Question about Babylonians

[madscientist]

In one of my games I came across Hammarabi early in the game. He had several bowmen, so he was able to build them. After some some time with espionage I could see the techs he was researching. I was shocked to see him researching HUNTING!!! It was Monarch level so I knw the AI starts with some archers but I did not realize they started with the tech archery, not did I realize you could get archery before hunting.

Can anyone explain this????

I have a screenshot at home I can post later.

 

[jray]

In one of my games I came across Hammarabi early in the game. He had several bowmen, so he was able to build them. After some some time with espionage I could see the techs he was researching. I was shocked to see him researching HUNTING!!! It was Monarch level so I knw the AI starts with some archers but I did not realize they started with the tech archery, not did I realize you could get archery before hunting.

Can anyone explain this????

I have a screenshot at home I can post later.

Yeah, on Monarch level all AI's start with free Archery but not Hunting. If you look in the Civ4HandicapInfos.xml file (or something like that), or search for forums for "handicaps," you can see all the AI starting bonuses on each level.