AI and alignment

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I've been playing a few games now and was wondering if the AI can shift alignments during the game from those random events that pop up for me, or if those do not apply to the AI?

The reason I ask is that I've found that if I shift my alignment to be in line with the dominant forces in the galaxy I can exist and thrive much better than if I oppose them. It would be interesting then, if the AI shifted alignments during the game. Then those that were eye-to-eye with me would, over time, no longer be. As it stands, if I am of similar alignment with the dominant powers, a sort of golden age takes place where we don't fight and just build our empires and I can seemingly achieve cultural victory by overwhelming the galaxy with starbases.

In the case where the AI shifted alignments as I can do, tensions could build and make the game a little more interesting IMO.

Thoughts?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Kevin,

I think this is a good idea. It would be interesting to see the Arceans move off of "neutral", for example.

However, I do not know if the AI's get the same chance for random events as the player. Also, it could lead to all the AI's tending towards the mean, i.e., "50". Perhaps one of the BT's could elucidate on how practical this could be.

~SDC~
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
The hard part I think would be how to get the AI to make non-aligned decisions that go against their current slant to move them in one direction or the other or to stop them all from just being evil as it tends to reap the most benefit
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I would say just give the computer players 3 equal chances to pick a result, purely at random. That way you never know how they will shift during a game. Though it seems to take a LOT of random events to make a shift. My alignment, in game, 99% of the time says Neutral, but when I submit it to the Metaverse it shows up as Chaotic Evil, True Evil, etc.

~SDC~
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
i've had the Yor go from chaotic evil->neutral. but that could've been a bug for all i know.

cheers

h