Watching AI vs AI replays

[Fresch_K]

I recently went back to AoW Planatfall and noticed that it was possible to watch AI vs AI replays in that game.
This currently doesn't work in AoW4 and I was wondering if it is going to be implemented in the future?

I'm a very roleplay-driven player and alway hand select the AI rulers on a map. Sometimes there are situations where I'd absolutely love to watch how the AI managed to pull off a certain battle, for example when an allied ruler wins a siege battle against an overwhelming force.

 

[Cybersbe]

Fun fact: in a recent game, I learned that AOW4 DOES have the groundwork for AI vs. AI replays.

In one game, an ally army attacked an enemy army that was right next to one of mine, and the usual pre-battle interface popped up, with me being able to mark whether or not I wanted to provide my army as reinforcements.

I left it un-checked, leaving my ally to fight alone. (They had enough troops to not need my help.) And afterwards… I was able to watch the replay. So evidently, this game is capable of AI vs. AI replays. So there should be something added for players who like to watch. (I’ve been an advocate for “observe manual combat” being updated to allow observing AI players, too.)

 

[Ethorin]

Every Autocombat replay is AI vs AI.

 

[Cybersbe]

Every Autocombat replay is AI vs AI.

Kinda missing the point here.

What we’re asking for is being able to watch when the other rulers get into fights with each other.

 

[crusader9]

Yeah, I miss this. I used to watch the AI vs AI replays a lot in AOW 3. It would be nice to get this feature back.

 

[Yavor]

This is the number one feature I miss the most! I play a lot of Order affinity with lots of vassals. Imagine my disappointment when I can't see my glorious vassal army, buffed to the brink with Rally of Lieges units, playing all of this in action. This is bad. I need my allied combat replays!