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The AI seems to unlock upgrades which add slot items or certain modifiers regularly. They somehow evaluate the value based on the actions inside. I once had an upgrade that changed the weapon which they did not unlock, but after changing that to add weapon they did buy it. It depends on your upgrade if this is possible.
Another way to increase the value is in ai_economy and in army.
ai_economy has a list 'upgrades' for entity and squad upgrades, there is a separate list 'player_upgrades' for global upgrades. Set the utility to 1000 to give a high priority.
In army there is the 'unlocking_upgrade_list' list for player/global upgrades. The combination with 'unlocked_building' can encourage the AI to unlock it. For example, I use the hq entity for several upgrades which seems to have a high priority, while the bunker entity does nothing. This is try on error.
I put important tech upgrades in all possible locations and they now use them perfectly. However, I am still not sure which location has the most effect.
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