How does the AI reuse players ship designs ?

I´ve read somewhere that the AI can reuse the players ship design but I have never, ever seen that happen. Does anyone know if it works ? I am talking about the original GalCiv 2 here....

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Hmm, as far as I know, AI can use your ships if they have the tech for that and it's better than others.

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Have anyone actually seen the AI use a ship name you have invented ? I have never seen it. I would be extremely nice to see the AI use those againt the player....

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That would be indeed interesting to fight my own designs. I wonder what would happen to deleted designs, too - I often delete some depending on tech development since I hate to clog up my shipyard with designs I won't use.

Could the AI use a design I scrapped a few turns ago ? (it should be able to regardless if it uses player designs I'd guess).

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I've never seen the AI build ships even close to what I designed. 

The only thing I've seen the AI pick up from me has been planet design.  If I build a bunch of planets a certain way, the AI will sometimes copy the layout and order that I built them. I can build over 10,000 identical ships and the AI won't copy them though.

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If I build a bunch of planets a certain way, the AI will sometimes copy the layout and order that I built them.
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Fascinating. Were you seeing that before the spy units came into the game?

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Quoting GW, reply 5


Fascinating. Were you seeing that before the spy units came into the game?
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Do you mean before DA?  No, I never noticed them copying my planets in DL.  Maybe the spy units have something to do with it.

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Maybe the spy units have something to do with it.
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It sounds like the computer is using a banked spy unit to scan your empire, which is sweet if it's true. I've had some sympathy with folks who talk about the "cheese" factor of looking at a planet in spy placement mode without actually placing a spy. But if the computer is doing it also, well, then it comes down to whether you can tell yourself an acceptable story about how that "really" works.