Game Ignoring descr_strat diplomacy

[comrade_general]

I don't know what the deal is between pontus, spain, and the germans. The code below, set up like the romans in vanilla, allies the germans to spain and pontus, but spain and pontus remain neutral.

core_attitudes	pontus,		-10		germans, spain
core_attitudes	germans,	-10		pontus, spain
core_attitudes	spain,		-10		germans, pontus

faction_relationships	pontus,		100		germans, spain
faction_relationships	germans,	100		pontus, spain
faction_relationships	spain,		100		germans, pontus

After more tinkering this code worked. Apparently core_attitudes likes commas whereas faction_relationships hates them.

core_attitudes	pontus,		-10		germans, spain
core_attitudes	germans,	-10		pontus, spain
core_attitudes	spain,		-10		germans, pontus

faction_relationships	pontus,		100		germans
faction_relationships	pontus,		100		spain
faction_relationships	germans,	100		pontus
faction_relationships	germans,	100		spain
faction_relationships	spain,		100		germans
faction_relationships	spain,		100		pontus

So the final code needed to ally these 7 factions is all this:

core_attitudes	pontus,		-10		germans, spain, thrace, seleucid, carthage, dacia
core_attitudes	germans,	-10		pontus, spain, thrace, seleucid, carthage, dacia
core_attitudes	spain,		-10		germans, pontus, thrace, seleucid, carthage, dacia
core_attitudes	thrace,		-10		germans, pontus, spain, seleucid, carthage, dacia
core_attitudes	seleucid,	-10		germans, pontus, spain, thrace, carthage, dacia
core_attitudes	carthage,	-10		germans, pontus, spain, thrace, seleucid, dacia
core_attitudes	dacia,		-10		germans, pontus, spain, thrace, seleucid, carthage

faction_relationships	pontus,		100		germans
faction_relationships	pontus,		100		spain
faction_relationships	pontus,		100		thrace
faction_relationships	pontus,		100		seleucid
faction_relationships	pontus,		100		carthage
faction_relationships	pontus,		100		dacia
faction_relationships	germans,	100		pontus
faction_relationships	germans,	100		spain
faction_relationships	germans,	100		thrace
faction_relationships	germans,	100		seleucid
faction_relationships	germans,	100		carthage
faction_relationships	germans,	100		dacia
faction_relationships	spain,		100		germans
faction_relationships	spain,		100		pontus
faction_relationships	spain,		100		thrace
faction_relationships	spain,		100		seleucid
faction_relationships	spain,		100		carthage
faction_relationships	spain,		100		dacia
faction_relationships	thrace,		100		germans
faction_relationships	thrace,		100		pontus
faction_relationships	thrace,		100		spain
faction_relationships	thrace,		100		seleucid
faction_relationships	thrace,		100		carthage
faction_relationships	thrace,		100		dacia
faction_relationships	seleucid,	100		germans
faction_relationships	seleucid,	100		pontus
faction_relationships	seleucid,	100		spain
faction_relationships	seleucid,	100		thrace
faction_relationships	seleucid,	100		carthage
faction_relationships	seleucid,	100		dacia
faction_relationships	carthage,	100		germans
faction_relationships	carthage,	100		pontus
faction_relationships	carthage,	100		spain
faction_relationships	carthage,	100		thrace
faction_relationships	carthage,	100		seleucid
faction_relationships	carthage,	100		dacia
faction_relationships	dacia,		100		germans
faction_relationships	dacia,		100		pontus
faction_relationships	dacia,		100		spain
faction_relationships	dacia,		100		thrace
faction_relationships	dacia,		100		seleucid
faction_relationships	dacia,		100		carthage

[HouseOfHam]

Hmm... they allied at 100? I always thought allied_to was 0.

[comrade_general]

Hmm... they allied at 100? I always thought allied_to was 0.

I think the alliance part gets established with the core_attitudes, and anything below 200 in the faction_relationships is also equivalent to an alliance, at least thats what I read somewhere. I used -10 for the attitudes and 100 for the relationship because the same is used for the romans in vanilla. I will probably change the 100's to 0's since 100 is supposed to mean suspicious.

[Red Spot]

After more tinkering this code worked. Apparently core_attitudes likes commas whereas faction_relationships hates them.

Yup, thats it. I once had the same .. er .. hick up. You need to specify the relations 1 faction at a time.