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This is a program to edit the AI of the Red Alert 2 and Tiberian Sun computer games. To use it you have to extract the rules.ini and ai.ini files first.

The AI configuration file describes a set of rules that trigger the computer to build groups of units that behave according to a script. The AI is relatively simple to design and consists of four basic building blocks:

• Task Force: This is your group of units.
• Script: This describes the actions a Task Force will undertake to complete its mission.
• Team: Combines Task Force and Script with some additional behavioral flags.
• Trigger: Describes under which circumstances a Team will be created (triggered).

To understand how these are used it is best to read the included AI Guide and to study RA2's or TS's AI.

Link: https://github.com/askeladdk/aiedit

• Re-arranged and text aligned for the sort columns.
• Added TeamType House column again.
• Fixed width for column's attributes removed.
• Default width of left panel columns made compatible with both 100% and 125% DPI scaling.

• Removed House column from TeamTypes tab as it is not all that useful.
• Added IsBaseDefense column to TeamTypes tab.
• Added Initial Weight column to TriggerTypes tab.
• Columns except for the Name column have fixed width.
• Increased screen real estate by broadening form width.

• Added columns showing House, Max and Priority to Team Types tab.
• Added columns showing Side, Tech Level, Easy, Medium and Hard to Trigger Types tab.

• Script action's UI number field's max value raised to 6-digits. (by E1 Elite)

• Double click on boolean fields to toggle their values.
• AITrigger UI fields re-ordered for better readability.
• Script action types from config file is now parsed based on its ID instead of its array index. (by E1 Elite)
• YR config file updated with Ares script action additions of IDs from 65 to 70 (by E1 Elite)

• TS config file fix of veteran level and removed unused AITrigger condition choices
• Skipped across list duplicate ID check for AITrigger IDs as vanilla TS has such
• Added version number to application title text
• Updated the AIGuide for script action Attack TargetType (0,n)

• Reverted back non-essential changes in the form designer file.

• Fixed additional number of duplicate messages on reloading INI files.

• Added AI Guide for offline reference.
• Removed the usage of [AIEdit] section for ID generation.
• Provided StartIndex, IDPrefix and IDSuffix fields in config file for customizing IDs.
• Config files updated for corrections and for ID related fields.
• Added duplicate ID check across lists in AI ini.
• Parsing exception message box will now close the application.

• Avoid creating duplicate IDs even if [AIEdit] section is deleted from AI ini.

• TeamType fields of Max/Priority/Techlevel now allows negative numbers.

• Script action's parameters now allow negative numbers wherever needed.
• Script actions 53, 54 and 55 now has editable parameters for YR (config\yr.ini).

• Added an error message with faulty ID before throwing an exception while parsing AI ini.

• Application path is used to compute the full path of config files.

• Changed the wording of the error log messages to be more consistent.
• Updated to ObjectListView 2.9.10.

• Crash fix, Script Type/Task Force need not have entries in sequence like Name first or Group last.
• Crash fix, Techno Types can have negative cost in rules.
• Bug fix, AITrigger Techno Type entries won't be replaced with another technotype ID if any Techno Type Name falls before in sorting.
• More log info for possible errors, also duplicate cases logged from rules to certain extent.
• Additional side placeholder entries in config files, just in case user forgets to edit them when having additional sides.

• Techno Type name is appended with its ID.

• Fixed bug where the last Task Force entry would be swallowed if the Group tag was missing.
• Names are trimmed when new object is created.
• Duplicate AI object entries will be logged (they are harmless).
• Larger text field for renaming.

• Added error log.
• Reference counts are decremented when an AI object is deleted.
• Names and .ini key/value pairs are trimmed.
• Default values for missing tags rather than crashing.
• Can copy AI objects.
• Can double click on AI object reference to jump to it's definition.
• Seperate config for RA2 and YR.
• Inserting script action when nothing is selected appends to end of list.
• Bug fixes.

• Rewrote the entire program!
• Cleaned up user interface.
• Autodetects RA2 and TS modes.
• Now loads all AI files regardless of how the sections are ordered.
• Sorted lists for easy searching and organising.
• AI type references are tracked and you can see what they are used by (right click -> Use Info).
• Added keyboard shortcuts for most actions.
• Now distributed under ISC license.