Creating(editing) a faction

[jdan007]

I want to make a faction, Croatia playable, in Zagreb. I don't quite know how to go about this though..

[Re Berengario I]

While you are waiting for the needed unpacker coming with the upcoming patch, you can read the various guides here and in the RTW modding forums to grasp the basics.

[Grell]

By taking and slightly modifying the info of the Saxons faction in the tutorial I was able to add them to the main campaign. They work fine and i havent had any CTDs playing them. I will be waiting for the extractor in the patch before I look at adding in completely new factions (along with new campmap graphics, etc). Moded strat file data if anyone is interested:

(delete York from the rebels and Nottingham from the English):

faction saxons, balanced mao
ai_label catholic
denari 5000
denari_kings_purse 1000

settlement castle
{
level large_town
region York_Province

year_founded 0
population 4000
plan_set default_set
faction_creator saxons
building
{
type core_castle_building castle
}
building
{
type castle_port c_port
}
building
{
type castle_barracks mustering_hall
}
}

settlement
{
level town
region Nottingham_Province

year_founded 0
population 1500
plan_set default_set
faction_creator saxons
building
{
type core_building wooden_pallisade
}
building
{
type hinterland_farms farms
}
building
{
type barracks town_watch
}
}

character Harold Godwinson, named character, male, leader, age 44, x 109, y 158
army
unit Saxon Bodyguard exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Godwine, named character, male, age 17, x 107, y 158
army
unit Saxon Bodyguard exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit English Huscarls exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Theigns exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Theigns exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Edmund, named character, male, age 18, x 107, y 155
army
unit Saxon Bodyguard exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit English Huscarls exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Theigns exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Theigns exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character_record Ealdgyth, female, age 40, alive, never_a_leader

relative Harold Godwinson, Ealdgyth, Edmund, Godwine, end

[Dave1984]

By taking and slightly modifying the info of the Saxons faction in the tutorial I was able to add them to the main campaign. They work fine and i havent had any CTDs playing them. I will be waiting for the extractor in the patch before I look at adding in completely new factions (along with new campmap graphics, etc). Moded strat file data if anyone is interested:

(delete York from the rebels and Nottingham from the English):

faction saxons, balanced mao
ai_label catholic
denari 5000
denari_kings_purse 1000

settlement castle
{
level large_town
region York_Province

year_founded 0
population 4000
plan_set default_set
faction_creator saxons
building
{
type core_castle_building castle
}
building
{
type castle_port c_port
}
building
{
type castle_barracks mustering_hall
}
}

settlement
{
level town
region Nottingham_Province

year_founded 0
population 1500
plan_set default_set
faction_creator saxons
building
{
type core_building wooden_pallisade
}
building
{
type hinterland_farms farms
}
building
{
type barracks town_watch
}
}

character Harold Godwinson, named character, male, leader, age 44, x 109, y 158
army
unit Saxon Bodyguard exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Godwine, named character, male, age 17, x 107, y 158
army
unit Saxon Bodyguard exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit English Huscarls exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Theigns exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Theigns exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character Edmund, named character, male, age 18, x 107, y 155
army
unit Saxon Bodyguard exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit English Huscarls exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Theigns exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Theigns exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasants exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit Peasant Archers exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character_record Ealdgyth, female, age 40, alive, never_a_leader

relative Harold Godwinson, Ealdgyth, Edmund, Godwine, end


What other files did you edit for this to work?

[methoz]

hi.. i found in game bohemian units (hussites and wagon fort) iss posible make now "small" modd added Kingdom of Bohemia( with german and czech units - as Grell

city - Prague (province prague) only
faction creator - mabye HRE ?

[Grell]

add them in the playable list:

campaign imperial_campaign
playable
england
france
hre
spain
venice
saxons


and this line:

faction_relationships saxons, at_war_with slave

Pretty sure that was all i did (oh remember to delete England owning NOttingham and Rebels owning York).

[Miloshus]

I want to make a faction, Croatia playable, in Zagreb. I don't quite know how to go about this though..
There was no croatia neither was zagreb back then...