New 4.1 Beta - 15th of April

[Johan]

Posted in the tech support.

a) Fixing mod compability.. I've tested MEIOU, and it ran for me now.

b) Strengthening of HRE integrity.

c) Improved interface for multiplayer.

d) Badboy limit is now a bit harsher, as it was pretty much irrelevant to be below it or not in a competetive game. (Hi Brother Bean & Doomdark)

 

[Johan]

nice one johan, will the patch work for our current Sunday Tsunami game?

I actually tested that savegame to make sure it was compatible.

 

[Trin Tragula]

An AI that takes BB into account when settling peace deals would be nice.

This is what HTTT needs most of all.
The balooning thing has been happening ever since the expansion was launched. Apart from that I think the game is getting better with every patch though

 

[Doomdark]

An AI that takes BB into account when settling peace deals would be nice.

Guys, it does. It has since the previous patch.

 

[Doomdark]

Is this really true? I'm seeing Burgundy and Austria with over 60 infamy after just 20 years of play. Clearly they cannot handle owning HRE provices, nor choose to not annex the smaller countries.

I meant Infamy from peace deals, which has been a long standing problem for the AI. The next beta patch will address AI woes over the new HRE non-core penalty.

 

[Doomdark]

Would I be right in assuming that the changes there are the cause of the HTTT AI being so keen to release nations, rather than annex provinces?

It's nice that the AI are sane with regards to infamy now, but the weighting they put on it could definitely use a fair bit of tweaking (as, I imagine, is happening). As is they seem to be far too afraid of infamy, and consequentially aren't taking provinces which would boost their power in the long term.

That's not exactly what I'm seeing tbh. Frankly, it's not even how I see things. I am quite happy to see the AI demand other things than provinces; being even close to the Infamy limit is very dangerous now. Your limit might drop and all of a sudden you're over it, and all hell breaks loose.

 

[Trin Tragula]

Guys, it does. It has since the previous patch.

Sorry about that then. I didn't mean to say that it hadn't improved but it still tends to implode (though admittedly less so than it did) once it reaches a certain size. Perhaps it's no longer due to BB handling however (apart from the HRE provinces) bur rather other issues with empire management?

As others I agree the AI is getting considerably better. Part of the implosion problem seems to me to be that it's gotten a lot better at expanding and seizing an opportunity than it used to be but it still has some stuff to learn about how to hold on to it's gains.

 

[Doomdark]

By the way Doom, when will we see CK2?

Aah... You know I cannot comment on such.

 

[Doomdark]

I like to play EU3, not MMP. Please don't go overboard.

No worries on that account, our philosophy is a bit different. However, going over the Infamy limit has always been supposed to be disastrous. You are not really meant to... I think you should try the patch.