Stronghold Bay0.1.0

Skirmish AI for
Stronghold: Definitive Edition.

I love Stronghold, and I want proper AI skirmish opponents in Definitive Edition.

I’m extracting the game’s rules and rebuilding them in a fast simulation. Then I’ll use it to train opponents and turn them into a mod you can install and play.

Research79 / 348
AI training0%

Connecting to the simulation…

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Inside the game

Development screenshots of the mod.

Stronghold Definitive Edition's native combat menu with the added Skirmish entry.
A native Skirmish entry
Skirmish setup with map selection, teams, and Rat, Snake, Pig and Wolf opponents.
Choose the map and opponents
Rat AI settings with independent economic, defensive and offensive skill and priority sliders.
Configure each opponent

What’s changed

  1. First public preview

    Two rules-based opponents build and fight on 4 Rivers, with equal bare starts. Watch the shared simulation, explore research progress, and preview the in-game interface. AI training has not started.

  2. An economy that can recover

    The in-game AI can sustain its settlement and recover from food shortages on two tested maps. Food production, storage and deliveries now work together.

  3. Choose your opponents

    The native skirmish setup supports maps, teams and individual opponent settings, with separate skills and strategic priorities.

  4. Skirmish begins

    I started investigating the game’s rules and added a Skirmish entry and map setup to the game’s own menus.