Victory conditions have any influence on AI?

**Didz** · 04-19-2009, 12:00

I'm assuming they do, but only because in every campaign I've played so far the AI's diplomat's have had a target fixation for trying to acquire specific territories from you.

For example in my American Campaign the British constantly whine about wanting Maine back, whilst the French are obssessed with Upper Louisianna. In the Ottoman Campaign Poland really, really, wanted me to give them Moscow.

I assume that behavoiur is linked to some list of regions they need to control for victory.

**pevergreen** · 04-19-2009, 12:50

I do believe so.

The region codes seem quite in depth (I havent touched them yet), so I guess yes.

**SpiritFox** · 04-19-2009, 13:06

Originally Posted by Didz

In the Ottoman Campaign Poland really, really, wanted me to give them Moscow.

I assume that behavoiur is linked to some list of regions they need to control for victory.

Well, if Poland is aiming for Moscow, then it has nothing to do with faction victory conditions - Moscow is not a victory condition for Poland.

Similarly, I'd assume holding Konigsberg is a Prussian victory condition, but it was the first thing that the AI traded to me for Gdansk.

I submit, I believe the AI's fixation might be hard-coded historical interest, rather than faction victory conditions.

**Didz** · 04-19-2009, 14:38

I don't suppose there is any necessity for the AI's victory objectives for a faction to match the human ones. But there does seem to be an AI fixation with owning certain provinces nonetheless.

**Slaists** · 04-19-2009, 15:28

Originally Posted by Didz

I don't suppose there is any necessity for the AI's victory objectives for a faction to match the human ones. But there does seem to be an AI fixation with owning certain provinces nonetheless.

well, it could be coded so that 'AI wins as long as the human loses'... not sure if it's true, but just a thought. otherwise the AI behavior does not seem to contain much logic whatsoever.