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*Old* Custom AI - ResonanceBot 5.1b

NEW VERSION: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=473358292

ResonanceBot 5.1b Description:
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Click 'Subscribe' to download a very challenging and advanced Custom AI for Age of Empires II: HD Edition. I designed this AI to provide the most fun experience possible, rather than focusing on creating the most competitive AI out there. This mod supports both the vanilla HD Edition and "The Forgotten Expansion." This AI (ResonanceBot) can play all civilizations and on most random maps with standard settings. Every difficulty level has been meticulously balanced to ensure that players of all skill levels have a great experience. Playing against ResonanceBot 5.1b is a great way to learn and practice Age of Empires II against a very intelligent opponent. With numerous customization options and a ton of randomized strategies, ResonanceBot 5.1b is designed to provide a refreshing and enjoyable match every time.

Download Changelog for Version 5.1b:
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Hj18uGA9

Download Setup Instructions and FAQ (contains full list of custom Commands):
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=6ZTYn4a3

Alternate Download link:
{LINK REMOVED}http://www.mediafire.com/download/cng7zuzcc1avrbe/ResonanceBot_5.1b.zip
*Extract that to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Age2HD\AI (only works with Aoe2 HD!)

If you're looking for a way to practice or something fun to play with your friends then my AI should be perfect for you. The most important feature of it is that my AI auto-balances the difficulty for you to ensure that players and teams of all skill levels can always have a good game. Of course you should still select a Difficulty level because that influences it too! :P

Major Changes from the previous version:
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-Now plays Regicide in addition to Random Map!
-Now varies the players that it targets more frequently so that everyone can feel the love.
-Improved the build orders on Water Maps and allowed the AI to make earlier Transport Ships.
-Attack/Retreat logic has been improved substantially.
-Added a bunch of Custom Commands! There is a full list in the FAQ file above.
-Better scales the difficulty to match the speed of the opposing players.
-Hard/Hardest now plays a bit slower in Single Player team games.
-No longer builds ships on Fortresss.
-Tons of Bug Fixes

More Information on ResonanceBot 5.1b:
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This AI (ResonanceBot 5.1b) was designed by me, Resonance22, to provide the most fun experience possible. In order to achieve this, the AI is packed full of personality, customization, and flexibility. It trains units to counter the enemy and has a wide variety of randomized strategies to choose from. When the AI is defeated it will typically ask its opponents for permission to Resign. The AI automatically adjusts the difficulty to meet the average skill level of the enemies. This ensures that my AI always produces a good game. My AI also offers helpful advice and serves as great practice for players looking to improve. If you're looking for something fun to play with your friends, my AI should be perfect for that. For once you do not need to be concerned with balancing the teams, since the AI does that for you.

When playing against my AI, make sure to set the Starting Age to the Dark Age and the Population to at least 150 (preferably 200 or above)!

Difficulty Recommendations:
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Easiest: [For beginners or very casual players (1400 or below rating)]
Standard: [For beginners or casual players (1600-1400)].
Moderate: [For somewhat experienced or novice players (1700-1600)].
Hard: [For somewhat experienced or average players (1850-1700)].
Hardest: [For experienced or skilled players (1850 or above rating)]. I can beat Hardest 1v1. :D So you can too!

The last two difficulties do cheat for small amounts of resources to keep things interesting. I assure you that ResonanceBot has been balanced incredibly carefully though. It's not really fair to compare ResonanceBot to the default Computer player in Aoe2 HD, since the Computer player was designed to be very humanlike and completely fair with no cheating. I allow ResonanceBot to cheat for small amounts of resources on Hard/Hardest so that it can still provide a challenge for faster players.

Future Updates:
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Over time I plan to expand upon my AI and add more features. Next on the list is Town Size Attack.
You can occasionally find me hosting lobbies with my AI and joining other lobbies with my AI.
I most frequently play on 'The Forgotten' expansion to Age of Empires II: HD Edition.
You may also find me live streaming gameplay of my AI here: http://www.twitch.tv/resonance22
I may also upload gameplay of my AI here: http://www.youtube.com/Resonance22Channel

Other Awesome AIs:
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BruteForce: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=383625289
LogBot: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=263367053

Before Commenting:
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Make sure to read the FAQ file that I have listed above! It has a full list of custom commands that can allow you to disable or enable certain AI features (such as preventing it from resigning early). ;) Of course I'd be happy to help you with anything not covered there. GLHF!