BI or Alex engine?

**TheStranger** · 12-17-2009, 16:29

I'm playing now a campaign with Carthage and I'm in the year 230 and nobody has declared war on me (ok the romans now did cause they besieged Messana). And I also attacked several rebel cities. The campaign before that was with the AS and the only real enemies whre the Ptolies, Saka and Pahlava. I didn't finish it but I have to say that the diplomacy is more stable than on the RTW.exe. I was allied with Hayasdan, Pontos and Baktria. So the alliances hold much longer I suppose. Btw. I'm playing on hard/medium.

**Skullheadhq** · 12-17-2009, 17:18

second that
If you declare war on Pahlava first, your other satrapies stay loyal, and you can take them out one by one

**Duguntz** · 12-17-2009, 17:21

on Alex?

And another question that will make me look really like a duche concerning computer and proove once and for all that I did live all my life on a farm : I play on Rome exe... how do i do to play on the other platforms? Do i just incert the cd and start EB? it sound stupid, but I really didn't tried anything of that!

**Skullheadhq** · 12-17-2009, 17:48

Look at the minimod section, there should be the ALEXANDER pack (By Maksimus) and the BI installer.

**Duguntz** · 12-17-2009, 18:36

I just come back from the mini mod section, and i was really interested ibn the alex exe, but i saw there's a new installer for the BI wich also grant troops restauration, night battles, improoves AI and also has all the BI related stuff (shield walls and so). in any cases, is that really better? or is the Alex still better due to AI and stability?

i don't know if it can help, but my comp configuration is good enough to run on max details... so no matter what exe run slower or faster, it won't be a prob (yeah, although I'm not a casual gamer (two hours a day on a comp isn't really hardcore gaming!) I made myself a neat christmas gift this year!) so here's the new comp!)

**Ludens** · 12-17-2009, 20:14

I haven't played Alex, so I cannot vouch for it's A.I., but I am certain that BI has no A.I. improvements other than naval invasions. And while the BI A.I. is capable of full-scale naval invasions, I've seen plenty of pointless attacks with small stacks too. For example, in my KH campaigns the SPQR cannot resist landing 6-unit stacks to attack Corinth. Not only does this make no sense as they haven't taken Taras yet, but they have no hope of sending reinforcements should they succeed in capturing it (and they never do because I can use the Athenian and Spartan garrisons to attack them). I am in fact surprised they can even see it.

BTW, this question has been asked and answered several times in both the main EB forum and the submod forum. Please do a search before asking a question next time.

**Skullheadhq** · 12-17-2009, 20:37

This should probably be set in the FAQ, with the pros and cons of each engine and instructions, so that people stop asking and if such a thread comes again we can just use this smiley

Saves a lot of time actually.