posted on August 22nd, 2017, 4:40 am
yes, if the object is created through other means, the AI will still detect it and act accordingly. The AI won't use replaceweapons as an action, but the replacementinstantAI command will activate and replace the object, and replacementinstantdelay will delay it a little.
A quick example of this would be, in Tryptic's Mod I have a few ships that automatically replace themselves after being built, but I use replacementinstantdelay so that the ship will travel out of the yard before it replaces, instead of replacing in the yard which will cause it to "teleport" out.