I bet those extra units were around somewhere. Or use the free movement cheat to attack immediately. See if you can spot the extra units lurking about. You can test this quite easily: load the auto-save at the end of the previous turn and use cheats to lift the fog of war. If you lost the city, you probably also lost vision and the extra units might just have walked up to the city.

What were the 3 extra units they had?Įdit: Or he just moved those extra units in when they were not in sight. Chances are this was one of them.įrom the top of my head: quite possibly the AI ALWAYS had those 5 units, but 3 of them were invisible. It's quite likely you'll get blind-sided by any of a dozen things you did not know existed. They have to absorb them just like you do.ĪoW3 is a very complex game with a LOT of different rules and abilities.

No, the AI does not get immediate control over cities. And it starts with a few extra units in random maps on the highest difficulties.) (Except in one of the expansion campaigns. This is true in virtually every 4X strategy game ever devised. The higher the difficulty, the more cheats. They get bonus income, bonus happiness, etc. (And Warhammer.) They're almost always better with mods, though.Yes, the AI cheats. I've still played tons of total war games though, because the spectacle of commanding thousands of soldiers IS cool, and because I love history. I can tell you that within their respective genres, AoWIII's turn-based battles are some of the very best to be found, whereas TW's real-time battles tend to be spectacular but mediocre. Tastes differ, and I can't tell you whether you'll prefer turn-based or real-time battles. (Visual only) This mod also provides a Game-Rule toggle that allows you to enable and disable Fog of War for military units. TW: Hybrid turn based/real time, all about big armies and spectacular, big, real-time battles that are, however, far more limited tactics-wise. Description: Remove Fog of War This mod removes the dark grey/black fog that constantly moves around the map. This, because Total Warhammer will be much better if you wait half a year for patches and mods to come out, and it'll be discounted by then to boot.Īnyway, 'strategy' game or no, these games (Going by total war in general, since TW:WH isn't out yet) are very different beasts.ĪoW: Turn based, all about exploration, expansion, adventure, magic, small but complex tactical battles

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