Bannerlord · AI Influence Lords who negotiate, not menus
AI Influence replaces Bannerlord's dialogue trees with conversations generated as you have them, and lords who remember how the last one went. Gaming AI runs the model behind it.
What a conversation looks like
Being captured now
Telling a lord you won't join his war, and watching him take it personally.
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You
You wanted to speak with me.
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Lord
I wanted to speak with you in the spring. Now I've eighty men and you've a castle you took while I was busy, so what I want has rather changed.
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You
Name it.
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Lord
Grain through the winter, and you stay north of the river until the thaw. Don't answer now. I've watched you answer quickly before.
We wrote this one for the page. Yours will work the same way. The mod hands the model the campaign state: who you are to this lord, what you've taken, what he has left. The grievance, and the fact that he won't let you answer, are the character.
Before and after, in Bannerlord
- The same dialogue tree from every lord in Calradia
- Nothing you did last season is remembered
- Diplomacy is a menu with a relation number
- Lords bring up your actual campaign history
- Negotiations go somewhere unscripted
- It also drives diplomacy and world events
Everything starts in the app
Installing AI Influence is the part that takes an evening, and that's true of any mod. The guide that walks you through it lives inside Gaming AI, four clicks from the home screen. We keep it there so there's one copy and it's always the current one. You'll need a Windows PC for our half of it, and it's worth starting a fresh save, because AI Influence touches diplomacy and world events too.
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Install Gaming AI
Get it from the home page. It's free, and you make an account the first time you open it.
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Open Games
It's in the sidebar. Pick Bannerlord from the list.
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Pick a mod list
Each one is a set of mods we've tested together, AI Influence included.
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Open the instructions
First card in the list. That's the full walkthrough, click by click.
The walkthrough assumes you've never opened a mod manager. Load order, prerequisites, every click, and where to paste your details. It covers the things that go wrong as well, which is why they aren't listed on this page.
Stuck partway? The guide in the app covers what usually goes wrong, step by step.
Get AI Influence on NexusYou can find out for a dollar
Vigor is spent while you talk. Never per hour, never per month, and it doesn't expire. Idle time, loading screens and walking across the map cost you nothing.
The smallest pack is 99¢. On a budget model that's around 4,000 replies, about 40 for every cent. Pricier models give fewer, and so do games that send a lot with each message, since you choose the model and they don't all cost the same. The bigger packs are better value; this one is there so trying it costs next to nothing.
See Vigor packsBannerlord questions
If yours isn't here, get in touch.
Which Bannerlord version do I need?
The mod targets recent builds: 1.3.15 and the 1.4.x line. As always with Bannerlord, a game patch can land ahead of the mod, so check the mod's own page if you've just updated.
Which platforms does it work on?
You'll need a Windows PC for our half of it, because Gaming AI's app is Windows-only at the moment. The mod's Nexus page is the current word on its own platform support.
Do I need a microphone?
No. There's no voice input in AI Influence — it all happens on screen, in text. Nothing to set up with your microphone, and no talking out loud at one in the morning.
How far does a dollar go?
Around 4,000 replies on a budget model, about 40 for every cent. Pricier models give fewer, and so do games that send a lot with each message, because you pick the model and they don't all cost the same. Vigor is spent on the conversation, what you say and what comes back, and doesn't expire, so nothing is running down while you're in a menu or moving around the map.
Is it stable?
The mod's author describes it as being in beta, and says errors and instability may occur. That's their own assessment, and we'd rather you heard it here than found out three hours in. It's the least settled of the five games we support. It also touches diplomacy and world events, so start a fresh save.
Do I need a good graphics card for this?
No. The model runs on our servers, so Bannerlord keeps all of your VRAM. That's the main practical difference between using us and running a local model.
Which model is best for Bannerlord?
DeepSeek V4. It's what we recommend for Bannerlord. Campaigns here run long and involve a lot of characters, so consistency matters more than flourish.
Gaming AI is an independent service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any game publisher or mod author. AI Influence is made and maintained by third parties, is free, and is not ours. Game and mod names are the trademarks of their respective owners and are used here only to describe compatibility.
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