Strange CAI Issue

**RuleBritannia** · December 04, 2010, 01:48 PM

I've noticed many AI troops haven't seen combat, but have multiple chevrons.

Known glitch?

**Thotiate** · December 04, 2010, 02:14 PM

I don't think it's a glitch. I'm pretty sure certain buildings etc give chevrons to units like military academy, because they have better training.

**RuleBritannia** · December 04, 2010, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by Thotiate

I don't think it's a glitch. I'm pretty sure certain buildings etc give chevrons to units like military academy, because they have better training.

How do you build Military Academies? I've never seen them.

**Thotiate** · December 04, 2010, 05:42 PM

Erm..it might be called something different that's just what I seem to recall it being called, but it's a high tier building for huge cities. I think.

**Raygereio** · December 04, 2010, 05:54 PM

Isn't that just the AI getting a bonus?

**SirRobin** · December 04, 2010, 06:00 PM

Maybe they saw combat but were retrained?

Or were part of a crusading army?

**Maltacus** · December 04, 2010, 06:04 PM

I've noticed many AI troops haven't seen combat, but have multiple chevrons.

Known glitch?

Not a glitch, it is part of the ai bonuses/ai cheating in SS.

Isn't that just the AI getting a bonus?

Yes, bonuses only apply to the ai unless it is a guild or something, that specifically says it is for everyone.

Several buildings have bonuses tied to the ai, like order and unit experience. If you want a detailed list, have alook at the export_description_buildings.txt file in the data folder. It is quite large though, and not so easy to read in the beginning.

**RuleBritannia** · December 04, 2010, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by Maltacus

Not a glitch, it is part of the ai bonuses/ai cheating in SS.

Maye, maybe not. It's not for ALL units, only for some, so it's probably a matter of retraining/combat/military academies, not bonuses.

**JorisofHolland** · December 05, 2010, 05:48 AM

Originally Posted by Maltacus

Not a glitch, it is part of the ai bonuses/ai cheating in SS.

Yes, bonuses only apply to the ai unless it is a guild or something, that specifically says it is for everyone.

Several buildings have bonuses tied to the ai, like order and unit experience. If you want a detailed list, have alook at the export_description_buildings.txt file in the data folder. It is quite large though, and not so easy to read in the beginning.

It's export_descr_buildings.txt.

**SoCCo** · December 05, 2010, 02:33 AM

maybe those units are retrained. maybe the ai defeated rebels armies or towns and retrained those units. i usually build a stack of 10+ units and use it in all battles, that's my core army ( at the begining ). i retrain all of them and when wars with other nations start i usually have a backbone of 10-15 formations with 6+ exp. what i can't make up in numbers i make in quality. have you ever won a battle when the force ratio was 4/1 in favour of AI and a single charge of 2-4 heavy cavalery changed the whole history just because they had lvl 6-7 in exp and they simply crushed the enemy infantery from flanks/back ?

**SirRobin** · December 05, 2010, 06:35 AM

Originally Posted by SoCCo

have you ever won a battle when the force ratio was 4/1 in favour of AI and a single charge of 2-4 heavy cavalery changed the whole history just because they had lvl 6-7 in exp and they simply crushed the enemy infantery from flanks/back ?

No, I usually just change history by charging the enemy back/flanks with basic mounted sergeants.