Insufficient funds build order

[Llywelyn ap Gruffydd]

I'm just wondering when your cash reserves make it into the red and you've got a lot of buildings/troops queued up to build, what logic does the AI use to determine what to build?

Llywelyn

[CountMRVHS]

If you go into the startpos file and scroll down a bit, you'll see the list of provinces. As far as I understand, when allocating funds to each province, the computer spends the money on provinces in the order in which they appear in this list.

For the Viking map, the island Domon is LANDREG_01. The Orkney islands (Orcades on the map) are designated LANDREG_02. So if you happened to own those two provinces, your money would get spend in Domon first, and then if there was any left over, it would go to Orcades. For the Viking map the order of provinces from 1 to 45 is basically north to south, west to east; although it does some jumping around. For the Medieval Europe map I have no idea about the order of the provinces (I've been messing about with the Viking campaign lately so I know the numbers of many of those provinces by heart... Do I have too much time on my hands?).

I think this is what the computer does, but it's based on some stuff I've read on various forums and I haven't tested so I'm not 100% positive.

[Llywelyn ap Gruffydd]

That's very interesting. I wonder what the logic behind this order is.

Anyone wanna take a stab?

Llywelyn

[Mablung]

Hey count http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif, well the buildings are always built before the units. If I was your position Llywelyn, I would build farms/mines in rich provinces, but I am sure you know this.

[The Witch-King]

Well, I don't know the exact details but I have noticed that the build order goes from north to south on the MTW map too.

[katank]

some exceptions to that.

switzerland and tyrolia is always last for HRE no matter how far south I own stuff.

it may not be alphabetical either as I own venice which should come after both.

perhaps it is the land reg ordering.

it is generally north to south though.

[CountMRVHS]

Hey Mablung (btw I've been wondering for some time about your name - something from the Silmarillion? Sounds wicked familiar, and the quote thing under your portrait about Thingol is definitely Silmarillion)

I'm quite sure that it doesn't really have anything to do with north/south or alphabetical... it's just the order in which the designers happened to write up the provinces. Mostly it seems to follow a sort of winding, north to south pattern, but in some places it "jumps", like katank has said.

I didn't know that it built buildings before units, though; that's a new one to me.

[Mablung]

Count, yes my name is from the Silmarillion. The reason I believe it builds buildings before units is that if I didn't have sufficient funds to complete all projects, you will often see units waiting instead of buildings. However it may use a system of what combination uses up the most money. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-gossip.gif

[Oaty]

I always thought it first looke at que time because in my important provinces that are teched up I have 3-4 buidings selected at times and 1's that are'nt important I select 1 at a time and the ones that have been qued for a whil seem to be built first. Plus I always have troops que'd and it seems that they usually dont get skipped to bad unless if 1 of my important provinces beat me by the building que time