Best ai for realism

**muffinhead** · January 09, 2009, 06:21 PM

Sorry guys, i get the feeling that this has been asked about a dozen times before, but i couldnt find anything when i used the search.

Im looking for a campaign ai that would be most realistic. I have ss 6.1 with supply thing off and whatever ai is default on it (i got it a long time ago, the 6.1 patch w/ the ai, so i dont know if it was changed between then and now). Im looking for a few things in particular:

1. Realistic alliance system- when 2 (or more) factions become good allies, they stay good allies for some time, and maybe are a little more open to demands and offers.

2. Allies coming to your rescue- if you are fighting someone, then your allies will come to your aid, like the defensive alliance system in Imperial Glory.

3. If i do wage war on a faction, than his allies will aggressively come to his aid (much like my allies would if i were attacked).

4. General pathing fixes- if i cant go into his territory, than he shouldnt be allowed to keep a stack in mine.

Now, i know this is very demanding, and i would be hard pressed to find something utterly perfect (please, correct me if im wrong) but what im really looking for is something closest to this.

**lordextra0** · January 09, 2009, 06:55 PM

graculs ai is the closes you are going to get to you wishes
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=204562
new rr/rc also contains it

**muffinhead** · January 09, 2009, 10:17 PM

i love RC, but ive always been too afraid to try out rr. is it hard to get used to or do u get used to it pretty quickly?

also, i heard there were some anoying bugs in graculs (don't get me wrong, i do hear its a great mod) any chance they are getting worked out?

**nostradamouse** · January 09, 2009, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by muffinhead

i love RC, but ive always been too afraid to try out rr. is it hard to get used to or do u get used to it pretty quickly?

also, i heard there were some anoying bugs in graculs (don't get me wrong, i do hear its a great mod) any chance they are getting worked out?

Well, if you have fun like me having pure spearmen armies until you hit the 13th century... It really rocks.

Like you only get the units when they were supposed to arrive.

**lordextra0** · January 10, 2009, 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by muffinhead

i love RC, but ive always been too afraid to try out rr. is it hard to get used to or do u get used to it pretty quickly?

also, i heard there were some anoying bugs in graculs (don't get me wrong, i do hear its a great mod) any chance they are getting worked out?

graculs has less bugs than SS 6.1
I got used to RR immeadeately
basically it stops you from recruiting too advanced units before they historically appeared also add area of recruitment for local type units
and generally more realistic recruitment
also applies to AI

**muffinhead** · January 10, 2009, 10:23 AM

hmmm, unfortunately im not the kind of guy that likes pure spearmen armies. maybe ill try it out. is there an option to include it with graculs ?

**nostradamouse** · January 10, 2009, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by muffinhead

hmmm, unfortunately im not the kind of guy that likes pure spearmen armies. maybe ill try it out. is there an option to include it with graculs ?

Strangely, those battles are real fun. Think about it, once you meet equal sized armies, it purely becomes a chess game. If you are able to manage it, you know your strategies are sound.