Sorry if this has been answered, but if it has, I cannot find it. Yes, I read (skimmed, perhaps I missed it) the RI manual.pdf. I'm playing Civ 4 again after 10 years, steam said last played was like May 2014. I recall using Rise of Mankind, I read Realism Invictus and Cosmos 2 Cavemen are the current "best" mods so I went with Realism Invictus. I really like it so far, but I have a question. Does it come with it's own (good) AI mod, or should I get an AI mod to go with it? I am playing on Emperor and the AI is giving me a workout... well, like 2-3 nations are. I use world builder to look, and the AI is smart in SOME ways but dumb as ever in others. I absolutely see improvements in the AI but it still founds cities in dumb spots or doesn't expand well, or just builds nothing but units and still has no buildings by 800 AD. (Checked with world builder) Only like the top 5 Civs (myself included) are doing well, the other 15 or so are the normal cave men many tech behind and do nothing but build units. (Europe scenario included with RI) I read BAT is like an all in one graphics + AI etc. should I pair BAT with RI? or is RI all the AI I need?
So do I need an AI mod to go along with RI? Or is its own AI "the best"? I watched a guy play RI on YouTube but the video was like 4 years old and he had a different version. The AI seemed to do better though... Civs were getting wiped out like crazy and they were really building up nicely. My game (Europe map scenario) isn't like that. Only England, Hungry and me (Alexander Greece) are doing really well. Rome is doing "ok" But they just hold Italy and never expanded outward.
EDIT: Just to clarify and expand: First and Foremost: I like the mod. I don't mean any insults. Also as I said above, I absolutely do notice AI improvements. However, England is only doing well because they have a very large, very good piece of land all to themselves (Did an English guy make the Europe map? England has it a little too good IMO, hah) They get to just sit there and tech with Europe/Middle East have to fight. Everyone else is just spamming units and leaving wide swaths of good land open. Is this correct? Like Spain wont even take Southern Iberian Peninsula, it just sits with like 6 cities.
So do I need an AI mod to go along with RI? Or is its own AI "the best"? I watched a guy play RI on YouTube but the video was like 4 years old and he had a different version. The AI seemed to do better though... Civs were getting wiped out like crazy and they were really building up nicely. My game (Europe map scenario) isn't like that. Only England, Hungry and me (Alexander Greece) are doing really well. Rome is doing "ok" But they just hold Italy and never expanded outward.
EDIT: Just to clarify and expand: First and Foremost: I like the mod. I don't mean any insults. Also as I said above, I absolutely do notice AI improvements. However, England is only doing well because they have a very large, very good piece of land all to themselves (Did an English guy make the Europe map? England has it a little too good IMO, hah) They get to just sit there and tech with Europe/Middle East have to fight. Everyone else is just spamming units and leaving wide swaths of good land open. Is this correct? Like Spain wont even take Southern Iberian Peninsula, it just sits with like 6 cities.
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