Tessellate 1.3 Version.
June 2005
For SEIV Deluxe and SEIV Gold 1.91

Shipset Readme.
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This great shipset was created by Gryphin (gryphin@windingstream.com).

Credits
mlmbd - Training in use of Doga L2
mlmbd - Rendering of ships in Doga L3



AI Readme.
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Version 1.3
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- Changed the Satellite Layer designes.
- Updates into the Construction_Facility file.


Version 1.2
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- The Empire design was optimized.
- More tweaks in the ship designes.


Version 1.1
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- Fixed some mistakes into the general.txt file.
- Some Ship Design changes.

	
Version 1.0
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This version have several improvements over the Beta 2.0 Version.

- In the late game, the Tessellate will use BaseShips as Attack Ships! 
  Think I'm the first using this kind of attack ships for AIs in the unmoded game. The Tessellate Beta 2.0 version 
  used BA for Troop Transports, and during the AI Death Match 2 discovered that the Orks used BA Carriers... but think 
  nobody else used yet, BA for attack ships.
  Because the Tessellate's BA use all the potential of the Cristallurgy racial trait, the BA ships are not so expensive
  and the AI can build them fairly fast (or at least, in similar times that need to build a DN ship).

- The Tessellate will research more fast.

- Included Race Description based in the United Flora (Thanks Rollo and Henk!).

- Many tweaks into the AI_Construction_Facilities.txt file.

- Many tweaks into the AI_Research.txt file.

- Included some lines, to help something to avoid the "Colony" bug problem.


Why I did the Tessellate
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I was very impressed by the great and original AI that Rollo did for the United Flora. And believed that some of their great 
ideas, could be adapted to build a Cristallurgy + Religious race (instead the Organic + Religious).
Then, although the basics ideas to do this AI were not original, think could be interesting to have a Crystallurgy race that
could bring some kind of challenge for the human player.

It was optimized to play with at least "low bonus", because like all the "combo" races will need some time to use their
potential. If you play withouth bonus, the AI will have hard problems to offer a decent challenge.


AI PERFORMANCE
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2nd Place in the AI Death Match 2.
1st Place in the AI Death Match 3.


Thanks
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- To Gryphin. I really love this shipset.
- To Rollo. Yea, he inspired my work!
- To MM and Shrapnel games, of course.


Contact
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Please send me suggestions and/or bugs to pereyraj@montevideo.com.uy


Master Belisarius