is this update :(? why so many outdated mods :(?

In this version, " Better AI Recruitment (The Best recruitment mod) " is also present?

Sorry, It hasn't been updated for the newest patch, I don't have an eta on it either.

If I use the mod while playing Empire Divided, the AI can't recruit. They are in muster stance but never actually recruit anything. I've even confederated with other factions and their armies (which are now mine) are in muster stance when I take them over. Anyone else experience this? I have confirmed that turning this mod off solves the issue.

Hello, are you still going to update your beta?

Will your mod work with this one? https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/profiles/76561198111252135/myworkshopfiles/?appid=214950&browsefilter=mysubscriptions

Can you make the factions that are not played by the player attack a lot more more if they are aggressive? Also I think many factions should recruit units based on what type they are best suited for.

Would also love to see more work done on this Beta. Love this mod, makes the game much better!

Exellent, thanky you very much.

I haven't touched this Beta in awhile, I'll see what I can do for you, I fixed alot of those issues in the DEI version so I should be able to port over alot of my numbers ^_^

This mod makes AI all whiny and they are using every single excuse they can think of to beg for money. First, pay me 5000 so we will trade, next turn, pay me another 5000 so we won't attack each other, next turn pay me 7000 for trade agreement, next pay me 10000 for defensive alliance, next give me half your treasury to form millitary alliance, now whats left give me so i will attack some factions on the other side of the map who are not even a threat to any of us.

I'm sorry, other than that mod is good, AI is significantly better and they actually protect their cities, but dimplomacy is just PAIN in the ass. Everytime i click "end turn" I get angry becuase same factions keep begging for money. Every single turn they ask for same thing. If this could be fixed, this mod would be great.

Should be just peachy

Hey Drake. Does this mod work for the newly released patch 17?

<3

Drake, I love you...you beautiful bastard!

Thanks for the quick answer.

The script doesn't effect players or their allies. This is true in co-op as well. So there is nothing to worry about as long as both players have the same mods.

@DrakeB22 I'd like to try your mod but i'm playing coop campaign, and I don't know how the major faction autoresolve script impact coop.
If a battle is seen by an agent of one human player, but not of the other, does the boost kick in or not, or both (resulting in a desync?). Does the shared view of coop players mean that both players see exactly the same thing, giving both players the same result?
Thanks for your work.

Been fun so far, the etruscans actually fight back a little now!

thanks for the response!

and yeah I tried starting a new game and around 38 trurns is so much going on in the map!!

very vibrant diplomacy!

-so far, no complaints-

Its save game compatible, best experience is using it from the start so the AI can expand early, but it won't have any issues with saved games.

hi and thanks for the hard work you put into these.


is this mode compatible with saved (vanilla) games of current campaigns?

This looks pretty impressive, a mod that finally makes it so Cyprus isn't recruiting full stacks of slingers anymore. :). Any possible way you can put up a seperate download of this up? Macs sadly have not responded well to Total War Rome 2 mod subscribing, but there is a way to put mods into the game.

When I play I've been using this version, half because it's farther along, and half because it's always good to have inspiration for improvements.

Hey Drake, do you recommend this version of your better campaign ai or version 2.1?

Yeah I spent alotta time trying to clean up diplomacy abit. As far as carthage goes, from what I've seen the AI doesn't manage oversea's empires with multiple enemies that well, I've seen rome have a 4-5 stack invasion of africa before, and I've seen carthage invade italy with a reasonable number of troops, but I find carthage suffers from having it's territory split up like you said. Been thinking about how to fix it but haven't come up with anything yet.

Couple issues, love this mod though. There is a lot of aimless wandering by the ai. I'm playing as Rome and at war with Carthage. They have about 4 fleets of 4-7 troops sailing sailing back and forth throughout the Mediterranean. I was able to make it to Carthago with a full stuck unchallenged. I began sieging the city and after 3 turns they pulled a fleet of 7 units into the harbor. Could it be that Carthage is so unique in terms of territory (spread out over lots of water and with a lot of client states) that it is causing the problem? Also, diplomacy seems to be a lot easier in 2.2. Thanks for the hard work.

Updated with new modified major factions script as well as other changes. If all goes well I'm going to drop the "beta" tag soon!

I played a macedon game recently where I had to migrate from macedonia after a combined athens/sparta/areduai stack took pella, and began my empire of new macedon from the island of rhodes. Long story short, 70 turns later I sacked athens and sparta and took back pella in a revenge rampage.

Play as Macedon on VH. I enjoy it. CAI agressive but adequate - get trade, peace ,etc.

No not so far, I have a scripted money bonus for some of the playable factions with the condition for it only to fire if the faction is AI controlled, so its a economic nudge towards expansionism. Currently experimenting with other ways to encourage growth otherwise I'll have to re-add the modified major factions script I was using before that was pretty effective.

Are the large empires dependent on faction being playable? If so It helps players gain strong potential allies.

Fixed it just now, something I did before broke it, darn misspelled variables

In the process of testing the new changes, but I'm experimenting with giving the AI extra recruitment slots and a few other tweaks to try and encourage large empires.

Any jucy improvements? I saw that the mod was updated.

@Gluteus maximus The most helpful thing at the moment would just be giving it a try while playing and making note of what the AI is doing, screenshots of any good or bad behavior is great as well.

And my "Gold for the people" Submod stresses the gold difference between minors and majors to create an environment which favors majors to bully their minor neighbors unless they get ganged up on by too many of them, in which case they deserve to fight or die.

Bit of both, Alot of the majors get access to units that are rated highly in autoresolve (Thorax Troops, Chosen Swords, Principes) over their unplayable neighbors, as well as having more money and armies at their disposal. In my recent tests I still see the major empires forming from playables, but with much less of a predictable nature. So there is still a small chance of a big persian empire or a unexpected germanic tribe gaining power. Still in the process of making it perfect however. If you want a game with the big players guarenteed to get big, my 2.1 version is perfect for that.

ai vs ai

How does an ai win in this instance then? Quality or quantity of units?

Well the 2.1 Version I have has a modified version of Mitch's Guarenteed Major Factions script, which provides the (AI) playable factions with a autoresolve bonus against minor unplayable factions. This version doesn't have it mostly cause I feel the major's are better with the new war priority system of letting themselves get overwhelmed unless their truly outclassed.

What do you mean "removed the major factions script"?

So far so good for my own tests, its mostly refining the AI's military behavior.

What are the Goals for 2.2 ???
Maybe I can help

orignal mod* doh!

Same as the orignal mode, should work with almost anything.

is there incombility sorry if i misspelled

Feedback is welcome!