SUGGESTION: AI troop building algorithm

[Arralen]

I think this should fix most issues with the AI troopbuilding.
I dunno how squad assembly or troop gathering from provinces work, so maybe this has to be tweaked accordingly.

Could anyone else than me use this algorithm in a test game to see if it works out? Could be that I'm quite biased and don't see obvious weeknesses...

for call buildcastle go here BUILDCASTLE

code:

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0)  IF ERMOR(Ash, soul)OR PANGAEA(CarrWoods) GOTO 2)

    CALL BUILDCASTLE     



    IF (availablemoney) STILL >400 

        BUILD lab where's a special commander(mage) to build

    IF (numberofprovinces)>(numberofcastles)*4

     AND   ((turnnumber)-(numberofcastles)*10)*10%=true SAVEMONEYTURN=true



1)  Build troops at castles in following order

     - most expensive mage commander (max. 1/2 of available money)

     - assassin/spy/bard etc. IF ((turnnumber)-5)*10%=true

     - priest w/o magic IF (turnnumber)*3<(numberofpriests)

     - most heavily armed commander IF (turnnumber)>5

     - scout



     - holy troop IF (bless effect)=true

     - heavy troopsress)>14 with (strat move)>1, best move first IF 2 pieces possible

     - heavy troopsress)>14 IF 3 pieces

     - medium troops: (ress)>11 IF 3 pieces

     - archers: IF Long-/Compound Bow

     - light troops: (ress)>7 IF 3 pieces

     - fill with light archers

     [if there are multiple troops that fit a condition, mix equally]

     [bless effect=true IF 3 pathes @4 OR 1@6/1@4 OR 1@9 or better]



2)  Build special troops

     - special commanders IF mage

       OR

       IF special troops ARE undead, amphibic, flyers

     - build as many special troops as ressources, (availablemoney)/2, (commandvalue) allows

 

3)  Build patrols at province w/o castle and less than 20 troops on patrol

     IF borders enemy prov.

      OR has lab, but no castle

      OR has only 2 land neighbours

      OR has 3 neighbours, but only 1 owned

     

     THAN BUILD

     - most mobile commander IF (troopnumber)>(commandvalue)

     - highest movement[for patrol]

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edited:
if you have trouble deciphering the "code" part, use the font size option of your browser. There's no way I could fiddle with it using the BB code here...
***!!, *URL* tag doesn't work within *code* tag, so I had to put the URL for the castle buildind algorithm seperatly

[ April 16, 2004, 06:45: Message edited by: Arralen ]