Making factions un-diplomatic like rebels

[Thurnor]

Is it possible to mod factions so that they cannot interact in the diplomatic side of R:TW? I mean exactly like the rebels, they cant make diplomatic offers nor except them?

I havent seen this talked about so any help would be appreciated!

[alpaca]

I bet this is hardcoded, but you never know ;)

[Antagonist]

Might it be possible to prevent a faction from building Diplomats? That would prevent them making diplomatic contact of their own accord, although they could still receive overtures from other factions... that's probably not good enough.

Antagonist

[Andreas]

The at_war in the strat file? That only the slave faction has?:

core_attitudes 			slave,				at_war_with 	empire_east, empire_west, franks, huns, sarmatians, sassanids, saxons, vandals, goths, celts, berbers, alemanni, ostrogoths, romano_british, slavs, empire_east_rebels, empire_west_rebels, roxolani, burgundii, lombardi

Maybe that will do it? They are the only faction with just that, not numbers.

[Epistolary Richard]

You can stop a faction building diplomats by removing them from export_descr_buildings:

agent diplomat  0  requires factions { barbarian, }

Oddly enough, rebels are in the reverse situation, they can approach other people normally, however you are limited in how you approach them.

I presume this faction should therefore be constantly at war with the other factions, so you can run a script that would constantly reset their diplomatic stance each year.

Alternatively, you can get rid of diplomats altogether, as I believe lt1956 does in SPQR.

[Dol Guldur]

Andreas,

I noticed that distinction but on testing I concluded it meant absolutely nothing :(

[Andreas]

Damn, I was thinking about using that... well, then just setting them at 600 probably is the best way to prevent alliances, except from removing diplomats which is not a sollution for me.