Fixing the AI money script (preliminary tests)

[The Errant]

I only had time to play to 257 B.C. so I'm not going to post any screens just yet. I'm playing everybodys favorite testfaction the Casse and these are my observations to date.

1. In my altered script I gave the Eleutheroi 3500 mnai/turn instead of their previous 2000 mnai/turn. Big mistake. Sure they have the money to improve infrastructure like roads and mines, but they seem to have completely stalled the expansion of the smaller factions (Getai, Lusotannan, Pontos, Sauromatae etc.)

2. The active players are AS and the Ptolies who have a nice game of exchange the cities going on in Asia Minor. The Ptolies took Antiocheia and the AS took Sidon. The AS recaptures Antiocheia but is left with a weak defense of three units against an almost full stack of Ptolies besieging Sidon.
The Ptolies have managed to grab Petra but not much else.
Hayasdan has taken two provinces but seems to have stalled since then. The Pontics are their usual inactive selves along with the Pahlava. Baktria has also failed to expand anywhere although they do have some nice armies running arund the Parthian border. The Saka have taken one province and gotten into a war with Parthia.
The Sabyn made an early push against Tamane with an impressive stack but got beaten by a similarly impressive Eleutheroi stack in Tamane. They have stalled since then.
Carthage has made some interesting forays into the north African provinces south of Carthage proper. But the Eleutheroi seem to be resisting so far.
Koinon took control of southern Greece but seem to have stalled at five provinces. The Macedonians are down to their capital and Mytilene.
Epeiros is stuck on passive mode fortifying their Capital and building large stacks to fight of invaders. The Getai aren't moving either.
Rome has expanded north taking Segesta but seem to have trouble fighting the other Eleutheroi settlements in northern Italy. They do have some impressive Camillan stacks moving towards Massilia though.
The Aedui have done absolutely nothing except defend against Arverni incursions. Seems like they still have all their starting provinces. Same case for the Arverni.
The Lusotannan took one province and went for a second but got beaten back. So far no movement but could be they are still building up for another attempt.
The Sweboz took one province with their starting army but seem to have stalled since then. The Sauromatae are stuck with their starting provinces.

3. Armies are varied with a good mix of levies and professionals. The AS and Ptolies are still fielding large mercenary armies. I have no idea where they cough up the funds for it.

It's too early to tell how the game will develop in the future but it seems like the AS is still in the game even though it has pissed off most of it's neighbors. And Baktria isn't looking like a giant octopus which is allways an improvement.

Btw. does anybody know of a console command that lets you see the AI treasury. It would be nice to know just how much cash the AS and Ptolies have in their pockets.

I'll test until 200 B.C. then I'll make some additional alterations to the script depending on the results. I'll post some AI progress screenies every decade game time.