Age of Empires II (2013)

Age of Empires II (2013)

New Custom AI - ResonanceBot 5-1c
The ResAI isn't that fun on sea maps
So i've played a lot of games on sea maps with the resonancebot so far (most of them were on the real map byzantium that comes with the game), and the AI basically can't finish a game by itself. by that I mean that it rarely even sends any transport ships to the enemy territories, and even when it does, it's just 6 units that can be killed very easily. therefore I am the one that's forced to do everything and end the game by myself, which just isn't fun.
ln my opinion, when the AI is in castle and imperial age, it will only be able to send at least 4 transport ships, each with 20 units inside (that includes siege units as well of course), provided that they've researched the upgrades. also, it has to be made sure that it has also created galleons and cannon galleons before attacking. this will most likely lead to a much more enjoyable experience.
of course i can understand that the difficulty of all this is making the AI understand that the map is mostly sea, which from what I get, is nearly impossible to do in HD, but there has to be a way around it if you get what I mean! oh, now that i'm writing this, one came to my mind! do this only if an enemy dock has been detected. it's not the best solution, but it will help with a lot of otherwise pointlessly created ships. i really hope this system gets implemented sometime in the future! keep up the great work!
cheers!
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Resonance22  [developer] 23 Dec, 2019 @ 2:51pm 
Hi Hλlf Way Lambda, are you still active? I'd love an opportunity to speak with you over email, Twitter (@Resonance22), Discord, etc if you'd like to assist with testing ResonanceBot 5-1c. I recently secured new funding for the project on https://www.patreon.com/Resonance22 and while funding lasts, I'd like to fix the bugs you have encountered. My Patreon is a great way to support development, get involved, or also just tip me for my years of work. :D

Thank you so much by the way for the polite and detailed bug report. If I could get some replay files from you and speak with you, I should be able to fix this and a few other issues. I am adding this to my to-do list. As you have said, it is nearly impossible in Aoe2 HD to get the AI to properly recognize mostly sea maps properly but I can significantly improve it with a recorded game file from you and more information. Please let me know if you are still active and interested in the ResonanceBot 5-1c project.

Happy Holidays!
-Resonance22
https://twitter.com/Resonance22
https://www.patreon.com/Resonance22
Half Way Lambda 2 Jan, 2020 @ 12:21pm 
Hey Resonance! Sorry for the extremely late reply, I always forget to reply to a comment after the notification of it has been disabled.
Now back on our topic, to be honest now with the release of AoE 2: DE i don't think there's much of a reason to make content for HD anymore (and I don't have the recently released AoE 2: DE yet since i've heard reallyyy bad things about its performance so i may never buy it). But if you still wanna make content for HD regardless then give me the ok and i'll see if I can find any saved games to send your way so that you could improve Resbot.

Happy new year!
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