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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 many possible ways.
AMAI will make it easier to edit the War3 AI, harder to beat and more fun.
The goal is to make a human like opponent or ally that both react on events and tries to insult you by chat taunts while playing in a more human like way.
Personality Profiles: Each AI opponent has a set profile which modifies how it reacts or plays the game. Some can be real chickens and never dare to attack you while others will rush you down.
Dynamic Strategies: Constantly monitors the current situation of the game and always try to pick the best suited strategy to counter the enemy forces.
The computers will pick from all strategies depending on what kind of units the enemy has, how long the game has been going and what favorite units the current profile has.
Enhanced Micromanagement Control
To help keep as many units as possible alive by fleeing by town portal, zeppelin or foot.
This includes better use of items and healing items.
Makes the enemy force suffer as much as possible by focusing fire on the most vulnerable enemy units first if they are in range.
Will buy neutral heroes and units.
Can occasionally attempt tower rushes and militia/ancient expansions.
Enhanced Team Play
Coordinates with allies what it will be attacking or will join allies in attacking a target.
Human players have access to the Commander, letting you give commands.
Asks for aid if running out resources.
Surrenders : Based on profiles some AI's will give up when it detects its losing, while others will fight to the death.
Chat Support
AMAI will taunt enemy players, and share its build strategy with team players.
Includes Support for 10 different languages.
Easy to use Strategy and Profile editor.
Supports an unlimited amount of your own profiles.
Supports an unlimited amount of your own strategies.
Auto Building feature for example: a AMAI computer only needs to know that it shall build a hero and 15 footmen. It will automatically build all needed buildings, workers and farms in order to get this as fast as possible.
How to play
AMAI release has the standard AI scripts pre-built for you. You just need to install the scripts to maps or your game.
Map Extraction
Most install options require installing onto maps, so these may need extraction first.
It is suggested to create a subfolder in your "maps" folder like C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Warcraft III\Maps\AMAI and copy the maps you intend to use AMAI with there.
You can opt to download a map pack containing a selection with AMAI preinstalled on or you can install onto your own maps.
For Warcraft 1.30 onwards you need to use Casc Storages - Main page to extract a copy of the official maps.
On windows make sure the maps to install onto are not in a protected UAC location.
This may mean you have to install to maps in a different directory then copy into your Maps folder afterwards
Or run installer as an administrator
Warcraft Requirements and Versions
There are multiple editions of AMAI available to install based on your warcraft 3 version you run with. Some install methods you must use the correct abrievation in the table to install the correct scripts.Improvements and fixes to the core AI engine will improve the older scripts as well.
AMAI Scripts
Optimal Version
Supported Version
REFORGED
1.36.2 - 2.0.0
1.33+
TFT
1.24-1.28
1.24+
ROC
1.24-1.28
1.24 - 1.31
Optimal version is based on the warcraft tech tree this edition is based on. Use a version further away from the optimal the more likely it will affect the AIs ability to build, usually just unoptimal build order but worst case it can no longer build at all.Classic AI scripts do have some forward compatibility built in to fix some major issues in later versions including 24 player support.
Avoid v1.29.x of Warcraft 3 and either upgrade or downgrade as it breaks various things including but not limited to:
Preventing AMAI from chatting.
Heros not learning skills although we have a fix that can get applied, this may not work if the map itself is too old.
AMAI Installer
The installer has to be downloaded separately as its much larger compared to the AI package.
Unzip the contents of the installer to a folder of your choice.
Double-click amai-installer.exe to open the installer.
Select whether to install to a map or whole directory.
Select if Commander is enabled, or if you want to have AMAI play against the vanilla AI. Even teams are Vanilla AI, odd teams are AMAI.
Use Optimised Scripts: Optimises the scripts to use less CPU and memory. On by default.
Override Default AI Language: Sets the default chat language of AMAI to current language of the installer and disables initial game prompt of language in the Commander.
Command Line Install
From Windows CMD/PowerShell or Wine wineconsole, run this: .\Install<Version>ToMap.bat "C:\Documents\Warcraft III\Maps\AMAI\<Map>.w3m" <N>
Where <Version> should be replaced with ROC, TFT, or REFORGED, <Map> with your preferred map, <N> with 0 or 1 or 2 if you want to not install the Commander or install the Commander or install the VS Vanilla AI mode respectively.
Alternatively for complex installs if you have perl installed from a commandline you can type perl InstallToDir.pl REFORGED "C:\Documents\Warcraft III\Maps\AMAI" and press enter to install AMAI to all maps in a directory and subdirectories.
You can disable the commander for this install via the perl InstallToDir.pl REFORGED "C:\Documents\Warcraft III\Maps\AMAI" "0"
After installing AMAI on your map just start Warcraft 3 and play the map against and/or with computers to make use of AMAI.
Manual install
You can manually use the included MPQEditor.exe to install to a single map.
You can use this with WINE to install on linux/Mac systems too.
Copy contents of AMAI\Scripts\<Version> into the Scripts folder in a map.
If wanting to use VS Vanilla AI mode copy the above scripts, but then also copy contents of AMAI\Scripts\<Version>\vsai into the Scripts folder in a map. You must copy the blizzard.j here instead of the original.
Manual Mod Install
You can install the scripts locally to your game folder to enable the AI for any map you play and to avoid extracting the official maps.
Change registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III" - Allow Local Files"=dword:00000001
Create a Scripts folder locally and include the *.ai files and Blizzard.j for the VERSION you want.
1.30.0~1.31.x : Create Scripts folder in the game root directory
1.32.0 + : Create Scripts folder in the game retail directory
Run game and play a custom game on a standard melee map.
Notes
Advanced Melee AI is made to be used on 'melee' maps only so please don't try to use it on completly custom maps (e.g towerdefence), it will make no difference on such maps.
Custom melee maps need to be set to latest patch data. Open the map in the Warcraft editor, go to Scenario->Map Options-> and change "Game Data Set" to "Melee (Latest Patch)".
Lua maps are supported, but the Commander can only be used to set language and game mode at game start. You cannot use the commander during the game.If you want the full Commander support, Open the map in the Warcraft editor, go to Scenario > Map Options, and change Script Language to Jass, then install AMAI to it. If Script Language is disabled, please reset the Trigger Editor to its initial state.
You may need to run as an administrator if you have issues with maps not displaying any teams.
Note maps older than 1.24 will need resaving in the world editor if you want full 24 player support.
AMAI is more resource intensive than the normal AI scripts. At 24 players there is a higher risk of lag and crashes as the game cannot handle too many script operations happening in the same game frame. Reduce the number of players if you have issues. We continue to optimize and fix issues to help avoid this occuring.
V2.54
The original 10 year old version that supports 1.24 - 1.29 warcraft.
The download for 2.54 is the developer edition intended for developers to use.
For everyday use the player edition is alternatively available to download here
NOTE: The old 2.5.4 zip is now password protected because Google Chrome is flagging it as malicious software. The password is amai. Note some of the dlls are flagged as virus generic false positives in 2020 due to there age, but they are false positives
AMAI is very, very good. Much better than any Blizzard AI. I love it.
==Update - 25/08/12==
It has recently come to our attention that some antivirus softwares like Norton detect a virus in this, however, we can assure you that it is a false...
It has recently come to our attention that some antivirus softwares like Norton detect a virus in this, however, we can assure you that it is a false detection and that this tool is virus-free.
~The Hive Staff
Out of curiosity, are the perl scripts needed for AMAI 100% irreplaceable and needed, or are they just for the GUI and for starting some other scripts? Honestly, I couldn't find the right version of Perl online with some searching -- only some people saying that I could buy something with backwards compatibility on one site, and something saying that old versions probably have viruses on another site.
I've been working on a 6-race Warcraft melee mod called Heavens Fall (we're planning to get to 8 races, we currently have half of the seventh race in the early developmental stages) and I was considering adding AMAI to Heavens Fall because quite frankly I think it would probably totally best the current AIs that I made in the editor's GUI (and one I've been working on in the arcane .ai scripting format, in which I2S doesn't even work right).
I just started reading a compiled "Scripts\common.ai" file out of your basic AMAIe.exe distribution, and I really respect the work you guys have done making AMAI. But, this isn't my first time thinking "Well maybe I could put AMAI in Heavens Fall..." and then after hours of looking for a way to make the Perl scripts work, or looking at your files thinking maybe I could get around the need for the Perl scripts... I just wanted to ask: I have some Java programming experience, and recently learned how to compile GUI Java applications that I write into EXEs from Jars. Do you think it is remotely possible that I could build a Java version of whatever Perl is needed for here, and offer it to you guys as just a GUI exe that would do the same stuff?
I just really get the feeling that as I sit down and try to learn this developer's edition and I can't even make it work, surely there's got to be some better and faster way to get to the endpoint of having sophisticated AIs in Heavens Fall. But maybe I just didn't look in the right place for Perl?
Why are most of the comments here negative? If this truly enhances the AI then it doesnt deserve the negativity. I think itd make for a neat little tool. Does it work on 1.26 though? Could I get more info on this tool?
I just wanna know if there would be newer version of AMAI coming? since Warcraft 3 has been patched with 1.30, I have noticed few issues. The Orc AI does not produce Spirit Walker since it was moved to Tauren Totem. The AI only produce them when Tauren Totem is built. However, Orc AI main production is usually Raiders and Spirit Walkers. The message says "I will build Raiders and Spirit Walkers" and it proceeds to build 3 Spirit Lodges, which do not contain SP anymore. This actually crippled Orc AI to the point that it only mass produce Raiders to 54 or something food out of 100. Will there be a way to fix this? I admire AMAI very much. Hopefully, there will be a newer version.
@FRosTFuRy When I got The Tales of Raviganion mod running on Patch 1.28 (not published because I did not ask anyone for permission) I was unable to get their custom flavor of AMAI running on 1.28 at the time because I looked in the .AI script code and it uses confusing hacks with the return bug that were dependent upon string literal ordinal implementation or something like this. I thought it would never be able to be updated past Patch 1.24. But you're saying this bundle works for you on Patch 1.30? That seems like exciting news.
Although you have a little clue on the good strats as you have hardly watched thousands of pro replays, I agree this can be useful only from the point that any imporvement on dumb computers is nice, it would be better if you consulted with someone who is aware of the best strats and add it in the prog. However, who still plays vs PCs anyway? They choose either bnet or some servers to play with people , not computers... and I guess this isn;t made for RPGs to be harder and for melee, thast why I say all this for the melee poinr.
Dear friend, you're wrong, I still playing aginst the computer because here, where I live, we have no Internet connection everytime, I must say AMAI is very good because it improves the melee AI of the computer, and obiusly, we all love playing aginst an computer when we are offline.
Hey all, For newest patches and/or reforged support please use the player edition download link to apply to specific maps, all other approaches no longer work. AMAI2.54PE
The source code is now finally up and being maintained on github: SMUnlimited/AMAI
Quick instructions are now up on how to get this up and running now available here.
When i install amai the maps no longer show players and colours or anything and wont run. Pls help. In the description its mentioned something about MPQEditor htsize? I have no idea what that means. Again pls help. Older versions of amai ran just fine for me but i cant get the new versions to run on my new system. Im running TFT 1.26.
Use the old version download here AMAI2.54PE for TFT 1.26, the new amai version 2.6.0 may not work with 1.26, but you have to use the ".bat" files to install AMAI to maps rather than the old exe.
Back in the days I was able to use the legacy version by importing the .ai file into my map and only apply it to the race I want via triggers. Is this not possible with 2.6 anymore?
Back in the days I was able to use the legacy version by importing the .ai file into my map and only apply it to the race I want via triggers. Is this not possible with 2.6 anymore?
There is some odd bug where the AMAI for Orc, Human, and Night Elf isn't upgrading past Tier 1 buildings. Undead sometimes upgrades all the way to Black Citadel.
Using 3.0 downloaded like... 15 minutes ago, so its up-to-date
EDIT: "AMAI is designed to work with melee maps.
If you make a custom map you need to make sure in the world editor it is also set to Latest Patch dataset and still using the melee AI. If you don't do this the AI will get stuck upgrading past tier 2 as it will use the vanilla patch.
To change the patch data set use the following menus from the world editor.
scenario - map properties - options - game data set - Change from Default (based on map melee status) to Latest Patch"
This fixed it. Custom made Melee Maps =/ Melee maps apparently @_@.
Of course, doesn't help when Warcraft can't handle 24 players worth of armies fighting and crashes out. Shrinking it down to 16 players still crashes out lategame. Booooooooo
Got a serious issue here，when my friend and i trying to play 2v22 amai,the game becomes super laggy after 10mins which is the time when units get more and more.Its unpalyable like 1 fps 1 sec.But the original Ai its ok to play.Please do something about it.
I need help with this using the latest reforged, extract melee maps with Cascview and followed the guide with cmd but when in game the Ai is just default
Greetings everyone, I stumbled upon a problem when trying to install AMAI into the unofficial WC3 maps, notifying me that Blizzard.j is missing.
I'm using ver. 1.30 right now and I have searched every place for that specific certain file including MPQeditor, CASCViewer and even hopping on GitHub. I did acquire blizzard.j file from a chinese contributing guy and placed it in the same directory of AMAI but still to no avail.
On top of that, I have also reinstalled it, followed the manual thoroughly and never tamper with the files in it.
The consequences are the AI cannot be initialized and hence AMAI itself got stuck when I was trying to get it on a map.
At the same time, I am sure blizzard.j is just an optional file for AMAI to work to get you an option to command your AMAI allies strategy.
So anyone knows what's wrong or where I have made a mistake?
Does anyone came across the problem and got the solution?
I'm using ver. 1.30 right now and I have searched every place for that specific certain file including MPQeditor, CASCViewer and even hopping on GitHub. I did acquire blizzard.j file from a chinese contributing guy and placed it in the same directory of AMAI but still to no avail.
Hi. I am subbed to this thread and got your notificiation.
I did not use AMAI since patch 1.21 but I can tell you, blizzard.j is in EVERY patch of the game, even Reforged, and is always located in "Scripts\Blizzard.j". On 1.30 it is in the casc in a folder named "War3.mpq/Scripts/Blizzard.j" or something quite similar to this.
AMAI is probably only looking for the file to be in an MPQ. You could try using CASCView to take the file out from your 1.30 install (do not use a third party Blizzard.j because it might be the wrong version) then use MPQEditor to make a small MPQ containing only 1 file located at "Scripts\Blizzard.j" (must be backward slash on old patches, MPQEditor does this for you if you make a folder).
Then name your tiny MPQ as "War3Patch.mpq" and put it into your Warcraft 3 installation. I have a hunch AMAI would probably look for it in this location, just guessing, but I have not look at AMAI stuff in many years.
Hi. I am subbed to this thread and got your notificiation.
I did not use AMAI since patch 1.21 but I can tell you, blizzard.j is in EVERY patch of the game, even Reforged, and is always located in "Scripts\Blizzard.j". On 1.30 it is in the casc in a folder named "War3.mpq/Scripts/Blizzard.j" or something quite similar to this.
AMAI is probably only looking for the file to be in an MPQ. You could try using CASCView to take the file out from your 1.30 install (do not use a third party Blizzard.j because it might be the wrong version) then use MPQEditor to make a small MPQ containing only 1 file located at "Scripts\Blizzard.j" (must be backward slash on old patches, MPQEditor does this for you if you make a folder).
Then name your tiny MPQ as "War3Patch.mpq" and put it into your Warcraft 3 installation. I have a hunch AMAI would probably look for it in this location, just guessing, but I have not look at AMAI stuff in many years.
Thank you for your suggestion. Afaik and read, war3mpq has gone away after ver. 1.30 patch.
And the creator of AMAI doesn't provide clear, up-to-date tutorial or guide to install it except the manual that was made like what? A decade ago? xD
I'm dumbfounded how there's not even a single tutorial on YouTube by anyone too! Only gameplay.
I think most of his/her stuffs are more of developers-centred things, bad for layman like me, not my specialty getting too deep.
But the other question then is what "developer" means in this context. Sometimes I know stuff that more competent users of certain computer systems do not know, because I spent more of my time specifically modding Warcraft III.
The Warcraft III patch does not matter for what I was describing for example. The point of why I am saying to create a War3Patch.mpq file is specifically because I am already aware of what you were saying.
This file has gone away, and that's why if you create the equivalent again in the old format, I was thinking you can trick AMAI to work.
In fact, if you were using an old version where MPQs had not gone away, then it is important to not do what I said since you would not want to damage your installation.
Tried the 3.0 version on my altered melee map and it functions flawlessly. I have to say this is a big contribution to the melee scene for solo players.
How to download AMAI 2.6.1? I only download AMAI 2.54. It contains 2 archives - AMAI 2.54PE and AMAI 2.54DE (this one is generally encoded) and the card does not always work first. AMAI 3 did not understand how to use it at all. Please advise me if this does not bother you. Thank you
How to download AMAI 2.6.1? I only download AMAI 2.54. It contains 2 archives - AMAI 2.54PE and AMAI 2.54DE (this one is generally encoded) and the card does not always work first. AMAI 3 did not understand how to use it at all. Please advise me if this does not bother you. Thank you
You can get the latest version of AMAI by using the link below OR you can just click on the big "Download" button on the description. AMAI
Keep in mind the 2.54b one that provided for this site is password-protected.
I've been playing with it and having a lot of fun. It's way more varied and intelligent than the original AI
Here's a couple of interesting pics:
An AI peasant building a Town Hall next to a Fountain of Health in the Divide and Conquer map, I wonder what prompted the AI to do this. Never happened again even though I played this map and others with Fountains plenty of times
A desperate attack from a NE
The only bug I've found is that sometimes the heroes won't pick up the items they get from creeps, even though they have plenty of inventory space.
It is possible, but since Reforged uses CASC, it might be a difficult way to install this mod. Furthermore, Blizzard uses the anti-cheat system to prevent you for using third-party modifications. There is a people who posted the installation instructions without problems: Advanced Melee AI
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Approved
It would be superb.
