Sid Meier's Civilization VI

Sid Meier's Civilization VI

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Type: Mod
Mod: AI, Gameplay
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7 Mar, 2017 @ 3:38am
15 Mar, 2019 @ 3:35am
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Description
News: Now updated for Gathering Storm. (It should also still work on vanilla + R&F)


AI+ improves the AI without changing anything about the game itself nor the bonuses the AI gets. There are improvements in many behavior areas such as settling, building/district choices and tile improvement. But the biggest improvements are found in the AIs ability to wage aggressive wars. Expect to see games where an AI wipes out multiple others without any help, sometimes even in the later eras.

On top of ability improvements, leaders have been given more distinct personality styles that match their flavor/abilities such as warlike civs (like the Aztecs/Norway) building more units, expansive civs (like Rome/Russia) grabbing more land, religious civs (like India/Norway) focusing more faith. This makes the game feel more alive, and makes leaders more focussed and thus capable.

The overall difficulty of the game should increase on average. This may make the game too hard for those who like playing on the very lowest settings. Deity will be hard to beat, though perhaps not as hard as modded Civ V.


Notes:
- The modding tools provided don't allow coding, nor in-depth changes in all areas of the game. This means I'm really limited in what I can do, and there are many known issues with the AI overall. I'm also no longer continously developping this mod, since there's just not that much I feel I can still do.
- AI+ works on both singleplayer and multiplayer (as long as every player has the mod)
- This mod won't work with previously saved games, you'll have to start a new game to use it
- Compatibility wise, this mod works well with most non-AI mods, even those that add units/buildings etc. In some mod combinations that change production costs etc, you may see strange behavior though, such as extreme unit spam, AIs doing a one city challenge or districts that are completely ignored. If you see any of these, and you're on the latest version, try checking whether there's such an issue going on
- I strongly recommend you don't use AI+ in combination with other big AI mods, unless the author states these mods are compatible. Other AI mods tend to make changes to the same parts of the game, which can lead to crashes or other unintended effects.
- Compatible up to at least Rise & Fall.


Known Issues
Unfortunately, I don't have access to the actual AI code, so this mod is mostly based on changing things in the few XML files that control AI behavior. Quite a lot could still be done, but the basis is still the same. So there are quite a few issues remaining that I unfortunately can't really touch. These issues also exist in vanilla, but sometimes become more prominent here due to bigger cities and more wars. Some of the bigger ones are:
- The AI sometimes refuses to take 0 health cities, civilians or empty barb camps.
- Sometimes civs barely expand, most commonly on maps with many barbarians, or on tiny island starts
- Archers/cities not firing when they could

See https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/ai.603494/ for more info on this mod, this is also the best place to get more detailed help.
Popular Discussions View All (5)
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25 Feb, 2018 @ 11:51am
Considering fall update AI improvements
Gan Xodos
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16 Sep, 2020 @ 10:15am
New update?
Sean
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2 Jan, 2022 @ 4:31pm
Seems to make the game easier and more simple in some ways
Kerma
588 Comments
YEE 16 Jul @ 12:33am 
топ
nova_cluster 3 Jun @ 1:37am 
별로임. 중, 후반가면 AI 들 멍청함을 넘어 그냥 병풍이 되어버림.
SGT-Jacktomm 3 Nov, 2024 @ 7:41am 
Yeah Real Dumb...and super slow...
‘‘Thank’’ Dempsey 3 Nov, 2024 @ 5:25am 
已知问题,
-偶尔攻而不拔,不认真游玩野蛮6——不攻占0血城、不俘虏平民单位、不荡平蛮族寨子。
-偶尔有文明会单城划水,可于野蛮人横行或小岛出生点时见。
-弓箭手、城市防御偶尔会放水、不攻击眼前的敌人。
Enae 18 Sep, 2024 @ 1:32pm 
This ai is really dumb :ritonaworried:
talmendel 22 Aug, 2024 @ 2:52am 
this really dumbs down the AI, im playing on deity - AI doesnt build walls, you can conquer modern era cities with archers and swordmen, they even expand less
Biscoitoso 23 Jun, 2024 @ 12:48am 
AI is very agressive and smart in early game, but the more time advance, the more AI get dumber. Wars neve enders, AI never attack and loose cities easy.
Baby Puncher 18 Feb, 2024 @ 7:27pm 
Agree with below, playing on Deity and the AI play extremely poorly in these aspects.
Deimos 15 Feb, 2024 @ 6:49pm 
Doesn't work. The AI stop building walls, wars never end, and they don't seem to replace troops. I just conquered 3 cities off England on King with 3 archers and 1 warrior.
Grehørn 15 Jan, 2024 @ 4:57am 
Does not work in single player.