Single player with #allies

[Maerlande]

Hi folks,

I've been trying different things to improve my single player game. I use RanDom to at least semi-random the starting gods and choose the races. Recently I've been trying out the #allies command. I've been editing the semi-random maps and adding the #allies command just before the listing of gods and starts. However, it's not giving a great result. I've had one case where I tried putting six AI's all allied against me hoping for a tougher game, but I saw that Ctis and Pan started fighting. I'm wondering if they can fight each other if there is a fight over a neutral starting a war.

It almost seems I get the most challenging game when I choose 2 tough races and some weak ones and hopefully one of the tough gets strong enough to be a challenge.

Any suggestions on making a tougher single player game?

Regards,
Maerlande