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Yep.., yet another question regarding the Eleutheroi. I have noticed, during my campaigns, that if I besiege an Eleutheroi town sometimes a nearby Eleutheroi stack will come to their aid, and sometimes they'll leave me well alone.
It appears (from what experience I can remember) that it is those stacks with the same 'subfaction' name that will come to the town's aid. Is this just coincidence, or are these 'sub-factions' in some way scripted to loyalty to each other ( like a trait or something)?
There is no script that I know of: this is part of R:TW's strategic A.I. In other words: we cannot know. I have often wondered if these "subfactions" had any meaning beyond a name.
when i destroyed the lusotanian a powerfull last stack of them turned into rebels including their leader and 3 other memebers then i attacked it and it retreated to tolosa and joined up with the tolosan eluetherois in the city.
I'm pretty sure Eleutheroi armies are bound to their region unless you somehow kick them out. The Pergamon stack only attacks me if I go into that area, even if I'm stnading right next to them in the region next door. Other than that, I don't think they act special at all.
I know they don't act special at all, that's what I'm trying to understand. That a stack belonging to a faction (the eleutheroi) is 'managed' in such a way - within the programming/scripting - that it ignores a greater 'loyalty' (to the eleutheroi faction) and yet has a 'loyalty' to it's province ( a virtual sub-faction). Does anybody know how this is facilitated (coded/scripted). I ask because I'm looking at doing something with the agents (specifically, in this instance, the diplomats) which might allow for a fuller interaction with the eleutheroi sub-factions, and which also might be able to produce events like rebellions/civil wars within the factions themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Unintended BM
What I was trying to say is that it isn't scripted, and we don't have access to the A.I. codes so we can't tell how it works. Apologies if I was unclear.
Yes... that's what I thought you were trying to say. Just wasn't sure if that was through hard experience or just as you understood it (in a looser way, if you know what I mean). Not the answer I was hoping for, but the one I sort of expected. Still, not the end of the world - just because we can't know directly what controls it doesn't mean an indirect method of 'manipulation' can't be ascertained (necessarily)... it'll just take a lot of hit and miss, 'suck it and see' kind of experimenting. Time to get me thinking cap on.
Cheers anyhow :2thumbsup: