The AI uses full stacks to invade when it has decided through a number of factors whether it can win.

The campaign AI has been completely redesigned from the ground up. The AI makes use of formations and is a credible threat, it also uses flanking and re-positions units. Extensive use of scripts is used for varied battles. DARTH VADER has used extensive modding and tweaks to get the balance just right. Cavalry no longer charge as haphazardly as they did in Vanilla and when they hit It's much more potent.ĭARTH VADER is well known for his intlelligent battle AI and DarthMod for M2TW is no different. DarthMod has very realistic clashing of infantry and cavalry, penetration effects, realistic speed and movements among others.

Mountains have been lowered in the British Isles to allow for better movement.ĭarthMod features a very well developed battle system.

Provinces use geographic boundaries for a more natural look.

All rivers have had their shape made as correct as possible.

Rivers have been added from Ireland to Russia.

Muslims have cheap foot armies while some European states have higher quality armies. The factions themselves have been edited to allow various historical traits such as a focus on quality or quantity to be reflected. Militia are free in cities to ensure the AI doesn't lose all of it's cities in a few turns to a sneak attack. The map features 45 new settlements along with various fixes to the original map. The Campaign AI is able to make use of bigger armies rather than individual one stack armies as seen in vanilla.ĭarthMod for M2TW features 2 maps designed by The Border Review. For the Battle AI he makes use of formations to make it more challenging. DARTH VADER uses various tweaks to the AI to get them to behave in a more suitable manner. Changes have been made to the map, the factions and the unit rosters. DarthMod for M2TW final version was released on the 5th of September 2007, It has had It's own hosted mod since the 19th of December 2006.ĭarthMod for M2TW is the successor of the well known RTW mod series which aims to find game-play inconsistencies and eliminate them using balance and AI techniques.

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