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gmsh1964 8 Jan, 2023 @ 10:42pm
The bonuses to AI.., GOD!
So I have been hyping up this version of BICE for a couple weeks with the latest and stable update. Everything seems great until Oct 1940. I just conquered France, Belgium, Holland, Lux, Poland.., historical as Germany. I am making my way over to Yugo. Everything is great and am fully equipped etc.., Then, I couldn't help myself. I tagged over to Russia. They have 4.2M men trained, all infantry divisons are fully stocked with Radios and Signal and .., just everything, and 69 armor divisions. 3100 fighters, 2600 CAS, 1100 Tac, 800 Strat., unlimited fuel. No weaknesses at all in equipment, supply, latest of everything..., ANd this is only Oct 1940.., how much will they have when I strike in March 1941!! Christ, I wish you guys could stop with the insane bonuses. They were always bad but now, you went crazy. I might play on, but I really feel lke I am wasting my time this version. AI is not even close to playing by the rules. Venting, I know, but this is so frustrating.
Last edited by gmsh1964; 8 Jan, 2023 @ 10:55pm
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gmsh1964 8 Jan, 2023 @ 10:44pm 
Oh, I also noticed that I incurred the most casulties ever in Poland, and France was also very high. I should of known that was a precursor to what I would see before I tagged over to Russia in Oct 1940.
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Sol Inherent  [developer] 9 Jan, 2023 @ 8:56am 
? The number of bonuses the AI gets has been constant for months now. Nothing changed on that front
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gmsh1964 9 Jan, 2023 @ 12:46pm 
Hi Bob. Any comment on the numbers I revealed for Russia above and its Oct 1940. I have a save file. Each division has all support companies and AT, and AA, everything.., and there are no equipment shortages. And just look at the numbers I posted above, and they are still producing. In the past when I tagged not only did they not have all support companies and all divisions with every weapon, they were always woefully short of weapons and everything. Not arguing, but I am not imagining this.., it needs to be massively toned down.., not a little bit, a lot.
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Saber 18 Jan, 2023 @ 12:52am 
I agree it makes this amazing game unplayable for single player. I know it might be too much to ask for this to be removed completely. But can you please ad an option before you start a game to disable AI Bonuses. This would go along way for making the game more fun for everybody :). For example i do not think other countries outproducing whatever country you choose is very historical. Hope that something can happen. I love this mod sm.
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Saber 18 Jan, 2023 @ 1:00am 
Can we reduce this by going to the settings section and turning the different AI country bonuses down to their lowest level? Is this base setting medium for these groups as it does not show when this area is first opened. Why does not the lowest level completely get rid of bonuses. Hope you can help Bob or anyone else who knows the answer :).
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gmsh1964 18 Jan, 2023 @ 1:26pm 
You second question about changing the setting - there is a thread on this forum that is recent with Bob and I where Bob detailed where the 'cheat list' is. The cheats are so massive and so pervasive, you cannot type them out - but it is a crap ton. Check out that file. They were always there, but now, they are off the charts and I believe the starting forces are jacked up also, so that file does not contain all the cheats. The settings I believe only affect the items you see.., PP %, research speed, resource penalties.., they help, but they will not stop the massive cheats of BICE. You point about the option to stop those cheats and go with vanilla.., I am not a programmer, but if that is an easy fix.., man, that would make this MOD the best ever.
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gmsh1964 18 Jan, 2023 @ 1:34pm 
"Cheats beyond those listed in the Difficulty level " -- Aug 25, 2022. Read that
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Saber 18 Jan, 2023 @ 10:14pm 
Thank you for your help. I agree it would make the mod 10x better and more enjoyable. I mean, its already difficult to manage the more advanced system (which i really enjoy) but it sucks to play as an underdog like Italy and be even more disadvantaged. I know this mod is supposed to be hard but i did not think that meant unfair. I do not think its fair that i work as hard as possible as USA to produce 5 carriers and Japan has 9 when historically speaking it should be easy for USA to produce carriers.
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Saber 18 Jan, 2023 @ 10:18pm 
And the cheats for AI i was talking about are in the settings section. When first opened it seems nothing is selected for the Free Divisions, Free Equipment, Free Convoys and Free Fuel sections. However, i was wondering whether the medium tab was actually invisibly selected and that was the cause for some of the crazy bonuses. I have come to realise now that i do not think that is the case. Can you confirm that when it shows none selected the ai get none of the buffs?
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Saber 18 Jan, 2023 @ 10:30pm 
Also, I have read the thread on "Cheats beyond those listed in the Difficulty level" but i do not think the file location still exists. I have followed all the steps but cannot find the last location. Is there something I am missing. I am no coder either so I may well be stupid. Hope you can help.
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Saber 20 Jan, 2023 @ 5:17pm 
Ignore last post i found it no. Rest of my questions still stand though if you can help.:peace_hoi:
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Paimei 24 Jan, 2023 @ 11:56am 
For now the only way to level the game is upgrading your bonusses and don't touch the AI enemy bonusses. I had the same problem. RAF( British Air Force) is super overpowered ever.....It's very dificult win air war against Allied Forces already in 1940-1941
Last edited by Paimei; 24 Jan, 2023 @ 11:56am
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Saber 24 Jan, 2023 @ 7:14pm 
What is a good level to increase your bonuses to to make it more equal?
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ヤ |Korona 25 Jan, 2023 @ 9:40am 
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Dehavid 20 Apr, 2023 @ 2:52am 
I've been playing as UK and just tagged through the other majors, on top of any basic boosts to production output, they also have functionally unlimited aircraft/tank/capital ship production (Germany had over 6,000 of each) which means the ai can just pump out basic civs/mils and ignore the aircraft/tank workshops which take ages to build. Germany was outproducing me in aircraft and tanks about 10-1.

They were cheating in research too. They had a bunch of tank designs which they didn't have the research for - research only to Panzer II A, producing tons of Panzer III E and Panzer IV D.
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