How to default a player to be the AI?

[Eqqman]

It is assumed you can somehow modify <player_list> so that certain players are set to be one of the AI types by default. I haven't run across any example maps that are doing this, so how would it be done?

[beelee]

@eqqman hmm ... will ping @wc_sumpton

[TheDog]

@eqqman
from 1941 Global Command Decision

<player name="Germany" 		optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="Human" 	isHidden="false"/>
<player name="USSR" 		optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="AI" 		isHidden="false"/>

USSR defaults to Hard AI

You cannot set a default to Fast AI or any other AI type.

[Eqqman]

@thedog I see thank you! One of the reasons I was looking into this was to make certain players "Do Nothing" AI on maps where they only basically exist for bookkeeping purposes, which I guess is not an option. But still useful to know for the other cases.

[TheDog]

@eqqman
Just in case you dont have all the option, this is from my map
settlers_fallen_empire

<playerList>
  <!-- In turn order (it is important that the players are listed in turn order)-->
  <!-- optional: just means 'does this player require a capital?'.  if optional is false, they require at least 1 capital.  if optional is true, they may have no capitals. -->
  <!-- canBeDisabled: if true means that the player will skip all of their phases. their delegates will be removed from the game (so triggers will not happen during those delegates either) -->
  <!-- defaultType: optional, default is "Human"; options are "Human", "AI", "DoesNothing"; sets player to this type by default in the player selection window -->
  <!-- isHidden: optional, default is "false"; options are "true", "false"; if true doesn't show player in player selection window -->
  <!-- no capitals, shows all phases, start player as AI, isHidden=true is for faction to start as AI -->

<player name="AlAnfa" 	optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="AI"		isHidden="false"/>	
<player name="Orcs"   	optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="AI"		isHidden="false"/>
<player name="Undead" 	optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="AI"		isHidden="false"/>	
<player name="Ratkin" 	optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="AI"		isHidden="false"/>
<player name="Demon"  	optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="AI"		isHidden="false"/>

<player name="Dragonkin" optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="Human"	isHidden="false"/>	<!-- only Humans can play this faction -->

<player name="Imperial"  optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="AI"		isHidden="false"/>
<player name="Dwarf"     optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="AI"		isHidden="false"/>
<player name="Elf"		 optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="AI"		isHidden="false"/>	
<player name="Merefolk"  optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="Human"	isHidden="false"/>	<!-- only Humans can play this faction -->	
<player name="Celestial" optional="true" canBeDisabled="true" defaultType="Human"	isHidden="false"/>


<player name="none" 	optional="false" canBeDisabled="false" defaultType="DoesNothing" isHidden="true"/>

[Eqqman]

@thedog It was stated before that "You cannot set a default to Fast AI or any other AI type", so then what is "DoesNothing"?

[TheDog]

@eqqman

So the "none" can be used as a faction that does nothing, but can have;

• "capital" code.
• step logic like notifications
• conditions

Search map xml for to look for "DoesNothing" and then the faction to find actual use.