AI Only Campaigns are back! Also, New MELKOR Discord: discord.gg/nbJQtvbXDg What theme do you want to see next: The most liked 4 comments that suggest ideas will be put into a poll and the winner will be picked as an AI Campaign (as long as it is actually possible for me to do, of course).
Sort of. It gets difficult with Mods. This took about 2 hours to record and I was exhausted by the end. Mods tend to have slower ai and more settlements - so Third Age DaC, would take about 10 hours recording to get a decent video from it. Then all that time again, to edit it. It takes too long. It might happen someday, but I have no will for it currently.
@JYN5304 I agree that Rome 1 should have remained in the store, but the Remaster in am improvement in basically every single way. Even the UI is better when you get used to it
I'm imagine about aggressive rebels, what can attack factions. Maybe here is some way to replace passive AI to the normal. And ofc - change brigands/pirates spawn rate to max
Idea: Reverse the locations of the factions across the map (England in the top right of the map, Moors on the Bottom right of the map, Byzantines in spain, etc)
Great to have you back! Love that you did this video, i really enjoyed your AI campaigns. Would love you do some of these for Rome, maybe with mods you used on your last stream, idk. For me any would :D
How about an AI campaign that swaps faction starts? Example: Every settlement that was England is under control of Byzantium. And each faction is moved around with usually strong factions have a harder starting position.
I think France is in a part of Europe that can be invaded from all sides and has its enemies close by. England can finish Scotland fast. But usually Scotland is nothreat so gets ignored. HRE should be in the same position but its neighbours get distracted by other countries. Other countries take advantage of the England France rivalry.
I am not the type to take the bait but mate ! I would gladly give you a free History class if you want. France did the contrary of nothing during its whole history 😊 you don't survive 1 200 years as a country surrounded by hostile countries doing nothing !
Oh it's exciting to see M2 back again. My suggestion might not even be possible, but maybe a campaign where all the Catholic factions are perma-excommunicated. Start out that way and they cannot be redeemed. Might be possible but would need some modding for sure.
Ouf, so happy to have you back, and I was glad to hear in the stream that you've been doing well. There could be a funny little video released with unnecessarily good music revealing the comeback of the fez, some day
I have 4 ideas for an Ai only campaign 1. Swap faction locations. Aztecs with Egypt, Russia with England, Spain with Turkey, France with the Moors, The Byzantine Empire with The Holy Roman Empire, Milan with Poland, Sicily with Scotland and Portugal with Milan. 2. Add more factions like Ireland, maybe a mod like the Ultimate Retrofit v2.0 or Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod 3. Do an AI only of the American campaign but delete the European powers to see who would win. 4. Make every Faction at war with each other but no way to peace
Welcome back Melkor! Are you aware of the passive AI bug? Changing a few game files can help you wake up a few factions. You can search passive AI bug on youtube for a video where a guy explains how to fix it. This only applies if you are using the steam version of the game and not the original CD version
Campaign idea: Swap the religion of all factions. Make all Muslim factions(+Russia) Catholic and all Catholic factions Muslim. I bet there would be a lot of crusades for Rome
Imagine Hungary&Poland joining the Crusade for Tunis. What a march through Europe then Iberia, and much more walking in North Africa. Then going back to their lands. Wish AI could use ships better.
Hello there! Did you try Ultimate AI mod? This modification is not just about changing AI behavior it is fixing a few things in the game and also it is adding a hidden technology tree something similar to in Medieval 1 Total War. For example, you cannot build advanced barracks if you didn't build a smith. Also, recruiting some units requires a particular historical event. For example, you are not able to recruit a pavise crossbowman until a specific event in the game. Overall it's the same vanilla Medieval 2 total War no new factions, no new settlement, just vanilla gameplay with few improvements. This a very old mod. An idea for the AI campaign - make the Muslim faction Catholic and Catholic faction switch to Muslim
I've done Kingdoms AI Only's before. They are on the channel and sadly are not as interesting - but I might be able to add something to spice them up a little.
Expect, of course the spanish would have a comebackf after their siesta that is, the mongols there is an alternative Ottoman Empire And though is a sad timeline for the Romans, at least we know Cyprus will remain greek until the final days because for sure the Mongols wont cross a body of water
Have you tried the tweak that fixes AI passiveness? I forget the tweak but a simple change in a text file fixes a lot of issues with the game and AI. There are videos online showing how.
@@MelkorGGIIRC you just need to crack open the files and tweak a few settings. I would have to find the yt channel again, but they covered fixes for guns, pikes, diplomacy, porting units between factions, adding dlc units to the main game, stuff like that
@@MelkorGGNot sure if yt ate my reply due to an ad, but IIRC you just need to unpack the data files and tweak a few config files. I would need to search for the yt video on it again,but the channel showed how to fix pikes, guns, ai, diplomacy, port dlc units into the main game, give factions units from other factions, and more
@@MelkorGGjust copy the auto resolve section from the AI file in one of the kingdom mods. ToNerdIsHuman has a really straight forward tutorial on his channel. You guys doing a collaboration would be awesome btw :)
What can you do in these, like what are the limits? Can you have the aztecs and spain switch places mid-game? Can you put factions from mods in, like having Isengard rise up in Scotland or have Mordor invade the world instead of the mongols? Can you change the map, add antlantis or something?
Yes, all are possible. Issue is, those are all very difficult to do, and would require an experienced modder to take time out of their day to make them. (It is sadly very complex what can, and cannot be done)
@@MelkorGG which of those would be harder? I assume it’s the adding mod stuff and landmasses, but how difficult would it be to do something like make the mongols spawn in Africa instead of the east?
11:43 You definitely are the Pope himself, aren't you? I want to see a campaign that make everyone starting rich (maybe 1M?). I've tried this before (1M only for AI), and I regrated soon.
AI Only Campaigns are back!
Also, New MELKOR Discord: discord.gg/nbJQtvbXDg
What theme do you want to see next: The most liked 4 comments that suggest ideas will be put into a poll and the winner will be picked as an AI Campaign (as long as it is actually possible for me to do, of course).
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO!!!!!
the same idea for ROme total war this will hopefully limit the ROmans.
Have you tried running these on mods? An Elder Scrolls, Third Age, or Hyrule AI only run could be neat
Ooh, I never thought of that - it would help limit the Romans.
Sort of. It gets difficult with Mods. This took about 2 hours to record and I was exhausted by the end. Mods tend to have slower ai and more settlements - so Third Age DaC, would take about 10 hours recording to get a decent video from it. Then all that time again, to edit it. It takes too long. It might happen someday, but I have no will for it currently.
Idea : Give EVERY rebel settlement to the POPE
I can already feel the papal guard spam.
God's will right there! Think of the amount of title!
Honestly hearing those words at the begining... oh man... they got me pretty good. Happy to see one more of these.
A Medieval 2 Remaster would be amazing
As long as they keep the old ui
ya just increase the graphics and AI
i love this idea but not after removing rome 1 from steam and giving us the downgrade of rome 1 remaster
I’m gonna use grok to write the code to remaster med 2 lol
@JYN5304 I agree that Rome 1 should have remained in the store, but the Remaster in am improvement in basically every single way. Even the UI is better when you get used to it
Bring back the wheel of doom! Those were peak
That is going happen 100%
I have an idea ROme total war but the weakest faction every 20 turns gets 10000 gold and a army of yutzeb ELephants
XD I like it. It would be difficult, but I think it might be possible.
Honestly would be genuinely hilarious seeing Numida and the seleucids own in a campaign for once
Polish capital being in Smoleńsk is well... quite funny considering what that city means to Poland in the modern times. Also what a comaback
Poland and Rus basically switched places here 😂
in modern as well as in the past, Smoleńsk was a crucial city to hold against Russians
I'm contemplating getting this game
do get it.
hundreds of hours of fun even in base game
It's a MUST play game. I'd literally sacrifice my first born child to play it
Nobody has ever regretted getting any playing this game
Get it. It runs amazing on new PCs
Can recommend
Mongols were basically the ottomans of this timeline
I'm imagine about aggressive rebels, what can attack factions. Maybe here is some way to replace passive AI to the normal.
And ofc - change brigands/pirates spawn rate to max
Idea: Reverse the locations of the factions across the map (England in the top right of the map, Moors on the Bottom right of the map, Byzantines in spain, etc)
This and the Rome Yubtseb elephant idea are my favorite
these videos are fascinating and I am not perfectly sure why that is but I love that they are back
Wow I’ve never seen a faction be a vassal to two different factions before, didn’t think it’d be possible
Oh yeah, its possible. It is also possible to own a Vassal which is also owns a vassal.
Great to have you back! Love that you did this video, i really enjoyed your AI campaigns. Would love you do some of these for Rome, maybe with mods you used on your last stream, idk. For me any would :D
Oh man i missed these so much, it's like coming home after an year abroad
it’s crazy to see this stuff again. never thought i’d see the day
HE IS BACK LADIES AND GENTS!
A BIG HUG FROM ARGENTINA MY MAN
I would love to watch a Portugal or Hungary campaign! Or whatever faction fires your interest the most honestly.
How about an AI campaign that swaps faction starts? Example: Every settlement that was England is under control of Byzantium. And each faction is moved around with usually strong factions have a harder starting position.
So good to see these again! Thanks for coming back.
I’m really happy you’re back. I missed this channel.
So, so happy to see you back. Much love from the USA ❤
"And as usual France is doing nothing"
Historically accurate indeed. 🤭
I think France is in a part of Europe that can be invaded from all sides and has its enemies close by. England can finish Scotland fast. But usually Scotland is nothreat so gets ignored. HRE should be in the same position but its neighbours get distracted by other countries.
Other countries take advantage of the England France rivalry.
I am not the type to take the bait but mate ! I would gladly give you a free History class if you want. France did the contrary of nothing during its whole history 😊 you don't survive 1 200 years as a country surrounded by hostile countries doing nothing !
@gastonjaillet9512 did you survive the whole 1200 years?
Oh it's exciting to see M2 back again.
My suggestion might not even be possible, but maybe a campaign where all the Catholic factions are perma-excommunicated. Start out that way and they cannot be redeemed. Might be possible but would need some modding for sure.
i enjoy watching the AI in the game ripping itself apart as you play as a faction its crazy as.
Really fun video! And great commentary. Hope your throat's on the mend!
i am very glad that these are back, thank you for your good work
Ouf, so happy to have you back, and I was glad to hear in the stream that you've been doing well. There could be a funny little video released with unnecessarily good music revealing the comeback of the fez, some day
Lithuania on very hard difficultly is good fun, loads of action and be prepared for a war on at least three fronts
Brilliant to have ye back brother!!
I have 4 ideas for an Ai only campaign
1. Swap faction locations. Aztecs with Egypt, Russia with England, Spain with Turkey, France with the Moors, The Byzantine Empire with The Holy Roman Empire, Milan with Poland, Sicily with Scotland and Portugal with Milan.
2. Add more factions like Ireland, maybe a mod like the Ultimate Retrofit v2.0 or Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod
3. Do an AI only of the American campaign but delete the European powers to see who would win.
4. Make every Faction at war with each other but no way to peace
Maybe do an ai only campaign but with stainless steel? Or another mod u showcased that included all the kingdoms factions. Anyways wonderful video
Long ago the western nations lived in harmony…then everything changed when France was modded.
One of the extra spicy events could be triggering war of everyone with everyone
Welcome back Melkor! Are you aware of the passive AI bug? Changing a few game files can help you wake up a few factions. You can search passive AI bug on youtube for a video where a guy explains how to fix it. This only applies if you are using the steam version of the game and not the original CD version
Melkor play with the vanilla expanded mod! Better balancing with more settlements and factions. Every 25 years give the weakest faction a lil buff
The legend has returned!! Cheers Melkor love your content buddy!
Glad to see youi back. We missed you!
Oh and so good to see you back at it.
I'm so glad to have you back T_T
Why is it so exciting waiting for where the crusade will be 😂
Welcome Back! Hope you are doing well :)
Hello Melkor
I don’t know if this is already known but I searched through the files of Rome 1 and found Musicians officers
Musician Officers? Do you have Discord? If so, please can you message me there and send what you have found.
I'd love to know more.
Now I'm convinced, the world will be ok, we return to AI campaigns.
Campaign idea: Swap the religion of all factions. Make all Muslim factions(+Russia) Catholic and all Catholic factions Muslim. I bet there would be a lot of crusades for Rome
Man is back, hell yeah
Melkor you came back! I'm so happy!
Melkor, kingdoms grand campaign has a new update patched by gigantus and delphor. This is hands down the best mod in my eyes to be playing.
our lord and master has returned
We’re so back
Idea: Randomizing religion of nations...except the pope of course.
Or maybe turning Catholic nations Muslim and vice versa
I'm just happy England rushed in and hurt themselves in the beginning so Scotland could stay alive to the end
hero of the people is back!
I would love to see a Third Age -Divide and Conquer AI only campaign.
oh my glob hes back!!! WERE SO BACK!!!
Idea: Aztec being in mainland europe and holding armies to simulate and aztec invasion
Ai campaign where each faction only starts with its capital? All over settlements are rebel controlled..
Imagine Hungary&Poland joining the Crusade for Tunis. What a march through Europe then Iberia, and much more walking in North Africa. Then going back to their lands. Wish AI could use ships better.
Yooooo Melkor? More like, Mwelcomeback 😂😂😂.
Jokes aside, good to see you again
Spain really going for the Chilean strat 😂
XD
Its crazy how Rome Remastered still has an input delay problem 🤦♂️
I’d like to see an AI campaign where the Mongols and Timurids spawn in the middle of Europe
Good to see you back
Long Spain is my favourite animal.
Melkor has returned 🙏🏻
Third Age Total War Divide and Conquer with only Orc Factions at the start, everyone starts neutral, and the rest are rebel. Orc Total War
bolog-nah, doritos and Kornith.....WE ARE SO BACK
You're back, welcome back!
Give the former roman empire to the byzantines.
Ahh like the good ol days :D
Make the Mongols spawn in Dijon. Since they normally figts just one faction. Let them fight all western factions
Hello there! Did you try Ultimate AI mod? This modification is not just about changing AI behavior it is fixing a few things in the game and also it is adding a hidden technology tree something similar to in Medieval 1 Total War. For example, you cannot build advanced barracks if you didn't build a smith. Also, recruiting some units requires a particular historical event. For example, you are not able to recruit a pavise crossbowman until a specific event in the game. Overall it's the same vanilla Medieval 2 total War no new factions, no new settlement, just vanilla gameplay with few improvements. This a very old mod.
An idea for the AI campaign - make the Muslim faction Catholic and Catholic faction switch to Muslim
21:22 England
35:36 Denmark
50:47 Spain
HE HAS RETUREND, THIS IS NOT A DRILLL, ITS MELKOR
Oh we are SO back
If you can do it for Kingdoms, AI only Britain without England or Americas without Spain would be cool
I've done Kingdoms AI Only's before. They are on the channel and sadly are not as interesting - but I might be able to add something to spice them up a little.
Welcome back king!
I love these AI campaigns lol
welcome back melkor!!
good to see you again!
Medieval 2 playthough! Medieval 2 playthough!
Expect, of course the spanish would have a comebackf after their siesta that is, the mongols there is an alternative Ottoman Empire
And though is a sad timeline for the Romans, at least we know Cyprus will remain greek until the final days because for sure the Mongols wont cross a body of water
could you do something like a sunset invasion scenario? like a bunch of aztec armies spawn and invade
I'd love to, but sadly the AI is not smart enough to handle that. It would need a lot of heavy modding for it to work.
You should do a sship campaign. It is so freaking good.
AI only with the 30 years war mod?
Have you tried the tweak that fixes AI passiveness? I forget the tweak but a simple change in a text file fixes a lot of issues with the game and AI. There are videos online showing how.
Yes, there was a mod I had a while back which helped - I'll have to look for it again.
@@MelkorGGIIRC you just need to crack open the files and tweak a few settings. I would have to find the yt channel again, but they covered fixes for guns, pikes, diplomacy, porting units between factions, adding dlc units to the main game, stuff like that
@@MelkorGGNot sure if yt ate my reply due to an ad, but IIRC you just need to unpack the data files and tweak a few config files. I would need to search for the yt video on it again,but the channel showed how to fix pikes, guns, ai, diplomacy, port dlc units into the main game, give factions units from other factions, and more
@@demomanchaos Are you talking about the channel To Nerd is To Human ? He covers a lot of let's plays and how to mod things in the files
@@MelkorGGjust copy the auto resolve section from the AI file in one of the kingdom mods. ToNerdIsHuman has a really straight forward tutorial on his channel.
You guys doing a collaboration would be awesome btw :)
4:58 I have seen the pope take that in my roman game
The legend continues
What can you do in these, like what are the limits? Can you have the aztecs and spain switch places mid-game? Can you put factions from mods in, like having Isengard rise up in Scotland or have Mordor invade the world instead of the mongols? Can you change the map, add antlantis or something?
Yes, all are possible. Issue is, those are all very difficult to do, and would require an experienced modder to take time out of their day to make them. (It is sadly very complex what can, and cannot be done)
@@MelkorGG which of those would be harder? I assume it’s the adding mod stuff and landmasses, but how difficult would it be to do something like make the mongols spawn in Africa instead of the east?
Man you are back!!!
Spain passiveness in central europe cost them the 1st place i think
Ai only, but just a couple of underdog factions that never won.
I like it!
11:43 You definitely are the Pope himself, aren't you?
I want to see a campaign that make everyone starting rich (maybe 1M?).
I've tried this before (1M only for AI), and I regrated soon.
Yes! A melkor med 2 video woooooooo!!!!!!
We are so Melback, Melbros
It's been 2 years!
Random roster swapping would be interesting
Ooh, I like the idea, but I'd need a modder for it
@@MelkorGG I hear that. One that swapped or randomized merc availability would be hilarious too
Omg he’s back!
POLAND LIVESSSSS
COMMONWEALTH MAP (ALMOST)
Bro is backkkkk