On Steam, Windows 11, I played a 2v2 game. Me with an AI teammate vs. 2 AIs.
Used DE’s “AI” for all.
My teammate was ruining all my fun by attacking and destroying both enemy AI on his own. And he wouldn’t stop, even after me issuing the “Retreat Now” AI command. It didn’t work once, so I did it multiple times. No acknowledgment or retreat by AI. I eventually used the ‘torpedo’ cheat to wipe him out before it was too late.
Yes, I was using the chat pop-up window by clicking the icon in upper-right, and enabled “AI Commands” option in pop-up, and made sure I was chatting w/ teammate.
Other commands worked, like, “Tell me what resources you have” and “Delete this structure at flared location”. Just not the retreat.
In the end, I would like that to work. But I also wish there was one new AI command: “Stop attacking and don’t attack until I say it’s okay to again”, and “Only work on econ and defenses until I say otherwise”
I know there is “Wait for my signal to attack,” which I don’t know if works, or if it works once they’ve already started their offensive, but there really needs to be a way to tame overly zealous AI teammates. I rarely use an AI teammate because they are very eager to attack, attack, attack call of duty-style every time, which ruins the fun. I enjoy econ/defensive posture for a while. But by the time I want to rock and roll, my AI temmate has already whittled an enemy or all enemies down
They even ask me for resources to help fund their war machine that is already laying waste to the enemy quite handily, before I’ve launched my offensive, which is also a little annoying. I thought they were struggling, so I’d donate, only to find they were doing just fine