant. <br/>
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First, which is ...

<t> First, thank you for what you've told me so far.<br/>
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I didn't expect of course to explain me ALL AI in detail because, obviously, is a lot of information. However, I think an example of how AI works (in detail[:)]) would not kill anyone.<br/>
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Maybe from such change of opinions ...

<r> Thanks for the answer, I think it's a good start to elaborate more and clarifying my understanding of CC AI. <br/>
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While I know about campaign.txt (and of course, I modified it), I don't know if it influences AI's behaviour only in campaigns or in single battles too? And if you change ...

<t> Hi Steve,<br/>
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and/or anyone else from Matrix who do a favor an answer to me.<br/>
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I played old CC series from long time, it's the only game that I play. Single-player only. I read all the complaints on this forum about AI's performance before registered here. They are right as I ...