i noticed these entries in descr_sm_factions:
special_faction_type papal_faction
special_faction_type slave_faction
what does the special_faction status actually do? and can it be applied to more than or any other factions than the papal states and slave? in which file would one find the definitions for these special faction types?
the thought is what if one made a turkish lookalike clone of the papal states, gave it the papal_faction status and possibly even made it a shadow faction of the papal states? how close to a centralized muslim or orthodox christian entity could one get?
another thing.
i get the impression that the pope also is some variant of a guild. this is mainly because while playing as the papal states one still get missions from the pope, while actually being the pope him self. this leads me to believe that there is no real connection between pope the character on the strat map, and pope the mission giver. if so, could not this scripted pope be duplicated and applied to the turks?