[BTS] Better BUG AI vK

[Kjotleik]

WORK IN PROGRESS
Better BUG AI vK

Downloads from MediaFire:
Download Better BUG AI vK - 1st Test Release
Better BUG AI vK - 2nd Test Release (NEW)

This is a work-in-progress, untested.
If you choose to help me with finding errors, I'd appreciate this very much.

I am trying to add as many civilizations and leaders that I possibly can. Sometimes it is quick. Sometimes it is slow. Depending on whether the civ in question is made for 3.19, Warlords or Vanilla.

There are still a few non-animated leaderheads in the mod. I try to update them to animated whenever I find a suitable LH. Also, there may (or may not) be LHs that are exactly the same (if two modders used the same graphics for two different leaders).

Extract this into your [Beyond the Sword/Mods] folder, and use Load a Mod when in-game.

All feedback is welcome. I have not yet begun considering how unbalanced it is with civilizations having multiple UBs and UUs. I have just added whatever I can find in mods out there. Feel free to tell me of your experiences. No matter if they are good or bad. Don't be afraid of critizising what you find flawed/unbalanced. I won't bite, even if I disagree with you. But I may mention it, of course.

City-lists are a mess, right now. Rest assured, they will all be made into TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_XXX strings in the end. But that is a lower priority than adding new civs and leaders. However, if you do find errors - like two instances of the same city, but with different spellings - please let me know. Also, if you find a city-name that looks like gibberish in-game - tell me what civ you play and how it looks in-game.


Current status:
Second Test Release:
Added Civs - 116
Added Leaders - 250

First Test Release:
Added Civs - 59
Added Leaders - 161


Among the best known sources I've included materials from are:
Civ Gold 5.2
cybrxkhan
dacubz145
Dumanios
Esnaz's Mod
Kochman
veBear
Zeta Nexus

and more...

See [Credits/BBAIvK_AddedCivsAndLeaders.ods] and the individual .txt files
for full credits.

Happy empire building to you all!

 

[Kjotleik]

First post updated with 2nd Test Release.

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Currently there are a total of 116 added civilizations and 250 added leaders.
Known issues: Some leaders have the same graphics. And some have static leaderheads. City-lists are a mess. Not made the TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME strings yet.

 

[<Nexus>]

Looks promising...

EDIT:

Known issues: Some leaders have the same graphics. And some have static leaderheads. City-lists are a mess. Not made the TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME strings yet.

You may want to take a look at MegaPack in my signature. It adds 100+ civs to AND2 / CoM with at least 2 leaders for each. I had a lot of work with it to have (at least slightly) different LH for all civs.

 

[Kjotleik]

Looks promising...
You may want to take a look at MegaPack in my signature. It adds 100+ civs to AND2 / CoM with at least 2 leaders for each. I had a lot of work with it to have (at least slightly) different LH for all civs.

Thanks, Zeta. I've included a few (six, to be exact) of your LH's from AND MegaPack already. I see I haven't updated the "Among the best known sources" list between first and second version in my original post. I'll do that now.

I plan to take a more thorough look and use a few (many?) LH's from your pack. But I've concentrated on the easiest first. Civ Gold leaders can be used with only adding the victory condition weights (a Better BUG AI thing). Taking leaders from your MegaPack means removing the extra Era (Transhuman) from the leaders. A little bit more work. But I'll get around to it. Eventually.