Tougher AI Generals:

[DrJambo]

As requested, here's a trait to make tougher AI generals:

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Trait AIGeneral
Characters family
Hidden
AntiTraits AIGenerala

Level AIGeneral
Description AIGeneral_desc
EffectsDescription AIGeneral_effects_desc
Threshold 1

Effect Command 2
Effect MovementPoints 2
Effect LineOfSight 2
Effect HitPoints 2
Effect Fertility 2


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Trait AIGenerala
Characters family
Hidden
AntiTraits AIGeneral

Level AIGeneral
Description AIGenerala_desc
EffectsDescription AIGenerala_effects_desc
Threshold 1

And here are the necessary triggers:

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Trigger AIGeneral01
WhenToTest CharacterTurnStart

Condition not CharacterIsLocal
and Trait AIGeneral < 1

Affects AIGeneral 1 Chance 100
Affects NightBattleCapable 1 Chance 5

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Trigger AIGeneral02
WhenToTest CharacterTurnStart

Condition CharacterIsLocal
and Trait AIGeneral > 0

Affects AIGenerala 1 Chance 100

This will activate for existing AI generals I think the turn after the 1st. If you want to them to have the trait on the 1st turn, which can be handy for their first moves, then you'll need to actually give them the trait in the descr_strat. It's advisable to give all family members in the descr_strat the fertility trait anyway, particularly if you're running 0.5 years per turn!

Here's a link to a thread I created about this eons ago: Tough AI generals

However, the trait I've posted in this thread is much more refined and the one I still use.

Hope this helps.

DrJ

[DrJambo]

You might want to remove 'Hidden', so you can see if the traits still working correctly. If the removing hidden doesn't do anything, then you can just count the command stars and check that your AI generals in-game do actually have two more stars than normal.

[Dave Scarface]

Big thanks to you Jambo, this was the last thing I needed to make the AI as good as I can possibly get it +rep

Dave

[Dave Scarface]

Is this how I would add the fertility trait in for my generals? sorry to ask you this as well lol.

character John, named character, male, heir, age 22, x 189, y 261
traits Factionheir 1 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 1 , PoliticsSkill 2 , GoodCommander 2 , BattleDread 1 , ReligionStarter 1, Fertility 1,

And I also added this here like your other thread suggests:

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Trait Disloyal
Characters family
NoGoingBackLevel 3
AntiTraits Loyal gAIGeneral



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Trait Disloyal
Characters family
NoGoingBackLevel 3
AntiTraits Loyal, Upright

Level Speaks_of_Loyalty
Description Speaks_of_Loyalty_desc
EffectsDescription Speaks_of_Loyalty_effects_desc
Threshold 1

Effect Loyalty -1

Level Mixed_Loyalties
Description Mixed_Loyalties_desc
EffectsDescription Mixed_Loyalties_effects_desc
Threshold 2

Effect Chivalry -1
Effect Loyalty -2

Level Disloyal
Description Disloyal_desc
EffectsDescription Disloyal_effects_desc
Threshold 3

Effect Chivalry -2
Effect Loyalty -3

Level Actively_Disloyal
Description Actively_Disloyal_desc
EffectsDescription Actively_Disloyal_effects_desc
Threshold 4

Effect Chivalry -3
Effect Loyalty -4


Ah well I'm off to play the new patch again coughs* I mean test it.. sorry Blackader I know that was a bad joke haha, not long now..

Dave

[DrJambo]

Happy to help Dave.

I'm not sure you actually need the Disloyal antitrait anymore with the newer version of the AIGeneral trait, but I'd test it either way just to make sure.

Fertility is an effect of a trait, not a trait in itself. To have this for Generals in descr_strat, you need to use the actual trait and the level of the trait, for example:

character John, named character, male, heir, age 22, x 189, y 261
traits Factionheir 1 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 1 , PoliticsSkill 2 , GoodCommander 2 , BattleDread 1 , ReligionStarter 1, Fertile 3

The trait is 'Fertile' and the number after it in descr_strat is the level of the trait. From the traits file, you'll notice that Fertile has 3 levels like so:

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Trait Fertile
Characters family
NoGoingBackLevel 2
AntiTraits Inbred, Infertile

Level Virile
Description Virile_desc
EffectsDescription Virile_effects_desc
Threshold 1

Effect Fertility 1

Level Fertile
Description Fertile_desc
EffectsDescription Fertile_effects_desc
Threshold 2

Effect Fertility 2

Level Prolific
Description Prolific_desc
EffectsDescription Prolific_effects_desc
Threshold 4

Effect Fertility 3



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Good luck.

[Dave Scarface]

@DrJambo,

Just to let you know I've added Fertile 2 to every general in the descr_strat.txt. As I didn't want to over do it to much, thanks.

Dave