[SUBMOD] TROM alternative prestige campaign plus full AI mod

**Yarkis de Bodemloze** · December 20, 2009, 03:54 AM

A small mod I did for my own TROM 1.66 game. Just replace the startpos.esf file in data/campaign/main of your TROM installation with this one. Be shure to make a backup of the original TROM startpos file in case you don't like the mod.

Changes:

- Removed all regions with the exception of the original capital regions as victory conditions in the prestige campaign.
- All minor nations run with full AI now in ALL campaign modes. This should make their actions more interesting and gameplay more varied.

Cheers

Yarkis

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**moopere** · December 20, 2009, 04:38 AM

Hmm. This sounds interesting. For those, like me, who didn't know that minor nations used a different AI than major nations can you give a brief idea of what this really means in-game? Anything I'll notice right away? Seems like this mini mod would be a good idea when used with the MP campaign too.

Moopere

**Yarkis de Bodemloze** · December 20, 2009, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by moopere

Hmm. This sounds interesting. For those, like me, who didn't know that minor nations used a different AI than major nations can you give a brief idea of what this really means in-game? Anything I'll notice right away? Seems like this mini mod would be a good idea when used with the MP campaign too.

Moopere

Honestly I don't know. In vanilla ETW minor nations all run with the so called maintenance AI. I guess that this AI is somewhat restricted, but it's difficult to test that. Anyway, I don't see any detrimental effects with changing the AI to full.

**moopere** · December 20, 2009, 10:23 AM

Certainly sounds like the right way to go. Its a bit of a worry though if its hard or even impossible to tell the difference between full AI and less than full AI (maintenance). If they both tend to act stupidly then I guess being a smart box of hammers isn't really much better than being a dumb box of hammers hehehe.

Moopere

**Sol Invictus** · December 20, 2009, 01:54 PM

Ah nice. I always play Prestige and I never really liked having to create the Second Reich when playing Prussia as well as silly stuff with the other factions.

**Johan217** · December 21, 2009, 02:56 AM

Thanks, Yarkis, saves me the work!

I'm wondering if this should be included as standard in TROM? Maybe not the faction AI, but at least the victory conditions?

**Sol Invictus** · December 21, 2009, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Johan217

Thanks, Yarkis, saves me the work!

I'm wondering if this should be included as standard in TROM? Maybe not the faction AI, but at least the victory conditions?

Most definitely Johan. I haven't tried this little mod yet but I am a bit concerned about changing the Minor Faction AI. I do like the other change though very much.

**Yarkis de Bodemloze** · December 21, 2009, 10:39 AM

I played more then 80 turns with the full AI for minors and I see no sideeffects. Don't be shy...

**Sol Invictus** · December 21, 2009, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Yarkis

I played more then 80 turns with the full AI for minors and I see no sideeffects. Don't be shy...

Good to hear.

My concern is that the Minors will act overly aggressive and Wurtemberg and Bavaria will be constantly trying to conquer Majors.

**Yarkis de Bodemloze** · December 21, 2009, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Sol Invictus

Good to hear.

My concern is that the Minors will act overly aggressive and Wurtemberg and Bavaria will be constantly trying to conquer Majors.

Well, in one of my two games Hannover conquered Westphalia and Bavaria, but that was because they entered wars as my ally. And my hope with changing Minors to full AI was actually that the play more resonable. But we need more testers to find that out.

**Sol Invictus** · December 21, 2009, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by Yarkis

Well, in one of my two games Hannover conquered Westphalia and Bavaria, but that was because they entered wars as my ally. And my hope with changing Minors to full AI was actually that the play more resonable. But we need more testers to find that out.

Ok you have convinced me to dive in but the fast approaching holiday will bring warfare to a complete halt for a bit.