Proof I REALLY need a life

[thorn is]

Ok for the past while I was screwing around with the AI configurations (I used to do that a lot on Atilia Reloaded's mod) to see if i could improve the AI.. make them act more like they did historically and see if i could well just improve how the AI runs their campaigns.
After some fequent tests (letting the AI more or less play) I think I settled on something that is actually quite good... the Huns come charging out of the east with massive fury... the roman rebels make things "interesting"... are the bandits and slaves are more aggressive... may still need some improvement...but I'm enjoying how my campaigns are going... so I thought I would share the settings... try it out... let me know what you think

Huns
trader
genghis

Goths
bureaucrat
stalin

sarmatians
fortified
stalin

vantals
religious
caesar

franks
religious
napoleon

saxons
balanced
napoleon

alemanni
fortified
stalin

celts (picts)
fortified
mao

roxolani (bosorpan)
comfortable
napoleon

ostrogoths (quaddi germanic tribes)
religious
stalin

romano-british (celtic uprising)
fortified
ceasar

slavs
bureaucrat
henry

burgandii (vikings)
sailor
genghis

lombardi
bureaucrat
napoleon

sassanids
balanced
napoleon

berbers
balanced
caesar

empire east
bureaucrat
mao

empire west
bureaucrat
napoleon

empire east rebels
fortified
stalin

empire west rebels
fortified
caesar

slaves
bureaucrat
caesar

[vlad]

These control a set of AI production personalities, which contribute a bias towards building and training (but not retraining or repairing). This bias is fairly small compared to game-generated factors such as "the enemy is attacking me with lots of cavalry, build me some spearmen". Explaining the weighting system which drives the production AI in full is beyond the scope of this document as it would take several days to write.

So in short, the building construction personalities are these:

balanced - biasses towards growth, taxable income, trade level bonusses (roads), walls and xp bonus buildings

religious - biasses towards growth, loyalty, taxable income, farming, walls and law

trader - biasses towards growth, trade level, trade base, weapon upgrades, games, races and xp bonus buildings

comfort - biasses towards growth, farming, games, races, xp bonus and happiness

bureaucrat - biasses towards taxable income, growth, pop health, trade, walls, improved bodyguards and law

craftsman - biasses towards walls, races, taxable income, weapon upgrades, xp bonusses, mines, health and growth

sailor - biasses towards sea trade, taxable income, walls, growth, trade

fortified - biasses towards walls, taxable income, growth, loyalty, defenses, bodyguards and law

These biasses are towards building properties, rather than buildings themselves. The game does not know what a "Blacksmith" is, for example, it only knows that it is a building which provides a weapon upgrade, and hence a Craftsman AI would be more likely to build it than another AI personality type.

These are then combined with a troop production personality, as follows:

smith - exactly level

mao - biased towards mass troops, light infantry

genghis - biased towards missile cavalry and light cavalry

stalin - biased towards heavy infantry, mass troops and artillery

napoleon - biased towards a mix of light and heavy infantry, light cavalry

henry - biased towards heavy and light cavalry, missile infantry

caesar - biased towards heavy infantry, light cavalry, siege artillery

[vlad]

i think best combination for barbarians: craftsman napoleon, or craftsman mao
nomad: bureaucrat henry
roman :bureaucrat napoleon

[thorn is]

I knew all the settings except for craftsman
Ill look into that one
The settings I have right now are working like amazing - but I think ill start experimenting with craftsman - Thanks

[jaklei]

so, how do i add this into my game?

[vlad]

so, how do i add this into my game?

now in game

barbarians: craftsman napoleon, or craftsman mao
nomad: bureaucrat henry
roman :bureaucrat napoleon

[thorn is]

if you ever want to screw around with it... i dont make the huns all passive and teddy bear like - dont know why you want to do that though.

its in bi/data/maps/base/ desc_strat
you could also change each map - with maps/campaign and maps/mangus


at the start of every faction name it says faction : the name - then two descriptions

there are a bounch of good tuturials hanging around
be SURE to back up everything though before you start screwing around
other wise you may screw somehting up and either have to reinstall or wait for the new patch