Religious Buildings

[Basil 11]

Will it be possible, for example, for a church to remain in a Muslim controlled area after it has been captured? I beleive this would be very accurate, as there are Byzantine - built churches remaining in the Near East to this day. :hmmm:
I thought maybe this could improve public order by allowing the local populace to worship whichever god they choose - for example, could there be a church, mosque, and synagogue in Jerusalem, for example?

[Hengest]

Yes if you read our announcement and statement of intent, then we talk about Dual Faith. So religious buildings will be available on a regional or factional basis, regardless of that faction's religion. Certain factions will hopefully have the ability to change religion, we don't want to get into fantasy but in 1080 a number of factions had the opportunity to take another road/religion than the one they took and history could have been very different. We need to represent this possibility in the mod whilst remaining within the bounds of probability. So this freedom of choice will be limited, and we feel that is realistic.

[Basil 11]

Sounds good

[uanime5]

I'd like to point out that unlike RTW a settlement's happiness relates to how much of the settlement is the faction's religion, not the settlement's religion. So if a muslim faction leaves a church in one of their settlements it will increase the unrest in that settlement rather than reduce it.

[Basil 11]

Yes - this probably would happen, but I wonder if there is a way to reverse this - I mean, if you give your people freedom of worship, they would actually be more happy, and less rowdy.