introducing factions

[Kenchi_Shaka]

i was looking everywhere for that info but didnt find it anywhere.

i tried to introduce a new faction to the sicily campaign map.

i entererd following sequence into the descr_strat file:

faction thrace, balanced smith
denari 10000
settlement
{
level large_town
region Naxos

year_founded 0
population 2000
settlement_tax 51
plan_set default_set
faction_creator thrace
building
{
type core_building governors_palace
}
building
{
type port_buildings port
}
building
{
type defenses stone_wall
}
building
{
type hinterland_farms farms
}
building
{
type barracks militia_barracks
}
}

character Sautes, named character, leader, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 33, , x 79, y 37
traits GoodCommander 1 , StrategicSkill 1 , Intelligent 1
army
unit greek general's guard cavalry exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit greek hoplite militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit greek hoplite militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit greek hoplite militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit greek hoplite militia exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

i also put "thrace" into the list of playable factions on top of the file.
the coordinates are correct, (there s no other charracter on the same coordinates, and the city doesnt have mulptiple owners.)

when i try to start a campaign i fall back to the provincial campaign screen.

i have allready used this method on earlier versions of rtw. i suspect its something new about rtw 1.5 wich i am not aware of.
does somebody have an idea wot i m doing wrong?

shaka

[Squid]

Could b a couple things:

1) What errors did you see with -show_err when you exited the game after bouncing back to the menu (this is what will tell us the most if you got a message)

2) If you look at other regions in the descr_stat.txt there is no settlement_tax line

This list isn't exhaustive by any chance.

[Barbarossa82]

Are you sure you're using 1.5 and not 1.3?

[Kenchi_Shaka]

yes its rtw gold.
as i mentioned its the sicily map that has been converted to 1.5. maybe thats wot is confusing u...

wots -show_err, and how do i use it?

shaka

[UltraWar]

Right click the shortcut of RTW on your desktop and go into Properties under target, add -show_err to the end of the file path

-show_err shows you any error messages that may occur while playing/testing RTW

This should answer your question on how to get -show_err to work and what is is