What is the best AI mod?

[Lampros]

Three I keep hearing a lot are:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2935815665&tscn=1710430646

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2854310042&searchtext=ai+overhaul

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2905096541&searchtext=ai+overhaul

Which is best? And any others?

Edit: It's hard to guess by popularity as well, since all three have roughly the same subscriber number.

[Tr4cker0]

İlk olarak biofail tarafından gönderildi:

Unnatural Selection:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2853974146&searchtext=unnatural+selection

You can control how the AI autoresolves against each other to decide who will expand or get stronger....vanilla the same factions usually get strong. I agree with Ionized to also use "Loreful threat" as they are both compatible..

The 3 previous AI mods you mentioned function about the same as Unnatural Selection but require much more manual imput. UNS only requires you to change 1 setting for each faction you choose.

and is it just me but is the AI EXTREMELY passive since 4.2? I am using a mod to toggle the FOW and after turn one it looks like over half of the factions on the map have made peace with their starting enemies...

Sadly the creator stop updating his mods :/

[Echo]

İlk olarak Tr4cker0 tarafından gönderildi:

Sadly the creator stop updating his mods :/

For an updated version, try this one: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3209726179

[Hecleas]

İlk olarak Echo tarafından gönderildi:

I've tried the ones you have in the OP at one point or another, but there's always one or more issues that mess with the experience. It's either over-aggressiveness ruining any chance of diplomacy, or lords getting stuck in sacking loops, overestimating or underestimating their strength and declaring stupid wars half across the wars, etc.

Finally, I ended up using this: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3166309670
Simple is really best. In WH2 there was an excellent AI mod that never got ported, but in WH3 everyone who tried to "overhaul" the entire AI ended up messing up.
The above mod works pretty well, it's very compatible and doesn't require frequent updates (see note below). It has increased the difficulty without introducing excessive cheats like other AI mods do.

Note: Another issue with AI overhauls is the very slow adjustment to AI patch changes and user feedback. Whereas if you keep the changes simple, they're far less likely to break or need adjustment.

İlk olarak Hecleas tarafından gönderildi:

This mod is a scam it copied one of my tables 100%
Invents a life thinking that Creativity Assembly is stealing his work.
And adjusts its values ​​in haphazard ways.

The best advice I can give you, try all 3 mods, spend 10-20 turns in test mode and see how the AI ​​behaves.
You will see which one has the most logical and intelligent behavior.

I agree with trying out all 3 and more besides, but 10-20 turns is far from enough to see how the AI behaves. In that span of time you can only see the factions immediately surrounding you, which are impacted by your actions. But across the world, major factions might be demolished by minor factions (extreme example) or fail to grow and lead to lots of disappointment when you finally get strong enough to leave your starting area, just to meet a bunch of weaklings.

Point is you need like a whole campaign with an AI mod to get a good grasp of its capabilities. And that's a lot of time spent for potentially little gain.

Plays with Hecleas AI Overhaul.
You will see the difference instantly.
And there's nothing better at the moment than this mod, I'm not saying that out of pretension. Just to save your time.

[OpalGotMyHeart]

personally not a big fan of the first one due to its changes in diplomacy kind of causing a lot of diplomatic oriented strategies to feel invalidated, but otherwise its very good at what it does, so if you dont mind that part of the game being severly crippled for a lot of factions its perfect.

[Echo]

İlk olarak Hecleas tarafından gönderildi:

Plays with Hecleas AI Overhaul.
You will see the difference instantly.
And there's nothing better at the moment than this mod, I'm not saying that out of pretension. Just to save your time.

I'll give it another try in my next campaign.