[General] Add more difficulty to AI

[LichKingFrostBourne]

Hi everyone.

I want to know is there any way possible to make the AI more difficult than insane in the map?
If so can you help me processed with that!!

 

[Cheshire]

There are some "hacky" things you can do to raise the difficulty level such as

• giving the AI bonus resources
• giving the AI imbalanced units.
• giving the AI units better stats.
• giving the AI units that build faster.

these will not change the way the AI behaves, but will artificially make the game somewhat harder.

However, if you wish to actually have a level playing field in terms of the base game mechanics and just have the AI behave smarter - that is not a simple task. In essence it requires reprogramming the whole AI from scratch.

If you want to do that (and not have to personally program the whole thing) I think this system is the best thing available, but takes some effort to implement:

Advanced Melee AI

This tool originates from: http://www.wc3campaigns.net/forumdisplay.php?f=601 - Wayback Archive of Wc3c Source code now available at: SMUnlimited/AMAI Latest Release Notes AMAI is a mod/tool for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne made to improve the computer AI of the game in...

www.hiveworkshop.com

 

[Ravager16829]

For standard melee AI (4 races):
Use Casc Viewer (or MPQ Editor, if your game is still using the MPQ files) and extract the following files:
-scripts\common.ai
-scripts\elf.ai
-scripts\human.ai
-scripts\orc.ai
-scripts\undead.ai
Then open those files with Notepad or JassCraft (recommended).

For more enhanced melee AI:
Use AMAI as Chesire suggested. It enables the AI to do some difficult stuffs like using the neutral heroes, etc.

 

[LichKingFrostBourne]

There are some "hacky" things you can do to raise the difficulty level such as

• giving the AI bonus resources
• giving the AI imbalanced units.
• giving the AI units better stats.
• giving the AI units that build faster.

these will not change the way the AI behaves, but will artificially make the game somewhat harder.

However, if you wish to actually have a level playing field in terms of the base game mechanics and just have the AI behave smarter - that is not a simple task. In essence it requires reprogramming the whole AI from scratch.

If you want to do that (and not have to personally program the whole thing) I think this system is the best thing available, but takes some effort to implement:

Advanced Melee AI

This tool originates from: http://www.wc3campaigns.net/forumdisplay.php?f=601 - Wayback Archive of Wc3c Source code now available at: SMUnlimited/AMAI Latest Release Notes AMAI is a mod/tool for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne made to improve the computer AI of the game in...

www.hiveworkshop.com

thank you for the help and is there away to change the imbalance of the AI units?

 

[LichKingFrostBourne]

For standard melee AI (4 races):
Use Casc Viewer (or MPQ Editor, if your game is still using the MPQ files) and extract the following files:
-scripts\common.ai
-scripts\elf.ai
-scripts\human.ai
-scripts\orc.ai
-scripts\undead.ai
Then open those files with Notepad or JassCraft (recommended).

For more enhanced melee AI:
Use AMAI as Chesire suggested. It enables the AI to do some difficult stuffs like using the neutral heroes, etc.

oh i see what you mean thank you

 

[Gnuoy]

...change the imbalance of the AI units?

What do you mean exactly?