Will AoD use my AI file?

[unmerged(189717)]

According to this guide (maybe dated):

http://www.paradoxian.org/hoi2wiki/index.php/Modding_ai_files

the game should use my new AI files. I created two new nations using U02 and U03 tags and named the AI files:

u02_1936.ai
u03_1936.ai

Is this enough? Will those AI files be used in every scenario from 1936 to 1945? Or do I have to change some other files too?
BTW, the nations won't exist right ow, they have to be created.

 

[Aidan]

Since the nations won't be in the game at initial start up I don't think so.
An easy way to tell would be to run a hands off game and see if the ai builds divisions and just places them in the capital.

I'd make an event with "type = ai which = u02_1936.ai" as a command and a trigger of "exists = U02"

 

[unmerged(189717)]

Since the nations won't be in the game at initial start up I don't think so.
An easy way to tell would be to run a hands off game and see if the ai builds divisions and just places them in the capital.

I'd make an event with "type = ai which = u02_1936.ai" as a command and a trigger of "exists = U02"

Thank you. Is there no other way and is that he reason why *all* puppet-only nations (Scandinavia, Russia, Wallonia etc.) use the standard built AI (=spam INF and nothing else)?

 

[Aidan]

Yup, there needs to be an event calling up their ai file or they don't know what to do.

 

[kunadam]

Actually their release event could trigger that AI file. Thus modify the release event accordingly.

 

[unmerged(189717)]

Actually their release event could trigger that AI file. Thus modify the release event accordingly.

I have a release evnt for only one of the two new countries. I think I'll just create an AI-only event that fire once exists=TAG is true.

################
# Switch U02 AI on
########################################
event = {
	id = 939113
	random = no
	country = U02

	trigger = {
		ai = yes
		exists = U02
	}

	name = "AI_EVENT"
	style = 0

	date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1936 }
	offset = 1 # Check for trigger conditions every day
	deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1946 }

	action_a = {
		command = { type = ai which = "u02_1936.ai" }

	}
}

The u02_1936.ai.txt is located in the "events" folder (not in any of the subfolders).