Starting w/o settlements?

[lonck]

I would like to know how to make a faction (preferably the normans) start without settlements? Just faction leader and heir already placed on the map.

[FactionHeir]

Hmmm you would have to make them a horde faction for that and then add them similar to Mongols to descr_strat and campaign_script.

[lonck]

but mongols appear after sometime and with script, I want to play the faction. How do I make it so that it doesn't give me automatic loss when I play faction w/o settlements? Like the vandals in RTW:BI. The vandals start as horde and w/o settlements and are playable.

[FactionHeir]

As I said, make them a horde faction and place their units on the map or let them spawn via campaign script.