Wars scripted?

[Basileos Leandros I]

I have the odd feeling the wars between factions are somewhat scripted.

Start a M(battle)/VH campaign with Spain and in probably the 5th or 6th turn the following things happen:

- Prussia VS Austria
- Poland Lithuania VS Russia

After 2 turns, Great Britain declares war on you, and Morocco the same.


I started a campaign three times with Spain, and continued at least 10 turns on each, EVERY TIME, this happened.

Scripted?

[fishfood]

I don't think it's scripted per se, but the AI will does respond to the same conditions the same way each time, as far as I can tell. Have you tried changing the conditions of the Russia - PL relationship or Prussia - Austria relationship?

One thing is that all regions have victory conditions that they have to try and fulfill, which leads to repetitive campaigning. I am not a fan.

[Graphic]

No scripts, its just that certain factions really want certain provinces and need to expand.

Prussia really wants West Prussia and Silesia and they're really tiny, so what happens? They usually end up at war with most of central/east Europe.

Russia really wants Crimea and Ingria. What happens? You know.

But there's always variations that do occur. It's not etched in stone. (Poland and Russia usually stay friends in all my campaigns).

[Aeneas Veneratio]

The Russians need all of the Poland-Lithuanian start-out provinces to fullfil their goals, which usually leads to a war against the two.

[Humble Warrior]

I have the odd feeling the wars between factions are somewhat scripted.

Start a M(battle)/VH campaign with Spain and in probably the 5th or 6th turn the following things happen:

- Prussia VS Austria
- Poland Lithuania VS Russia

After 2 turns, Great Britain declares war on you, and Morocco the same.


I started a campaign three times with Spain, and continued at least 10 turns on each, EVERY TIME, this happened.

Scripted?

You need to test this at least 5 times before you can even begin to say it`s scripted. 3 times is quite normal for a random-unscripted event to happen. Then write down each result, turn, event, exact campaign situation (including what YOU did), each time to be sure. You need to be more thorough in tests.

[Tim_Ward]

*Every* GB campaign I've played Huron declares war, and the Iroquois declare war on the 13 colonies within a few turns.

I do believe that this is the AI responding to the same conditions the same way each time, rather than scripting.

In fact, if you could be bothered you could test this:

Start a game as GB: offer the Huron Moose Factory and hit end turn. I'll bet there's no DoW.

[The Gallant Forty-Twa]

Sorry Tim. I got a DoW.
Only kidding.

[Tim_Ward]

Bast!