(July 14th, 2020, 13:46)darrelljs Wrote: If the intent was to measure the best AI, lots of changes would be needed. Since the intent is good fun, I think the changes are a positive...its nice when the crazies have their day.
There is no practical way to run a single "fair" competition anyway, because Civ 4 was never designed to be played in One True Way ... things like difficulty level, barbarian activity, map script, landmass size, ecology, starting technologies, and tech trading toggle all matter a great deal in how different personalities, leaders, and civs benefit.
I don't think the AI actually "knows" any of this at the start, either.