How can I modify AI?

[bulrush]

I'm a beginner at this game and I'd like to modify the AI of the computer to be more defensive and stop attacking me so much. How can I do this? I see several .wz files in the game dir. Are these renamed zip files?

[aubergine]

Which AI? If nullbot, then download the latest nullbot and rename the .wz file to .zip then you can extract it. You'll find it's files inside the multiplay/skirmish/ folder.

If you need help, best place to ask is the Scripting forum, but here is a reference to the JS API that AIs use to get you started: https://warzone.atlassian.net/wiki/disp ... script+API

[bulrush]

I wanted to modify the built-in computer AI, but I don't see anything that looks like AI files in my installation. I'll grab nullbot and look at it.

[aubergine]

The AIs bundled with the game, assuming you mean those used in Skirmish / Multiplayer games, will be packaged inside mp.wz (which is just a .zip file with extension changed to .wz).

[Shadow Wolf TJC]

@aubergine & bulrush: If you're running Windows XP (I don't know if this will work on your PC), you can open .wz files without having to rename them by right-clicking the file, selecting "open with...", then choosing your program (such as WinRAR or 7zip) from a list of programs. If the program doesn't appear on the list, then select "Browse...", and find the program on your computer. This same trick can also allow you to open and edit many kinds of files, including JavaScript, using simple programs such as Wordpad, though it'll only work if the data isn't encrypted, which, thankfully, isn't the case with Warzone 2100.

[aubergine]

I'm on a mac and can just double click a .wz and it unarchives it