Help with Ally AI Commands

[D4LHE]

Hi there,

I'm playing regular Skirmish with the AI on Moderate. In this case me and my ally are at distant positions on the map and I'm closest to our remaining enemies.

Anyway, I saved his butt early on and now I'm being constantly attacked. He has a huge af army and its just sitting there and I can't find a command to get him to support me.

Is there anywhere I can find a list of what each command does? Or at least ask my ally for support? Or is there a list of commands I can give which aren't shown in the default in game list? Thanks!

[Promiskuitiv]

; List of taunts it reacts to:

; Standard taunts.
; 33 - Stop slinging resources. If slinging is requested early and is immediately canceled it may mess up the strategy.
; 38 - Sling Resources. Human player only, stops any unit production except for civilian units.
; 100 - Forbids the AI to resign.
; 101 - Cancels the 100 taunt.
; 200 - Enables resource cheats - only works on 'hardest' difficulty.
; 222 - Same as 31, but more likely to help (only taunt this if you really need it).
; 230 - Tells the AI to go for a monk rush (taunt only works on civs who have good monks).
; 231-238 - Chat 230+[enemy player number] to make the AI target this enemy for 10 minutes.
; 250 - Chats information about the current strategy.


So relevant for you: 31 - or if it's really really urgent - 222.

[D4LHE]

Thanks, that's really helpful! May I ask where you got this list from? A complete list would be great, I haven't been able to find one yet...

[mmmcheesywaffles]

Originally posted by Dale Hitch:

Thanks, that's really helpful! May I ask where you got this list from? A complete list would be great, I haven't been able to find one yet...

I'm pretty sure Promiskuitive is the AI author :)

[Fireandsteel]

What is 31?
And howcome these commands are not shown ingame, this is the first time i have seen these. I can't count how many times i have been under attack from the ai without any help. In one particular game, my village got half destroyed by the Persians rushing with knights. I was lucky the ai retreated. I managed to steal victory in that match but only just.
So 31 calls the ai to help?
Also does the ping work on ai? I have always used it but never noticed any difference.

[Promiskuitiv]

Originally posted by mmmcheesywaffles:

Originally posted by Dale Hitch:

Thanks, that's really helpful! May I ask where you got this list from? A complete list would be great, I haven't been able to find one yet...

I'm pretty sure Promiskuitive is the AI author :)

Yes. :)

Originally posted by Fireandsteel (Is A Beef Roast):

What is 31?
And howcome these commands are not shown ingame, this is the first time i have seen these. I can't count how many times i have been under attack from the ai without any help. In one particular game, my village got half destroyed by the Persians rushing with knights. I was lucky the ai retreated. I managed to steal victory in that match but only just.
So 31 calls the ai to help?
Also does the ping work on ai? I have always used it but never noticed any difference.

The standard taunts (1-42) are shown in the chat menu, to open that click the trumpet symbol in the top right of the screen (while playing).
The AI can't directly help you nor detect your flares (due to limitations in the AI engine), but 31 will ask it to attack - it will still evaluate if it's reasonable to attack or just suicidal first (if you taunt 222 instead it will be a bit more reckless).

[D4LHE]

I tried both 31 and 222 and my Ally just left his 180 unit army sat in his base. I managed in the end but man I could've done with the help. Thanks again for your help though!

[Ritter]

Aztecs would be a good one for 230, plus they get relic team bonus

[mmmcheesywaffles]

Originally posted by Promiskuitiv:

Originally posted by mmmcheesywaffles:

I'm pretty sure Promiskuitive is the AI author :)

Yes. :)

I have never used the taunts. As I play mainly in SP and have memory issues I tend to avoid taunts. However, some of those look useful and might make the games more interesting when I want the AI to react.... so.... would you consider putting all the taunts and any specific AI related tips in a Guide?

I'd certainly subscribe and I suspect a few of us could then refer people to it when needed. :)

[Zetnus]

There is an 'AI Taunts' section in this guide I wrote: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=498290618
It doesn't have any specific AI related tips though

[Promiskuitiv]

Oh nice! :)

[Promiskuitiv]

Just "100" is enough, but for the AI to receive the message you need to open the chat menu (trumpet button in the top right of the screen while playing) and tick the check boxes for the enemy AIs which you want to chat to (the AIs which you don't want to resign).

Do that, send the number and then it should work! :)

What firing delay do you mean?

[Promiskuitiv]

Oh just for clarification, your method with the star (*) would have worked with enemy humans - just enemy AIs still can't receive those messages until you tick the check boxes.

If i'm not wrong it should be possible to do that in a mod, but then you couldn't play multiplayer with that except if everyone you played with used this mod. If it's possible to do with a mod then it's safe for singleplayer games though!

[Wafflesaurus Supreme]

What is the AI command to tell them to leave me alone and go attack my ally instead?

[Zetnus]

Originally posted by Tired_David - Twitch.tv:

What is the AI command to tell them to leave me alone and go attack my ally instead? :AOEKnight:

231-238 - Chat 230+[enemy player number] to make the AI target this enemy for 10 minutes.

Dunno if you can chat this to enemies though and actually have it work...

[Wafflesaurus Supreme]

I'm testing this as soon as I get home. :P