AI capture ports way too early

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I have upgraded all non European fortresses and garrisons to lvl 4 and still Britain capture one port with their starting trading ship, same with Spain , WTF ! i am looking to play a trader game with conquest coming way later , any suggestions?

 

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Open up your main EIC folder then Data/AI open the misc.txt file.

Find these lines:

// AI doesn't capture ports until this year
AI_no_capture_until = 1625

And change the date to whatever you'd like.

This game is really easy to mod and customize to your liking.

 

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Thanks but it doesn't work, i placed year to 1650 and the French captured Luanda at 1603 ...
AI cheats event it's own files lol

 

[Anthropoid]

There is also another setting in there that you might consider changing.

// control fleet's tendency to commit a suicide in port capture. (Orig was 2.25)
// if fleet_power * this_value > port_power, fleet thinks
// it can capture port. See "IsAbleToCapturePort" in log.
//AI_fleet_capture_trigger = 1.25
AI_fleet_capture_trigger = 2.5

I changed my other one to

// AI doesn't capture ports until this year (Orig was 1615)
AI_no_capture_until = 1609

And because I upped the "commit suicide" algorithm up to 2.5 from 2.25, I think the first AI port capture was about 1618 or thereabouts, even though my "no capture" alg was as you can see 1609.

I also gave the AI some very substantial production advantages on normal difficulty

// factor for AI upkeep (0.25) (Orig was 0.25)
upkeep_ai_factor = 0.06
. . .

// medium (Orig was 1.05, 0.95, 0.98, 1.03)
plr_port_in_factor_medium = 1.00
plr_port_out_factor_medium = 1.00
AI_port_in_factor_medium = 1.12
AI_port_out_factor_medium = 0.85

 

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Hm no, still England captured port at 1605

Looks like they are using the 5 galleons in their mission to capture ports, anyway i can cancel this mission ?