is there a way of making the ai fight itself in this game?

[Punk Rubber Riley]

I've had it with this game and just want to relax and have some fun! I tried getting into it but sadly this game is just simply to fast for my slow autistic brain to handle! I give up! 274$ down the drain!

[Punk Rubber Riley]

Is there any other way I can enjoy this game without having to light my balls on fire?

[Punk Rubber Riley]

Sorry if that sounded to harsh, I'm just upset!

[JeffreyFo]

You could add this mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1158993779&searchtext=spectator Then start some custom battles and give control of all your units to the AI and then just watch everyone fight.

[JeffreyFo]

Also the tips in this thread may be useful: https://steamcommunity.com/app/594570/discussions/0/3111394035974185342/#c3113646281423072106

Plus, pausing during battles or using the slow speed option may also help you. Or, in battles where you're favored, you could give most of your units to AI control and then just focus on commanding a few units that are important or that you want to have fun with. You could do that in the custom battles idea i mentioned too- set up most of the units in your army to be AI controlled, but have fun with a few. Like controlling Lizardmen's salamanders running around shooting fireballs at vulnerable targets.

[AnimeCatGirl]

Originally posted by Mightfo:

You could add this mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1158993779&searchtext=spectator Then start some custom battles and give control of all your units to the AI and then just watch everyone fight.

^ beat me to it.

Campaigns can be overwhelming with text when you're just starting and the battles can be very fast paced.

There's plenty of Tutorials and play throughs on youtube to help ease you into whichever is your chosen campaign.

For the battles, I would suggest playing with Custom Battles against AI and make frequent use of the slow-motion and pause commands during battle until things feel more fluent.

To finally answer your question, I think SOMEWHERE on the workshop there is a mod "Spectator mode" or something and it allows you to give all the control to the AI so you'd just get to watch the chaos lol. I'm unsure of the actual name, or how to link things but if I figure it out I'll edit/post

Goodluck

[JeffreyFo]

Oh theres also https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1165729756&searchtext=spectator , i forget which one is better. I think they're both pretty similar.

[Punk Rubber Riley]

Thanks a lot, plus I tried pausing the game but all the micro management made my head spin! Not fun for me!

[TheAlmightyProo]

Not sure if you're kidding about the autism or not but I get similar issues when my autoimmune condition is flaring up (all too often these days, as covid has meant overdue treatment is still off the cards so far)

What begins as a fair and fresh throw at getting it done bogs down with so much to cover and remember etc and then brain fog/fatigue kicks in and I'm missing things left and right... Also probably doesn't help that I never got as competent and used to total war from Rome 2 onward as I was the ones before it (but then I had so much time in those I dreamed campaigns and could've probably played in my sleep)
So yeah, I never thought to ask but I'll look into the mods here.
Have a good one chaps.

[Punk Rubber Riley]

sorry about the autism comment! I legitimately do have autism but I went ahead and broke the number 1 rule anyway and offended a bunch of people anyway!

[Belisarius]

just play on easy?

[dev]

I used the slow motion mode when I started playing this. The battles are insanely fast compared to the older total war games.

[Sovereign246]

The battle pace is quite fast unfortunately, there are several mods that slow it down by making units tankier or do less damage. I've not kept up with them as my personal favourite turned into a full overhaul mod which is not what i was looking for and I've used vanilla since.

Doing so gives you more time to do things. One of the ones i used that i quite liked was proper combat.

[Liviu222]

Have you tried using groups in battle? By pressing "G" with the selected units you have you can create a group and if you press the lock next to the group number you can lock the units into a formation so when you select the group you can move them as a formation, I do find groups to help me in battles quite a bit

[Ferreus the Umbral Arrow]

Originally posted by Punk Rubber Riley:

I've had it with this game and just want to relax and have some fun! I tried getting into it but sadly this game is just simply to fast for my slow autistic brain to handle! I give up! 274$ down the drain!

The game is actually not fast at all. Legit. You are doing something wrong if it feels that way. I can help you, but you'd have to add me and tell me what all you are doing. I need to know how you are approaching campaigns, what factions you've tried, what settings you are on, etc etc.

[Go0lden_Archer]

with spectator mod suggested above you can easily put any or all units into ai control. I tend to move my army into clash and leave only lord/mage/flankers at my control

this way my main army always attacks and never any unit just chills while I can easily control where my magic goes and flank everything. definitely give it a show