Is the AI able to build forts, bases and such?

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The title pretty says it all. Is the game AI in the current state capable of building land forts, coastal forts, air and naval bases on its own?

In Di:G, we could see Britain had coastal forts available to make any possible invasion much harder. But these were pre-built in the scenario, I suppose. So can the AI build those defences automatically only when needed? I mean, only after the fall of France, if it actually can dedicate some IC to be spent on coastal forts, but not being built until that moment.

 

[IrationalFear]

The only map buildings the AI will construct on its own normally are Coastal forts (on provinces with naval bases), provincial AA, and Radar. On rare occasions the AI will build rocket test sites, and can build nuke reactors if it has the tech.

 

[TheBromgrev]

The AI can build any building it wants to and can afford to, although modders have little to no control over what gets built or where.

 

[JOR2010]

I don't believe any vanilla version of HOI (be that pre-SF or SF) makes the AI build forts, ever. However, I think some mods do make the AI built forts depending on their situation, although it is all scripted, not random. Hope this helps!

 

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I don't believe any vanilla version of HOI (be that pre-SF or SF) makes the AI build forts, ever. However, I think some mods do make the AI built forts depending on their situation, although it is all scripted, not random. Hope this helps!

it builds forts in black ice. any province which isn't a front line one (didn't want the ai building maginot's on every front) and has industry is fair game. more of a fallback for a desperate defence.

 

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The UK has build rocket sites in north Africa on more than a few of my games.

 

[Darkrenown]

The AI can build any building it wants to and can afford to, although modders have little to no control over what gets built or where.

Not true. For example, the vanilla SF AI for GER will build forts on the French border:

function P.Build_Fort(ic, minister, vbGoOver)
	-- Only build the forts if its 1938 or less
	if minister:GetOwnerAI():GetCurrentDate():GetYear() <= 1938 then
		ic = Support.Build_Fort(ic, minister, 3084, 1, vbGoOver) -- Todtmoos
		ic = Support.Build_Fort(ic, minister, 3016, 1, vbGoOver) -- Hinterzarten
		ic = Support.Build_Fort(ic, minister, 2948, 1, vbGoOver) -- Baden
		ic = Support.Build_Fort(ic, minister, 2882, 1, vbGoOver) -- Donaueschingen
		ic = Support.Build_Fort(ic, minister, 2751, 1, vbGoOver) -- Villingen
		ic = Support.Build_Fort(ic, minister, 2685, 1, vbGoOver) -- Achern
		
		ic = Support.Build_Fort(ic, minister, 2619, 1, vbGoOver) -- Pirmasens
		ic = Support.Build_Fort(ic, minister, 2553, 1, vbGoOver) -- Saarbrücken
		ic = Support.Build_Fort(ic, minister, 2490, 1, vbGoOver) -- Saarlouis
	end

It's true rocket test sites can be build in odd places, but you only get a benefit from deploying them, so the way the game works, it doesn't really matter if it's on the border.

 

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Ah, nice to see it can be done. Thanks for clarification, Darkrenown. I'm just thinking about how nice things can be done with this ability - British coastal defences, Siegfried line, Czechoslovak border fortifications, Molotov line, Atlantic Wall, Japanese air base at Rabaul etc. Hmm, delicious.