Observed arrival · 2026-10-29
Stronghold Bay is rebuilding the game to make smarter opponents
A fan project reconstructing the rules of Stronghold: Definitive Edition in a simulation, with the aim of training AI opponents for an installable mod.
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- Stronghold: Definitive Edition modders and strategy-game fans
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- The progress board reports 79 of 348 research items complete and AI training at 0%; native routing remains incomplete.
Field notes
The development notes break game behavior into concrete steps, from paid woodcutters hauling logs to tanners delivering separately worked armour pieces. The author reports that the simulated economy can recover from food shortages on two tested maps, while also identifying approximate routing and incomplete production chains as remaining work.
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