Shogun 2 Total War

[undercovergeek]

its all the config files for the other nations i think - their range, accuracy, panic threshold, speed, the list is endless and he has a twiddle with them all i think - i dont think he can actually write AI he just adjusts the floor limits and ceilings for what the other guys do

i hope, i dont mean to demean his work if hes a hard core AI writer, but from a lot of his explanations hes in the nation set ups most of the time

[Sir Slash]

Agreed. Darth for Shogun adds a lot of improved stuff already in the game. Like extra garrison units in cities, increased morale for the AI in battles so the AI will come right at you just like in vanilla but they don't break as easily and so almost always survive the charge through your hailstorm of fire to get to melee range. It can make battles a lot more exciting. The campaign AI usually will try to hit your infrastructure with small units on land and sea, and the big armies will react to your movements by withdrawing if it's at a disadvantage. FOTS I tried to draw 2 Obama armies into attacking my 2 armies close to the coast where my navy could support me and they would never bite instead trying to get past my forces toward my un-protected city or withdrawing trying to draw my forces into attacking them next to their city where a large garrison force could fight with them. Darth has always had AI behavior like this in his mods but for Shogun, it's much better.

[jomni]

Personally I don't like the Dartmod changes.  I still prefer stock.

[Martok]

Also, are there mods other than Darth that mitigate the effects of Realm Divide? 


...Shit, I should really probably just wander over to the Org or TWC and ask this stuff.  ::) 

[Sir Slash]

I check the Steam Workshop regularly for new mods for Shogun 2 and Skyrim. The Radiuos mod has a lot of changes as well as a whole mess of new units.  :-X

[Martok]

Thanks, Sir Slash.  I'll check it out. 



By the by, something else that bothers me about Shogun 2 (although I suspect it's a feature in ETW and RTW as well -- I just don't remember offhand): 

I don't like that when I pause in the middle of combat, the (large-ish & opaque) menu suddenly appears, blocking my view of a sizable chunk of the battlefield. In STW and MTW/VI, pausing the battle simply brings up a small -- and transparent -- "pause" message, thus allowing me to still see everything, which (I didn't realize til now) is something I really appreciate.  I wish the main menu would only appear when I hit Escape (which was also the case in STW & MTW/VI). 

Is there anything I can do to make the main menu not appear when I pause?  It really is rather irritating. 

[jomni]

Pause by means of ESC button or via the icon in the Time Compression icon bar?
I haven't tried but can you freeze time using the time compression icons...

[Martok]

I can slow down a battle using the time compression controls, yes, but I can't pause it entirely.  If I click the "pause" icon, it still brings up the menu in the middle of my screen -- same if I hit the Escape or P key.  :( 

[jomni]

Ah ok.  So both methods act in the same way.

[Gusington]

I don't think there is anything you can do about the pause screen.

Also...for the base game, the Segihara (sp) mod gets a lot of praise.

[Martok]

Mange takk. 

[jomni]

Are we playing the same game? :P  The pause button in the upper right (minimap) will just show a small box on top.

[Martok]

Yeah, I saw that too...but only when I played a battle in FOTS.  If you're playing just regular Shogun 2, you're stuck with that big-ass menu blocking your view.  :-\ 

[Nefaro]

Also, are there mods other than Darth that mitigate the effects of Realm Divide? 


...Shit, I should really probably just wander over to the Org or TWC and ask this stuff.  ::)

Yes.  There are multiple ones IIRC.

I recall one that pretty much gets rid of the increasing diplo penalties altogether.  Another that eases them over time so that everyone doesn't turn on you quite so quickly (a slower, more drawn out divide).  I kinda prefer the latter, as my first S2TW vanilla game on Normal resulted in my winning by the skin of my teeth & taking the capital on the next to last turn and holding it from two attacking armies on the last.  So I felt pretty rushed in the last few turns and wanted to drag that out a bit.

[mikeck]

I'm playing FOTS with Darthmod...have any of you guys had problems modernizing with this mod? I'm stuck at level one with all 4 techs researched. The modernization bar is filled but I never move to level two... Been 5 years. I am building things that increase modernization but without being able to research new tech, I am out of building options. I don't remember this problem in vanilla. I hate to play without darthmod because I love the AI improvements...not to mention I would have to hunt for a mod to turn off the god danged tracers ..seriously, I mean, why would you add tracers in These games?