Request: Buffing the AI midgame

Sombre · #1 March 13th, 2007, 10:41 PM

Well you can give them crazy powerful units by simply turning one unit they've built a lot of into a much more powerful one. For example unit number 11111 (let's say they're playing Ulm, you want to turn ulm infantry into black templars or something) gets #copystats 2222222 #copyspr 22222222 or whatever. I'm fairly sure the changes will take place to units that have already been built (I know the sprite will, not sure about stats).

The way to add gem, resource and gold income midgame is to select a magic site you know belongs to the enemy nation (like forges of ulm etc) national site and give it #gems 4 100 #gold 5000 #res 1000 or something. Have a look at national site modding in the modding manual for specifics.

If you want to give them a one-off boost just give them a big income from the site and then remove the lines from the mod one turn later.

You can't give nations flat resource or gold % increases via modding.

jutetrea · #2 March 13th, 2007, 10:45 PM

hmm, interesting. I'd rather give them a 1 time bonus and see what they did with it vs. upgrading their 100's of infantry. Guess it will far and away then, haven't even started looking at actually doing mods yet. Nice to know its at least kind of possible though

Gandalf Parker · #3 March 13th, 2007, 10:49 PM

You can always message it to them.

Sombre · #4 March 13th, 2007, 10:51 PM

Heh. Give a man a modding tool and suddenly every problem looks like a mod.

Messaging it to them would also work ;]

jutetrea · #5 March 14th, 2007, 12:37 AM

HA! true, true... if I had it in the first place

I'm thinking more of just as you hit your groove, good gem/gold income, good items and research, good site coverage.. optimal time to go to war and you find out they're push overs.

I'd rather bring them up to my level then drop myself down to theirs (worked hard to get there!)

I'll try playing vs. impossible AI and just trying to get to the groove, up till now been playing against diff/mighty... although once you get the edge in gems/construction it really seems game over. lvl 8 artifacts can change the game, and if there is no competition for them its short lived fun.