AI created general

[Janus2]

Hi,


I've recently modified the campaign_script so that Lilibeo has city barracks instead of milita barracks (one level up). This to make the battle for sicily a bit harder when playing romani (more variety and better units). However when I play a new campaign, the AI seems to create a general for the army there (I believe it happens in the second turn).

Which is nice, except that with the general carthage attacks almost immediately syracuse or sometimes messana (270 bc), which was not the idea, since the first punic war didnt begin till 264 bc. (most of all I'm not ready yet )

Does anyone have any ideas how this is created and if it can be removed ?

The strange part is, that even when I revert back to militia barracks, the AI still creates the general :hmmm:

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

I believe there is always a general in that town. Or are you refering to Xanthippos?

[Janus2]

No not Xanthippos. And yes there is Hamalcar in Lilibeo itself.

In the first turn the AI takes half the army in Lilibeo out of the city and puts them next to the town, the following turn he creates a general out of the blue for that army..

Is this somehow due to the script or is it hardcoded AI behaviour ?

[Janus2]

I've posted some screenshots to explain what I mean exactly :

After the first turn there is an army without a general :

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Second turn there is an army with a general:

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detail of general :

Attachment 7473

It seems just to create a random general without any reason.. and always with two fixed traits (20 years old and blooded)

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Oh, that's just something that the AI can do. They can trigger 'man of the hour' events without fighting any battles. If they are low on family members, they will sometimes just have a captain promoted to a family member. It's just something programmed into RTW so that factions don't die off too often due to lack of family members.

[chenkai11]

How come the AI carthaginian already have the African Bush Elephants at Sicily from the start? I only got African forest elephants during my carthage campaign. And you need MIC 5 to get it.