Well I've run a few automated tests on the Better AI and Revolutions test hybrid code Jdog kindly provided.
As far as I can tell to 80% probability, it's got the big tick
I would need more time to test it to 100% certainty.
It's great to see ai-merchants now going on trade missions and ai-artists culture bombing along a squeezed border. I haven't had enough time to test the combat code completely. I would be looking for the AI to form more rounded balanced stacks when out in the field.
Would love to hear what others think.....
As far as how the Revolutions state machine goes now interacting with Better AI, the balance doesn't seem to have altered! AI nations seem to have the same difficulties with Revolution as they always did. However some AI nations for reasons that are still not clear to me, are able to keep a stable society and prosper. It all depends on context and it's difficult to make an outright conclusion.
My gut feeling tells me that the experiment has worked. I'm a little dissapointed that the better AI mind is not even better, but I think writing an artificial intelligence machine in CIV is probably more complicated than writing a chess playing algorithm, so I'm not surprised.
That's where Jdog comes back in. If he could give us a guide on how he did the merge, we revolutions fanatics could continue on the merge efforts as Blake makes more inroads into the AI.
By the way, Blake has made an effort to make the aggressive AI option a serious game play mode. If you want bloody revolutions and lots of chaos, check it out.
Thanks again Jdog. I wish I could be 100% percent certain that the merge has worked but for me 80% will do. I've done all my testing on standard settings, map sizes and speeds.
I'm now going back to marathon mode. I won my first domination win on Monarch level using the Revolutions mod on a huge map taking me 89 hours, two and a half months, one alliance and multiple vassals. So I'll give better feedback after my next marathon game finishes....
Oh yeah, would it be possible to not only supply a merge guide Jdog, but instructions on how to make the DLL compatible with 24 nations too?
Three cheers for Jdog...... and Blake!