Do people play this game with randomised leader personalities?

[bhavv]

I just tried playing a game with random leader personalites.

I got a Magnanimous Yang, and and an Aggressive 'Seek, Kill, Destroy' Zacharov. I had over 1000 every credits, several more techs, and Zach simply landed on my Island with loads of Impact, and later Gatling infantry, instant vendetta with no option to buy peace, and easilly rofflestomped my synthmetal defenders

... Now how the heck can I make AI Zach play like that all the time? He was far stronger than Miriam or Yang ever could be with his military tech lead.

 

[Petek]

I can think of two ways you might be able to alter a faction's personality. I've never tried either, so I don't know if they actually work:

1. Open the file faction.txt (found in the main game folder). It documents the following options:

; ai-fight = -1,0,1 (willingness to use force to achieve goals)
; ai-power = 1 or 0 (interest in power)
; ai-tech = 1 or 0 (interest in knowledge)
; ai-wealth = 1 or 0 (interest in wealth)
; ai-growth = 1 or 0 (interest in population growth)

Now open the txt file of the faction you want to modify (e.g., univ.txt) and change these values to what you like. Any changes will be preserved.

2. Start a new game and open the scenario editor (Ctrl-K). Go MENU --> SCENARIO --> Edit Faction Personality and select the faction you wish to change. You get more options this way, but I presume they're not permanent (and you won't get a score for the game, if that matters).

ETA: You also can make all the factions more aggressive in the Custom Rules (when starting a new game) by selecting Intensive Rivalry: Opponents more aggressive

 

[bhavv]

Yea I had both intense rivalry and random personalities on. I just want to buff Zach, Morgan and Lal's AIs to be more aggressive and less squishy than the others.