AI production preferences modified by ministers?

[Biges]

I have an idea. What if the AI production preferences are modified by current ministers?
You know - Goering woudl prefer tactical bombers (over strategy bombers), Raeder battleships (over submarines and carriers), a minister of "School of Mass Combat" would move the production away from more specialized units/brigades to general infantry and/or militia etc.

 

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Sounds a good idea. But how could AI select the ministers? Randomly?

 

[Wulf145]

I have an idea. What if the AI production preferences are modified by current ministers?
You know - Goering woudl prefer tactical bombers (over strategy bombers), Raeder battleships (over submarines and carriers), a minister of "School of Mass Combat" would move the production away from more specialized units/brigades to general infantry and/or militia etc.

The idea sounds good as long as it is not taken to it's extreems i.e. a country with a +10% speed minister starts to produce 80% mot inf and totaly ignores inf divisions.

In HOI2 I sometimes had the feeling that the Soviet Union hardly produced any Armour after I destroyed most of them in a few encirclements.

 

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The bonuses and penalties themselves had a slight effect on the AI production already in DD, at least with non-relative building schemes. That said, the idea sounds intriguing, as long as one can define in each AI build scheme (which need a great deal more detail anyway) how much influence minister traits should have.

 

[Biges]

The idea sounds good as long as it is not taken to it's extreems i.e. a country with a +10% speed minister starts to produce 80% mot inf and totaly ignores inf divisions.

In HOI2 I sometimes had the feeling that the Soviet Union hardly produced any Armour after I destroyed most of them in a few encirclements.

Of course the shift should be subtle and should generally stay in the limits of the virtual budget for the given military branch. But generally imagine Raeder being replaced by Doenitz... U-boat preferences going up

This would be especially useful for mods and non-primary countries.

 

[Biges]

Sounds a good idea. But how could AI select the ministers? Randomly?

Well, this will be primarily still be done via events? I don't know.