Question - AI hunting barbarians

[Gewar]

Is there any easy way to make AI much more likely tu hunt for barbarians empcampments?
Or is there any mod doing it?

I am playing extreamly slow game with raging barbarians, where gold from empcampments is essential for rush buing -> early progression.

Game was fun, until I starting to be far ahaed from other civilizations (5 developed cities, with stable happienes and gold, biggest everything etc. versus max 2 cities same siza as mine for those who have taken liberty)

Also - I don't know, if AI is smart enough to save money for rush buing, so if there is any way to encourage them to do so, I will be very happy to know about it

EDIT

I have uploaded to Mod Browser "AI Hunts for gold" experimental mini-mod - if there is anybody, who would like to help me check, if AI is more likely to attack barb camps, I would be very happy :]


v.3 is online - I decided not to change tactical AI and try only flavor changes.
v.2 changes tactical AI and flavors
v.1 changes only tactical AI


my XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Created by ModBuddy on 3/19/2011 5:49:44 PM -->
<GameData>
<AIMilitaryStrategies>
<Update>
<Set Flavor="50"></Set>
<Where AIMilitaryStrategyType="MILITARYAISTRATEGY_ERADICATE_BARBARIANS" FlavorType="FLAVOR_OFFENSE"/>
</Update>
<Update>
<Set Flavor="50"></Set>
<Where AIMilitaryStrategyType="MILITARYAISTRATEGY_ERADICATE_BARBARIANS" FlavorType="FLAVOR_MOBILE"/>
</Update>
<Update>
<Set Flavor="25"></Set>
<Where AIMilitaryStrategyType="MILITARYAISTRATEGY_ERADICATE_BARBARIANS" FlavorType="FLAVOR_RANGED"/>
</Update>
<Row>
<AIMilitaryStrategyType>MILITARYAISTRATEGY_ERADICATE_BARBARIANS</AIMilitaryStrategyType>
<FlavorType>FLAVOR_DEFENSE</FlavorType>
<Flavor>20</Flavor>
</Row>
</AIMilitaryStrategies>
</GameData>

 

[Dragon67]

AI still not hunt camps. Barb camps still looks like a worker camp, still busy too capture unprotected workers

 

[Gewar]

Thank you.
That is sad.. I think I will try to make more extreeme flavors in the future. For now, I am working on some other stuff.

 

[joltis]

Hi,

I tried to work around same thing. See my mod Joltis AI tweaks. The problem is actually three fold: other things are more important to build than units, workers do not flee from barbarians and units do not protect workers. Units mean in this case warriors, spearmans, etc.

Joltis

 

[Gewar]

Hi,

thanks for the info. Right now I am during moding crisis and I hate all mods and I am playng vanila game But after that, I will try your mod. Till now, I have been playing WWGD but I am not satisfied with the result.

My tweak was created to test if it have any significant influence on AI. I was trying small amout of changes at once due to scientific method

I realized how crusial is hunting on barb-camp and rush buing, when I was plaing extreeme slow game and I has an about 5 times more cities than any AI...