ok listen up, this is how to play a "skirmish". First, you have to save a replay. then you watch it and wait until you actually want to play. pick what view you want to be from. and save it. then load it up and you can actually play as that race :) well good luck and i hope this helps all of you guys out there who want to see what all the buidings look like.
but does the computer play against you???
No...:(
there is no computer AI for skirmish/random map mode so the computer doesnt play aganist u