Better BAT AI -- 2v1
Yes, a new release of Better BAT AI. Now version 2.1!!!
This is a bug-fix release, and there are still some bugs, but most of them are graphical in nature. Nothing game breaking (I hope.)
Better BAT AI is a merge of Fuyu's fabulous Better BUG AI Mod, which is a merge of Better AI by jdogg5000, and the BUG Mod, by the BUG team.
A good description of Better BUG AI can be found here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=354019 -- along with the mod, of course.
Better BAT AI is The BAT Mod 4.1, folded into Fuyu's Better BUG AI Mod. Thus, you get a leaner, meaner AI, and all of the beauty of the BAT Mod's graphic enhancements, all in one handy mod!
I have changed the packaging slightly from Fuyu's mod. Better BUG AI doesn't come with Event Images in the download. You must download them separately and install them. Fuyu handles these images differently than I do in BAT, in that they don't use an FPK file in his mod. I chose to include these images in the download file, and I have them enabled. If you prefer not to play with Event Images, you can disable them in one of the BUG options screens by typing CTRL-ALT-O, and setting the images not to display, along with your other favorite BUG options.
Better BAT AI includes the following goodies:
Spoiler :
- The BUG Mod 4.5 (The new build, which has not been released yet. The code was taken from the BUG SVN commit 2245)
- BULL 1.4 (The BAT version, 1.6, with the 1.7 UP merged in. Perhaps I should call this DLL "BALL"?)
- BULL includes:
- The Unofficial Patch 1.70
- Sentry actions
- Global Warming Mod
- Governor builds workers
- Fractional Trade Routes
- Fuyu's Better BUG AI improvements, which are built on Better AI
- All of the goodies that are already in BAT:
•Varietas Delectat 9.2 (Cheetah Edition) by Avain.
•Cultural Diversity 1.1 by Chugginator. (Optimized by Avain.)
•Cultural Citystyles 0.99 by GeoModder. (Optimized by Avain.)
•Actual Quotes - Better Diplomacy Text by Willowmound.
•Better Flags & Buttons by KingKongTR.
•Improved Graphics Leaderheads by Chuginator.
•Blue Marble 4.50 by Kai Fiebach.
•Advanced Combat Odds by Piece of Mind.
•Events with Images Mod by asioasioasio, Renegade Chicken and EmperorFool. Images by Arian.
•Female Unit Graphics (Great People, CEO's and Missionaries) by SaibotLieh. Code by Lemon and EmperorFool.
•Lemon's Movie Mod by Lemon Merchant, with slices, dices, and interpolations of music from Cybrxkhan's Diplomacy Music Packs. Used with his gracious permission.
- And some new goodness:
•Lemon's Spy Mod (spies return to nearest player city) as an enabled option in custom games.
•Lemon's HUD Civics by Lemon Merchant. (From a great idea by Timsup2nothin)
•Advanced Tech Screen by Platyping.
•Specialist Count by Platyping.
•Platy Worldbuilder by Platyping.
•Platy Foreign Adviser by Platyping.
•Great Person Mod by Roamty and others. Images by Amra and others.
•Wonders Captured/Destroyed by The_J.
I've included a 50 Civ DLL, zipped into the Assets folder. To use it, just unpack it into the folder, it's that simple. Be sure to rename the original BBATAI DLL first so that you don't overwrite it.
There is no zipped copy as of yet. You'll have to use the installer for now.
The installer and zip files are at SourceForge, here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/civ4betterbatai/files/
Special thanks:
Spoiler :
- EmperorFool and ruff_hi, for unwavering support and well-timed encouragement.
- Alerum68 for setting the BAT quality bar so high.
- Avain and SaibotLieh (and the people they credit) for their advice and assistance in porting their mods, and for making them in the first place.
- Afforess, Fuyu, Baldyr, avain, and SaibotLeih, for their generous help when it was needed.
- The patient fans of BAT who have given me the push I needed to finish this not so little project. I'm enjoying playing this mod as much as I hope that all of you will.
- My wonderful beta testing, and workout buddy, Gurn ("CFC? Meh.") Blanston.
- And the lovely Candice.
And a special thank you goes out to the posters in this thread for identifying some bugs that I had missed.
-LM