AI Behaviour

[neonlicht]

Hi and many thanks for this---appreciated. :-)

After further testing, including letting the scenario run for much longer, I found that the AI eventually does act on all the AI Orders defined in the Editor. But why it delays some AI Orders I don't know. Likewise, I don't know why it shunts units back and forth for no apparent reason.

At first I thought maybe the AI was shunting units back and forth because it was hampered/confused by obstacles like rivers---despite there being plenty of bridges & fords available---but even after repositioning AI units on the map (in order to avoid rivers), the same odd behaviour was apparent.

As for the objectives in my custom scenario mentioned above, the VPs do vary. Actually, I should have stated that the objectives are also timed to expire on certain turns: e.g. one objective (worth 10 VPs) expires on Turn 10; the next (15 VPs) expires on Turn 15; and the next (20 VPs) expires on Turn 20. In testing, the AI makes for all three objectives right away, but only pushes home attacks on the first two. The final objective (timed to expire on Turn 20) is dealt with differently by the AI: yes, the relevant AI army corps pushes a couple of units towards the objective at the start of the scenario, but then stalls the attack and goes firm. The AI corps then resumes the attack with its full force on Turn 18---long after the first two objectives have either been taken or expired.