Modding eras and the pope

[komninos]

Is there a way to take the Pope out of the game????? I am trying to make a mod of the Peloponnesian war era but the Pope kips popping out in Rome In the first round of the game with huge knight forces and eliminate any one that is in Rome. So I made the Pope as Romans but the game looks like it does not accept any vales except pope for the behavior of the pope

How can I by pass them???

[KukriKhan]

Good question komninos, the Pope IS special, re-spawning MUCH quicker than any other faction. I have no modding experience, but we'll see if one of the Dungeon guys responds to you here soon. If not, I'll cross-post your ?? in the Dungeon later.

Cheers http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Wellington]

Read ECS's comments (Dated March 10) in the FAQ thread stickied in the Dungeon -

http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin....1;st=25 (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=5;t=3461;st=25)

[komninos]

Thanks,

The thing is that I have deleted all referance to Pope and given Rome to the English (to keep some compatibility with the Patrician mod). In the first round the Pope poped up http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif killing the English (Romans)????? Can the Pope be mape playable or normal catholic faction???? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[KukriKhan]

If I read that thread (graciously provided by Wellington; thanks&#33http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif correctly, your answers are: no, and no. BUT apparently you can make the Pope non-land-based (but still with excom power) by switching ROME with SAHARA.

[King David]

In Patrician the Pope (Patricians) is put in Malta and it works quite well. The pope just stays nice in quiet there and even supports your campaigns without getting in your way. Just make sure to make malta catholic and the pope faction will take it as their home.

[komninos]

Hmmm,
Thanks KD. and all,

the problem is I plan to make the Gremanic and Celtic tribes Catholic (This helps with the migration patterns through the crusades). So most probably the Pope will end as a Germanic tribe some where in the north and this because Malta will probably be Carthegian.

What I wonder is if I give them a northern province and they get eliminated … will they pop-up in Rome or where there initial place was????????