How To – Change the starting diplomatic stance of factions

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How To – Change the starting diplomatic stance of factions

To change the factions starting diplomatic stance, go to \Data\world\maps\campaign\, open the appropriate folder for the campaign you want to edit, and open up the file: descr_strat.txt.

An example of the use of diplomacy can be seen in C:\Program Data\world\maps\campaign\sons_of_mars\descr_strat.txt

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 ; >>>> start of diplomacy section

After this header is where you set up the diplomacy. You can see the syntax used in the sons_of_mars (prologue) campaign:

; >>>> start of diplomacy section

faction_relationships 	romans_julii, allied_to 	romans_scipii, romans_senate
faction_relationships 	romans_julii, at_war_with 	gauls, greek_cities
faction_relationships 	romans_scipii, allied_to 	romans_julii, romans_senate
faction_relationships 	romans_scipii, at_war_with 	greek_cities
faction_relationships 	romans_senate, allied_to 	romans_julii, romans_scipii
faction_relationships 	romans_senate, at_war_with 	greek_cities
faction_relationships 	gauls, at_war_with 	romans_julii, greek_cities
faction_relationships 	greek_cities, at_war_with 	romans_julii, romans_scipii, romans_senate, gauls, thrace
faction_relationships 	thrace, at_war_with 	greek_cities

As you can see, the set up is basically:

faction_relationships faction1, Diplomatic_stance faction2

The faction names are the standard ones, and the diplomatic stances are ‘at_war_with’ and ‘allied_to’. The default is neutral so to make a faction neutral just don’t mention them.

If you look at the descr_strat.txt in Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign, you will notice that the standard diplomatic stances (i.e. the romans are allies) are not mentioned.
This is because diplomacy is pre-set unless specified otherwise at this point.

That all you need to do.