I need help!!

[chris1]

I Need help

Hi guys it did again, i have downloaded Knaus fix-mod so it may work know i will let you know.

do you know how to get a nation to conquer another nation on the same Island. I was getting annoyed that the most powerful on the island wasn't finishing them off as i was on blood lust mode. there was like only 3-4 cities left, so i ended up cheating and giving the nation loads of units to wipe them out. They were still at war. Actually this could have been why it crashed. it did it only 50 turns afterwards, i used the save file over file to get back on uncheat mode.

Doese anyone else give the other nations loads of units i find it to be quite challenging trying to stop mexicans attacking me with loads of Aircraft carriers.

[Tamerlin]

Hi Chris1,

As far as I am concerned I don't give AI civs any military units, I even encourage them to stay at war as they can not commit all their units against me when they are at war with each others.

When a strong AI civ is at war with a weaker one I give money (sometimes huge amounts), though I am not sure it uses it efficiently, and sometimes some advances to the weaker one.

If you want a more challenging game try Martin's GoodMod. I am myself playing the SAP2 at Very Hard difficulty level with the Updater2 (the story is different when the AI civs is updating its units) and I am about to try my twicked SAP2 with Martin's MG_BetterAI.slc.

[chris1]

thanks for the ideas

cheers i will look into the goodmod. I did find it quite frustrating when the AI wouldn't finish them off. it would have been so easy.


Have you ever been nuked? i have in total of about 6 0r 7 times.

I prefer deleting the enemies older units i.e pikeman etc and replacing them with infantryman etc.

[Tamerlin]

Re: thanks for the ideas

Originally posted by chris1
Have you ever been nuked? i have in total of about 6 0r 7 times.

No I have never been nuked, my priority is the science rate in order to become ahead of the AI civs as soon as possible, build the improvements protecting against nukes and then keep an eye on their science level. Though I am a rather peaceful player, I am swiftly dealing with the AI civs that are becoming a threat. My objective is to build as few military units as possible (which is only possible if you are ahead in Science) but to build the transports that will allow me to send my armies as quick as possible anywhere on the map.

[ahenobarb]

Re: thanks for the ideas

Originally posted by chris1
cheers i will look into the goodmod. I did find it quite frustrating when the AI wouldn't finish them off. it would have been so easy.


Have you ever been nuked? i have in total of about 6 0r 7 times.

I prefer deleting the enemies older units i.e pikeman etc and replacing them with infantryman etc.

The problem is that the AI is not agressive enough in the default game. Read this thread to fix it. Play around with the values to get an AI that behaves the way you want.

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=67249

Good luck

[The Big Mc]

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[The Big Mc]

I think there’s something in the default allows you to get the ai making units faster. When I tried a bit of slic the other day to get the ai to make more citys by giving them settlers I got a empire with about twenty cities.

[Martin Gühmann]

Originally posted by The Big Mc
I think there�s something in the default allows you to get the ai making units faster. When I tried a bit of slic the other day to get the ai to make more citys by giving them settlers I got a empire with about twenty cities.

Actual there is no slic needed to achieve this just increase the number of settlers the AI should build and increase the execution number of the settling goal in the strategies.txt.

-Martin

[Dale]

Martin/Big MC:

Remember ages ago when I was writing SAP2 I was trying to get the AI to make more cities and ended up with Civ3 AI empires? ICS galore!!! It was something like 30 cities by 0AD!

[chris1]

i have no problem with how many cites each nation builds if there warlike it won't matter, for example russia is currently killing the english.

However my problem is bugs mostly, for example the AI, never finishes off opponents so i do it for them. Some of the empires are automaticly useless. They never have mayors.

Old units still on the board are annoying i already know a knight is going to get slaughtered by a leviathon tank.

I quite like this game its just, most people agree as well, it has too many bugs and not enough gameplay. make it more realistic. It is already addictive enough i can't get enugh i spend hours all day and night on it.

Has anyone thought of doing something useful with the barbarians? for example have them attack your enemies etc...

[Tamerlin]

Chris1, you should try the Updater2 for the SAP2, with this mod you can update your units and the AI Civs update theirs.

[The Big Mc]

Has anyone thought of doing something useful with the barbarians? for example have them attack your enemies etc...

i had the idea of using the dino units some sort of point based scam where depending how many you killed you could save up and get the planes to improve ships (the ai having them form the start);

[Tamerlin]

The big Mc, what will you do with a game that would not allow you to use dinos?

I must admit the vision of a diplodocus piloting a plane is rather weird.

[The Big Mc]

what will you do with a game that would not allow you to use dinos?

what do you mean have you not seen my good days shooting thread.