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AI seems unable to kill barbarian leader (collect ransom action)

Added by David Fernandez 5 days ago. Updated 1 day ago.

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In Review

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Marko Lindqvist

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Target version:

3.2.3

Start date:

12/08/2025

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I have noticed playing 3.2.1 that AI does not seem to be able to kill the barbarian leader.

Playing AI games with classic ruleset, I have seen situations where an AI nation in an island is attacked by barbarians, the AI kills every barbarian unit, but not the leader, who keeps roaming the island for centuries.

I wonder if it caused because the new ruleset requirements (of v3.2) for the action Collect Ransom are not taken into account by the AI.

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freeciv3.2-classic-T0142-auto-ransom.sav.xz (36.2 KB) freeciv3.2-classic-T0142-auto-ransom.sav.xz		David Fernandez, 12/08/2025 10:29 PM
0045-AI-Try-Collect-Ransom-as-an-attack-action.patch (2.18 KB) 0045-AI-Try-Collect-Ransom-as-an-attack-action.patch		Marko Lindqvist, 12/12/2025 05:05 PM

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Updated by David Fernandez 5 days ago

I have also noticed, since 3.2, that when you attack a city, it always appears the option to "Collect Ransom", even when there are no barbarian leader inside.
I find it unnecesary and missleading to show this option. Is there a way to edit a ruleset to stop showing the "Collect Ransom" option? I have been unable to find a way.

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