In a normal Strategy game ... like Civilization 4.... whats the difficulty and duration to develop a AI for 1 person? and for a team of programmers?

The reason I ask is I would like to know what ahead of us for Supremacy. And to see if I can assist in the process (have a little coding experience)

Welcome to the forums JeanAllTrekkie.
Thanks for the offer and we are always looking for quality coders. Send a private message to user mstrobel. Mike is the programmer. I would help myself but have to learn from scratch. I would do more harm than good. You really have to know what you are doing.

Hey Jean, welcome to the forums!

Kenneth is correct, Mike is the game programmer and is pretty much working on his own. We've had a number of offers to help on the forums, but to my knowledge, nothing has come of them. I might be wrong though. Since he's working on his own though, it means Mike's got a million-and-one things to do on the game, so AI development will unfortunately be slow. If you can offer any help, it will be gladly accepted.

What code is Star Trek Supremacy written in... so I can start learning the language.

Will the AI Be programmed in the same language?

Lastly has the AI been started yet?

Send a private message to user mstrobel. He is our coder and does it for a living. If you can code at a professional level you can help. If not it could do more damage than good.