Ultimate AI

Ultimate AI
Platform:	Medieval 2: Total War
Mod Type:	AI improvement
Era:	Vanilla M2TW
Mod Leader:	GrandViZ
Release Status:	Released, available to download
Forum:	Forum

Description

A mod aimed at improving the campaign ai, diplomacy and alliances in M2TW

Campaign AI

Total revision of vanilla AI with separate AI profiles for Papal States, Catholics, Orthodox, Muslims, Mongols (Timurids), Aztecs, and Neutrals
Reasonable alliances, backstabbing still possible
AI using large stacks for attack and defense - no other AI will give you these results

Diplomacy

No more random declarations of war
Limited alliances between historically hostile factions
Allies will help each other, if they have the means
Papal States will primarily act via diplomacy
Special relationship between the Pope and Italian states (Venice, Milan, Sicily) - Pope will ask for help when attacked
Total revision of faction standing mechanics to provide more subtle changes in relations between factions, rather than jumping from perfect to horrible.
All your actions will affect not only the target faction, but also its allies and enemies as well
Revised the value of all diplomatic offers and demands
AI will make more counterproposals in negotiations

Battle AI & AI Formations

Complete battle AI modification and mechanics for longer lasting and absolutely challenging field battles and sieges
Massively improved flanking and skirmish behavior
Improved pathfinding
Realistic terrain modifiers
Differentiated projectile and artillery settings
Balanced unit stats thanks to the outstanding Real Combat modification by Point Blank
Gates, walls and towers get more hitpoints with every upgrade level: higher level castles will require heavy siege equipment
Six new AI formations for open field battles, that are all used by the AI depending on the army composition
Total Revision of all offensive and defensive siege formations
Naval engagements will result in more casualties

Campaign Settings

Total revision of the starting conditions for all factions and settlements, so that all factions can build the faction specific basic militia units in cities, and basic infantry and cavalry in castles.
The starting units have been changed to exactly match the starting recruitment buildings with the exception of Denmark, Scotland and Russia, as these factions start only with one settlement.
Countless tweaks & bugfixes to vanilla configuration
Complete new growth and economy model
Increased corruption, religious unrest, distance to capital penalties
Increased high tax penalties
Increased income from trade, decreased income from taxation and farming
Increased garrison effect on public order
Increased govenors influence
Higher population thresholds for updating cities and castles
Settlement tax for the human player based on the settlement level - fast expansion should be more difficult now
Settlement based money script for the AI
AI sight and command bonus

Building Tree & Recruitment

Total revision of vanilla building tree, the previous RBT mod is no longer used
Balanced costs and construction times for the UAI 1t1y campaign
Balanced bonuses and effects
Revised the requirements for the availability of certain buildings and improvements
Era based availability of high and late era units
Revised manpower and refreshment parameter to ensure high-quality AI army composition throughout the whole campaign

Character Names Project

This excellent modification fixes the fantasy names from the vanilla game, and adds a huge variety of historically used names for all factions

King's Banner

New banners, textures and symbols from the King's Banner Mod enhance the Ultimate AI visually.

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