dizzygreen
Chieftain
Let's play a BetterAI game together! Yes some parts of it are already in 3.19 but there are some exciting new developments:
Code optimizations that reduce between-turn waiting by ~20% (not just for BetterAI, similiar code optimizations are available for regular BTS 3.19, search for "CAR mod" if you're interested)
Two BIG BTS bugs are fixed:
1. Workshop/cottage endless cycling by AI workers
2. Fixed major bug where AI only builds HALF of the # of workers that it calculates it needs.
if (iNeededWorkers < iExistingWorkers)
is changed to
if (iNeededWorkers > iExistingWorkers)
No kidding!
Because the AI techs faster now, some moderate global tech throttling has been implemented. Basically, all medieval techs are 4% more expensive, industrial techs are 8% more expensive, modern techs 12%, future techs 12%. This applies to everybody (human and AI). If you don't like that you can turn it off easily but let's leave it on for the purpose of comparison.
Of course, the soul of BetterAI is war strategy. I won't say it's improved because that is up to debate, but it is certainly different and worth experiencing.
The settings are:
Big and Small (islands mixed in)
Standard size
Normal speed
Monarch difficulty
All victories
And we will be playing as Victoria of England. I think this is a fairly strong leader that most players are probably familiar with, good at warmongering or peaceful playing. The difficulty is Monarch because I hope this will attract the greatest number of players.
EDIT There is an Immortal version of the save posted by Soirana below.
The goal is to have fun, learn a little, and most importantly to answer the question: "Is BetterAI really better?" Clearly one game is not enough to come to any conclusions, but I do think it'll be interesting to hear if people find the game to be more or less difficult than the typical Monarch game.
BetterAI can be found here.
For those not familiar with mods, the download is a ZIP file that you extract to your Beyond The Sword/Mods folder. It won't affect your regular installation. Just start BTS up normally and chose "Load A Mod" at the title screen.
Good luck and have fun! I'll be weighing in at the standard 1 AD, 1000 AD checkpoints but anyone is welcome to post whatever they like.
And the start position...
Spoiler :
Code optimizations that reduce between-turn waiting by ~20% (not just for BetterAI, similiar code optimizations are available for regular BTS 3.19, search for "CAR mod" if you're interested)
Two BIG BTS bugs are fixed:
1. Workshop/cottage endless cycling by AI workers
2. Fixed major bug where AI only builds HALF of the # of workers that it calculates it needs.
if (iNeededWorkers < iExistingWorkers)
is changed to
if (iNeededWorkers > iExistingWorkers)
No kidding!
Because the AI techs faster now, some moderate global tech throttling has been implemented. Basically, all medieval techs are 4% more expensive, industrial techs are 8% more expensive, modern techs 12%, future techs 12%. This applies to everybody (human and AI). If you don't like that you can turn it off easily but let's leave it on for the purpose of comparison.
Of course, the soul of BetterAI is war strategy. I won't say it's improved because that is up to debate, but it is certainly different and worth experiencing.
The settings are:
Big and Small (islands mixed in)
Standard size
Normal speed
Monarch difficulty
All victories
And we will be playing as Victoria of England. I think this is a fairly strong leader that most players are probably familiar with, good at warmongering or peaceful playing. The difficulty is Monarch because I hope this will attract the greatest number of players.
EDIT There is an Immortal version of the save posted by Soirana below.
The goal is to have fun, learn a little, and most importantly to answer the question: "Is BetterAI really better?" Clearly one game is not enough to come to any conclusions, but I do think it'll be interesting to hear if people find the game to be more or less difficult than the typical Monarch game.
BetterAI can be found here.
For those not familiar with mods, the download is a ZIP file that you extract to your Beyond The Sword/Mods folder. It won't affect your regular installation. Just start BTS up normally and chose "Load A Mod" at the title screen.
Good luck and have fun! I'll be weighing in at the standard 1 AD, 1000 AD checkpoints but anyone is welcome to post whatever they like.
And the start position...