Make easy difficulty AIs get 25% less power from derricks. Not sure i…

…f this is enough penalty. All players start with 1000 power, down from 2000, to make tower rushing less overpowered. Not sure if this is too little power.
Warzone2100 · Dec 12, 2012 · ba592d6 · ba592d6
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diff --git a/data/mp/multiplay/skirmish/rules.js b/data/mp/multiplay/skirmish/rules.js
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ function eventGameInit()
 		{
 			setPowerModifier(200, playnum);
 		}
+		else if (playerData[playnum].difficulty == EASY)
+		{
+			setPowerModifier(75, playnum);
+		}
 
 		setDroidLimit(playnum, 150, DROID_ANY);
 		setDroidLimit(playnum, 10, DROID_COMMAND);
@@ -113,7 +117,8 @@ function eventGameInit()
 		makeComponentAvailable("CyborgSpade", playnum);
 		makeComponentAvailable("CyborgRepair", playnum);
 
-		setPower(2000, playnum);
+		// set starting power for players
+		setPower(1000, playnum);
 
 		if (baseType == CAMP_CLEAN)
 		{

diff --git a/src/multiint.cpp b/src/multiint.cpp
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ static void addDifficultyChooser(int player)
 		sButInit.pTip = NULL;
 		switch (i)
 		{
-		case 0: sButInit.pTip = _("Less aggressive"); break;
+		case 0: sButInit.pTip = _("Starts disadvantaged"); break;
 		case 1: sButInit.pTip = _("Plays nice"); break;
 		case 2: sButInit.pTip = _("No holds barred"); break;
 		case 3: sButInit.pTip = _("Starts with advantages"); break;