Required Modpack (if not included with the download):
UserPatch 1.5
Barbarian plays most maps with any civ. At 1v1 it's also possible to make Barbarian some strategies by taunts. It is able to use sling if two or more Barbarians team up.
It is able to play even most of MegaRandom maps, although some bugs may appear on very weird settings.
By taunting 222+flaring it is possible to send allied Barbarian's army to the flared position.
Barbarian plays with settings:
Settings: (preferred)
Game type: Any (RM, Regicide, DM, WR)
Map: Almost any map
Size: Any (matching to players in game)
Difficulty: Any (hard)
Starting resources: Any (low/standard)
Map reveal: Any (explored for DM)
Population: Any (200)
Starting Age: Any (dark, post-imperial for DM)
Victory: Any (conquest/standard)
Taunt list:
http://pastebin.com/XXUsi1hn
Barbarian plays only with the UserPatch 1.5 or later.
There are still some lag problems at water maps I quess. But I'm trying to fix that.
II2N File Author
Posted on 01/08/12 @ 11:51 AM
Updated.
EDIT: Uploaded 1.61 to fix few more bugs.
[Edited on 01/10/12 @ 09:27 AM]
Promiskuitiv
Posted on 03/15/12 @ 02:42 PM
Rating
5.0
Rating: 5
First of all this AI can play on almost any map and supports teamgames.
This AI has many different good strategies to chose from so it will never get boring for you.
As this AI is strong as hell you won't have time to be bored anyway. ;) As of my knowledge Barbarian is able to beat any other AI (even the strongest ones like The Horde) out there.
The scripter of this AI is still active and will most definitely update this AI to make it even stronger.
I give this AI a 5/5 as there isn't really anything that would make this strong AI deserve a worse rating.
Additional Comments:
If you're playing with the 1.0c(/e) patch or older you can avoid hunting boars (because the AI can't hunt boars with 1.0e or older either) to get more of a challenge.
With the Userpatch (1.1) this AI will perform even better (boar hunting bug for AI's fixed etc.) , good luck. ;)
I highly recommend downloading (and of course playing with) this AI.
[Edited on 03/15/12 @ 07:25 PM]
AoD_Maverik
Posted on 03/19/12 @ 03:19 PM
I have patch 1.1, when I start a game (single player), the message shows
Barbarian/Up.per
Line 151 Error 2005 : Invalid Identifier - trebuchet-line
The villagers go walk through the map and The AI make nothing more.
Sorry bad inglish...
Promiskuitiv
Posted on 03/19/12 @ 10:49 PM
@AoD_Maverik
Until II2N has fixed this you can just open said file (microsoft games\age of empires 2\AI\Barbarian => UP.per (open it with the text editor)), go to said line (151) and replace trebuchet-line with trebuchet.
Then everything will work perfect again. :)
II2N File Author
Posted on 03/20/12 @ 10:02 AM
Ah, I forgot to reupload that version here. Since v1.8 is already almost finished, I'm not going to reupload it now. However, just add these at the top of Barbarian.per after opening it with any text editor: