Fatigue and AI

[Puzz3D]

I turned fatigue off for my current campaign which is unmodified RTW v1.5. You have to start a new campaign for that to take effect if you do it in the preferences.txt file.

The AI definitely benefits from fatigue off when it is the attacker. When the player is the attacker, he benefits from it. The player also benefits if he uses a single unit a lot because it never gets tired. Overall, I'd say the battles are more of a challenge especially if the human doesn't overuse any one unit. With fatigue off, units fight a little longer which helps in the unmodified game where combat is resolved somewhat fast. In a modified game, it might cause units to fight too long. Battles will also finish up quicker when you use the continue battle option because routed units will move off the field faster.

[Geoffrey S]

Thanks, I'll try that. I got rather fed up of watching an opposing army charging its infantry straight across the map and getting itself exhausted, this should at least give the AI a chance when attacking.

[Jambo]

Yeah, I think the fatigue off option is probably the best one for the AI, since it really doesn't factor fatigue into account during most battles. This can be particularly evident during prolonged sieges of large fortified cities where the AI will rush the city plaza. Just keeping your own units in the plaza is often enough to chain rout any AI force reaching there.

Puzz, is there a way to turn off fatigue during a campaign, i.e. through Romeshell perhaps?