

I know I tweaked and improved how the AI move and redeploy leaders, but I'm as surprised as you that it works so well! So if you see stupid things, I can always use a saved game or two, more work on May is planned for the AI.
Gray_Lensman wrote:This means that destroyed individual elements that were contained in brigades that are currently inside of a Division will now be rebuilt inside the division instead of having to remove the brigade from the division to replace the element that's been destroyed in combat.
At least that's my understanding of it.
Gray_Lensman wrote:This means that destroyed individual elements that were contained in brigades that are currently inside of a Division will now be rebuilt inside the division instead of having to remove the brigade from the division to replace the element that's been destroyed in combat.
At least that's my understanding of it.
Pocus wrote:I would like to go further, but one modifications (of this kind) at a time. The next step would be to increase the supply consumption of line units, only for the North, to represent better that vast amount of supply was needed for the Northern operations whereas the South could live of roots![]()
Gray_Lensman wrote:Sherman's march to the sea may be more easily accomplished with these beta patches, because movement rates have been increased somewhat, and cohesion/attrition adjusted closer to historical effects.
pepe4158 wrote:yeah but again I ask is Athena even repairing her tracks in your guys games...mine she isnt I think?
GShock wrote:I am absolutely sure you will make it become Deep Blue [Pocus]. It's only a matter of time![]()
Heck, I'd be willing to wait overnight or even days for the AI to do its thinking.
If AI effectiveness is proportional to the time we allow it, give it more time!
How about something like this?
Give the computer more time?
[ ] No, use the default time [60 seconds? 5 minutes?]
[ ] Yes, give it 10 minutes.
[ ] Yes, give it one hour.
[ ] Yes, give it <fill in the blank> hours.
[ ] Give it unlimited time until I [the player] press the Stop button.
[ ] [any other option suggestions?]
Make this a pre-game selection, or even a turn-by-turn selection (see below).
For a game of this scope and complexity, If I the human player might take hours to plan and execute my turn, I'd think it only fair to give the AI equal time consideration.
If we're talking about a game that might take months and even years to complete, what's a few hundred extra hours among "friends" (you and your AI opponent), especialy if those extra hours you are (a) sleeping, (b) at work, (c) playing some other computer game, (d) whatever.
I could see playing in the following manner: I commit to playing one turn at a time, then giving the computer indefinite time--at least overnight, days if I get distracted and have to move on to other things (including playing other games)--to plan and "think" through its response. Distracting time off between moves would even be a virtue. It I knew that the longer I wait, the better the AI move might be, I'd not fret over my time away from the game. In fact, variable AI time between moves might have the added advantage: For complicated situations and important turning points in the war, give it full time consideration. At other times, when there is little for the AI to do, give it as little time as your experience and/or impatience to "get on with it" deem necessary.
For the life of me, I can't fathom why game designers try to make their games, and their AI, fit one mold. Break the mold! Give the players a choice! If enabling a competitive AI is a matter of giving it more time to think, let us the human players decide for ourselves the limits of our (im)patience. These games allow us, the human players, to set all sorts of optional rules going in. Why not give us as many AI options (particularly PO time to think), too?
Variable, human player directed AI time!
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