I desperately need better AI.Please HELP!!!

[Subotai777]

I have BTS with patch 3.19 and I have unofficial patch for 3.19 but AI is so stupid.Please help me where to find better AI

 

[vincentz]

K-mod by Karadoc should afaik be one of the best AIs around

 

[lymond]

Here:

Better BUG AI
or

Here for moar pretty:

Better BAT AI

or here for insanity:

Kmod

I'm curious at to what level you are playing now. The game does get significantly harder as you move up levels.

Welcome to CFC!

 

[Civking5]

In what way AI is stupid? Can you explain? i think AI is quite good in civ4.

 

[Drakarska]

In what way AI is stupid? Can you explain? i think AI is quite good in civ4.

Which is a rather contradictory statement considering you've posted that Civ IV's time has past and all of us who enjoy this iteration only seem to want Civ 4.5

 

[Civking5]

There is noway that I am not contradicting myself. Not going to reply here since I don't want to derail this thread.

 

[Funky]

Don't be too harsh on him, Drakarska, this is the first time I have ever seen him saying something positive about Civ 4 without mentioning that Civ 5 did it better. Perhaps there is still some good in him.

On topic, try K-Mod. Even emperor is extremely difficult, IMO a lot more difficult than vanilla immortal. And turn tech trading/brokering off (you should do that in every game anyway, it's not only more challenging but also a lot more fun).

 

[Manco Capac]

When playing K-mod, people should not be ashamed to lower the usual BTS difficulty of choice by two increments. Although it is not impossible to win a high level (IMM and deity) with some luck, it is better to play a K-mod game where you feel comfortable. You see, a lot of crap can happen in K-mod because the AI is treacherous. If the AI even got the higher difficulty bonuses, that makes their rush (like the archer rush) even earlier than possibly defendable.

 

[jpm]

K-mod's AI is the best available for Civ IV, but it comes packaged with some game mechanic changes, which are a mixed bag in my opinion. It maintains the original feel of the game for the most part. Culture victories take much, much longer though, since the free speech culture multiplier has been cut in half, the cathedral multiplier is nerfed, and most wonders and some buildings produce less culture. Great artist culture bombs produce 800 culture per era instead of 4000 regardless of era, so you have to get to the modern era to get the full value out of them. Also, religions can die out randomly in your cities from spread of other religions unless you're running free religion, meaning it's harder to build more cathedrals and/or you can't run pacifism for artists. Hope culture isn't your favorite victory.

 

[plastiqe]

K-mod's AI is the best available for Civ IV, but it comes packaged with some game mechanic changes, which are a mixed bag in my opinion. It maintains the original feel of the game for the most part. Culture victories take much, much longer though, since the free speech culture multiplier has been cut in half, the cathedral multiplier is nerfed, and most wonders and some buildings produce less culture. Great artist culture bombs produce 800 culture per era instead of 4000 regardless of era, so you have to get to the modern era to get the full value out of them. Also, religions can die out randomly in your cities from spread of other religions unless you're running free religion, meaning it's harder to build more cathedrals and/or you can't run pacifism for artists. Hope culture isn't your favorite victory.

The culture changes you mention are a result of the change to the way culture is generated from a city. Things like fighting for territory along cultural borders are much better with K-Mod.

Religious Victory is changed as well. You need at least three civs to be full members as well as have the AP religion spread to every other civ in the game for a vote to be eligible.

I started with the Better AI mod but then I found K-Mod. It is the only way to play BTS imo.