AI VS AI

[ArcandSpark]

Is it possible to not play as any country and let the AI play against itself? I was thinking it would be a cool and easy feature to implement so someone could start the game as one country play a bit and see how the AI does with their setup and maybe take over if things start to go south. Would anyone else be interested in something like this or have something to add?

 

[Sharp163]

Spectator mode will be in the game. It is already a feature in many recent Paradox games

 

[ArcandSpark]

Ok thanks!

 

[Cuthuthulu]

Go to console and type "observe"

 

[LordOfWar16]

Yes, you can do that by typing "observe" into the console. Infact, the developers do weekly "let the ai play on its own and see what happens" campaigns to debug the AI. In the last one, of which they posted an screenshot, italy managed (as usual) to get defeated, but this time by greece. The game is of course still being balanced, so dont take those results for granted. It wont be predictable to what roughly happens in HoI IV as it was on HoI III tho.

 

[Number 7]

Yes, you can do that by typing "observe" into the console. Infact, the developers do weekly "let the ai play on its own and see what happens" campaigns to debug the AI. In the last one, of which they posted an screenshot, italy managed (as usual) to get defeated, but this time by greece.

at least italy's AI has become realistic

 

[Axe99]

Observe mode is a godsend for testing out modding changes and the like. I remember the good 'ole days of turning all the notifications off and running hands-off games as Haiti or the Dominican Republic for that kind of thing.

 

[warhammer54]

Yes, you can do that by typing "observe" into the console. Infact, the developers do weekly "let the ai play on its own and see what happens" campaigns to debug the AI. In the last one, of which they posted an screenshot, italy managed (as usual) to get defeated, but this time by greece. The game is of course still being balanced, so dont take those results for granted. It wont be predictable to what roughly happens in HoI IV as it was on HoI III tho.

i havent heard of them posting those where can I find them

 

[potski]

If your country gets defeated you can choose to continue in observer mode, and watch how the war develops without you.

 

[LordOfWar16]

i havent heard of them posting those where can I find them

they are scattered on the hoi IV forum and sometimes on their twitter accounts. Just use the search function.

 

[warhammer54]

ok thank you @LordOfWar16

 

[Loke]

at least italy's AI has become realistic

Not that realistic at all as Italy won the war vs Greece.
Its like saying UK lost the war vs Germany, just coz it didnt go well for UK in the beginning. Ultimately both Germany surrendered to England and Greece surrendered to Italy.

 

[Number 7]

Not that realistic at all as Italy won the war vs Greece.
Its like saying UK lost the war vs Germany, just coz it didnt go well for UK in the beginning. Ultimately both Germany surrendered to England and Greece surrendered to Italy.

 

[joe9594]

HOI has a country specifically designed for this. Switzerland.

 

[Loke]

Greece 1941
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Greece#/media/File:Triple_Occupation_of_Greece.png

Germany 1945
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany#/media/File:Map-Germany-1945.svg

Seems like Greece lost to the Axis/Italy and Germany to the Allies/Uk atleast according to these maps/occupation zones.

 

[Adonnus]

Greece 1941
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Greece#/media/File:Triple_Occupation_of_Greece.png

Germany 1945
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany#/media/File:Map-Germany-1945.svg

Seems like Greece lost to the Axis/Italy and Germany to the Allies/Uk atleast according to these maps/occupation zones.

Umm... hate to break it to ya but Germany did all the heavy lifting and just gave the land away to Italy to occupy. (they then managed to screw that up as well). Italy wasn't getting anywhere until Germany advanced through Yugoslavia and then into Greece.

 

[Loke]

Umm... hate to break it to ya but Germany did all the heavy lifting and just gave the land away to Italy to occupy. (they then managed to screw that up as well). Italy wasn't getting anywhere until Germany advanced through Yugoslavia and then into Greece.

Well the Uk did not do all the heavy lifting vs Germany, that was done by the USA and Russia but I still give the Uk cred for their contribution.

 

[Q.ita]

Umm... hate to break it to ya but Germany did all the heavy lifting and just gave the land away to Italy to occupy. (they then managed to screw that up as well). Italy wasn't getting anywhere until Germany advanced through Yugoslavia and then into Greece.

Uhm... if wasn't for US help, who send a lot of materials to UK and URSS with Land-Lease program (equivalent to $659 billion of today), maybe now Angela Merkel was queen of UK.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease

 

[geogus]

I d like to know if anyone has ever seen the italy ai doing at least better than in real life or succeeding

 

[Anton Rex]

What does any of these replies have to do with game ai?