campaign_db_ai

[Re Berengario I]

Example:
<max_entry is_neighbour="false" />
<max_entry is_neighbour="true" />

The game selects ALL the factions

<max_entry is_neighbour="true" />
<max_entry is_neighbour="true" />

The game selects only the factions that share borders with the actual faction processed

<max_entry is_neighbour="false" />
<max_entry is_neighbour="false" />

The game selects only the factions that don't share borders with the actual faction processed

[FactionHeir]

Ermm concerning your post, do you mean
<min_entry is_neighbour="false" />
<max_entry is_neighbour="false" />

for instance or really a duplication?
Also, how come the default file has for example only the condition under either max or min but never under both?

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

<decision_entry>
<!--
if not our neighbour, and we have any settlements, and we are at the start of the game >>> minimal defense
-->
<min_entry num_settlements="1"/>
<max_entry stance="Neutral" is_neighbour="false" turn_number="30"/>
<faction_attitude defense="defend_minimal"/>
</decision_entry>

[Re Berengario I]

Ermm concerning your post, do you mean
<min_entry is_neighbour="false" />
<max_entry is_neighbour="false" />

for instance or really a duplication?
Also, how come the default file has for example only the condition under either max or min but never under both?

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

<decision_entry>
<!--
if not our neighbour, and we have any settlements, and we are at the start of the game >>> minimal defense
-->
<min_entry num_settlements="1"/>
<max_entry stance="Neutral" is_neighbour="false" turn_number="30"/>
<faction_attitude defense="defend_minimal"/>
</decision_entry>

Because the others are already set as default as you listed in your first post. I usually rewrite them for my own practical logical understanding.

[FactionHeir]

Ahhhh now I understand what you mean.
is_neighbour is set to false by default in min and true by default in max and you basically have to set it to false in max and true in min in the conditions.

[FactionHeir]

OK maybe i don't understand you properly.

The game sets is_neighbour = true by default under max.
In this code:
<decision_entry>
<!--
Not interested in factions that are not our neighbour, use defaults, may be overridden by forced/naval attacks
-->
<max_entry is_neighbour="false"/>
</decision_entry>

it then sets it to false under max too, so according to your above description, this would result in all factions being processed, but that would mean this section is going against what it should be doing?!?


[edit]
OK, I just gave it a bit more thought. So in default,
min -> is_neighbour = false
max -> is_neighbour = true

in code:
max -> is_neighbour = false

yielding
min AND max -> is_neighbour = false.

So your above first posted code was actually meant to read min and then max instead of both!

[FactionHeir]

Still on the same file but different question:

What exactly does alliance_against do? not the one in the min/max entry but in the faction attitude entry? That one isn't commented and seems to range between 1 and 8 where mentioned at all.
Does it by chance determine how hard it is to obtain an alliance with a faction? In that case, what is the actual range of that value and what happens if you get rid of the entry?

[Lusted]

alliance_against refers to the size of an aliance fighting a nation, and the number refers to the number of nations in that alliance.