Lysander's Darth Mod for EB comp with BI.exe?

[HistoryProf]

Anyone know if that'll work?

I'm using Eb8.1aV2 with BI.exe and would like to know how/if I can drop the latest (and where it is) Darth Mod AI

Merci!

[Watchman]

:hmmm:
Why wouldn't it ? Oh yeah, it seems to be some five threads down. Right above Thorlof's version actually.

[HistoryProf]

How did I miss that? Thanks Watchman, you're true to your name.

edit: Actually I had read those, but I still wasn't sure if it was kosher to drop any of them (darth, Sinuet (sp?), or lysander's) on BI.exe

L.M. said something about without BI, but being a old noobie...

I suck at the lingo, quite frankly.

[Watchman]

Far as I know there's no difference in between how the two .exes read the formation files... what now the BI one may be nominally smarter. Same syntax etc., after all.

[Ludens]

Too my knowledge BI uses the same formation files as R:TW. They may not work with BI-specific formations (shielwall, schiltrom), but I have had no trouble running these on EB-BI.

[Lysander13]

Yes you can use either adapted version of Darth or Sinuhet for EB with BI with no absolutely no problems. (I do it as well myself) The only thing of note as Ludens mentioned is the fact that the AI will not deploy nor during the course of battle use BI unit abilities..ie...shieldwall, schiltrom..etc..Which in my opinion it doesn't do affectively anyway so very little is lost as far as i'm concerned. Not to mention alot of the "heavies" in EB deploy with a pseudo-shield wall like formation anyway. Schiltrom were it is a nice formation and great against cavalry..it's also very immobile and the AI just doesn't use it well in my opinion when i toyed around with it. This of course doesn't prevent you as the player from using BI abilities presuming you have enabled your edu to do so in conjuction with using either adapted for EB version of Darth or Sinuhet AI. Watchman has an excellent mini-mod at the org if your interested in having a "BI enabled" edu that i happen to use as well...perhaps it's also in this sub-mod forum..i'm not sure. Thorloff has also uploaded a "BI" version of Sinuhet's AI. Although his version is a bit different than the original Sinuhet AI..he incorporates a little of Darth in his as well as adding some formations of his own i believe.

[Watchman]

Ehh, my 'mod's a wee bit dated (ie. not updated to 0.81v2, although I imagine the differences would actually be minimal) and I've had enough IRL concerns to not have done much on a new version, so I'm not quite sure if it can be heartily recommended...

[Lysander13]

Well, i seem to be using it just fine and i am using the current version of EB. Then again if i happen to use a mini-mod; i usually pick and choose what i want to use from it and install everything manually since i've heavily modded my own version. I don't quite recall if there were any conflicts with using yours with the new EB version but i know i am using it.....well most of it anyway.

Edit: For the sake of tidiness; if any mod happens to notice this thread...it should probably just be merged with the thread at the end of my sig.

[Watchman]

What the heck, you mean I've had a bad conscience for my lack of progress for nothing ?

[Lysander13]

:hmmm:....could be. I don't remember their being many conflicts between the new version and your mini-mod. Maybe the only conflict between the new version and the edu in your mini-mod was the Casse general fix??. I don't quite remember if you had this in your edu. But other than that i don't remember much that needed to be intergrated with the new version. Then again i am a rather forgetful chap...

[HistoryProf]

Thanks for the help. Is there a newest version? I have a very clean, new install and changed to BI.exe from the shortcut. I'm 'bout 10 turns into a new game, so I'd really like to experience the smarter AI.

Also, total noob, w/o much install experience, so the copying/deleting of stuff gives me the shivers. Is there a version that's easiest to install? If pressed, I'll do the file transferring (I might know what unzipping in to a folder entails... my wfe will, if I dare ask her!)

Thanks again!

Oh, just read your handy link. Seems manageable for one with my low level of skills. Merci!

[Lysander13]

Pardon...I should have said current version not new version and that was only relative to the exchange Watchman and i were having about his mini-mod. So feel free to use one of the Battle AI mods as of course they are for the current version of EB. As for installing...just follow the instructions friend; you'll find it's really simple and not nearly as complicated as it may seem.

[HistoryProf]

So far, so good. True: quite easy to install. Danke