help with descr_strat

[MrElgar]

Hello!

Really enjoying this mod, the standard size I find the bigmap a little too big personally!
Just a question about the descr_strat file, basically i like to spice things up a little at the start to make the factions like each other less and get some real war going from the start. However editing the descr_strat in the mod's folder seems to do nothing when i start up the game, all the relationships are as they are at the start of the game normally!

I also noticed that if you place the 'unlockable' factions into the unlocked area of the file (force of habit before i had played and realise they are auto-unlocked) the game crashes.

So is it so that the mod does not read from the descr_strat? Thanks for the help, here is the relationship section of the file;

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; >>>> start of diplomacy section <<<<

faction_standings england, -0.4 france, scotland, denmark
faction_standings england, -0.6 slave
faction_standings scotland, -0.4 england, denmark
faction_standings scotland, 0.2 france
faction_standings scotland, -0.6 slave
faction_standings france, -0.2 england
faction_standings france, 0.2 scotland
faction_standings france, -0.6 slave
faction_standings venice, -0.2 byzantium
faction_standings venice, -0.4 milan, hre
faction_standings venice, -0.6 slave
faction_standings milan, -0.4 venice, hre
faction_standings milan, -0.6 slave
faction_standings hre, -0.2 poland, papal_states
faction_standings hre, -0.4 venice, milan
faction_standings hre, -0.6 slave
faction_standings poland, -0.2 russia, hre
faction_standings poland, 0.2 hungary
faction_standings poland, -0.6 slave
faction_standings hungary, -0.2 byzantium
faction_standings hungary, 0.2 poland
faction_standings hungary, -0.6 slave
faction_standings spain, 0.2 portugal
faction_standings spain, -0.8 moors
faction_standings spain, -0.6 slave
faction_standings sicily, -0.2 moors
faction_standings sicily, -0.4 byzantium
faction_standings sicily, -0.6 slave
faction_standings sicily, 0.8 slave
faction_standings denmark, -0.6 slave, england, scotland
faction_standings portugal, 0.2 spain
faction_standings portugal, -0.8 moors
faction_standings portugal, -0.6 slave
faction_standings papal_states, -0.4 hre
faction_standings papal_states, 0.2 england, portugal, poland, hungary
faction_standings papal_states, -0.9 slave, moors, egypt, turks, byzantium, russia
faction_standings papal_states, 0.8 sicily
faction_standings moors, -0.2 sicily
faction_standings moors, -0.8 spain, portugal
faction_standings moors, -0.6 slave
faction_standings byzantium, -0.2 hungary, venice
faction_standings byzantium, -0.4 sicily, papal_states
faction_standings byzantium, -0.8 turks
faction_standings byzantium, -0.6 slave
faction_standings byzantium, 0.4 russia
faction_standings turks, -0.6 egypt
faction_standings turks, -0.8 byzantium
faction_standings egypt, -0.6 turks
faction_standings egypt, -0.6 slave
faction_standings russia, 0.4 byzantium

faction_relationships england, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships france, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships hre, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships spain, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships venice, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships sicily, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships sicily, allied_to papal_states
faction_relationships milan, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships scotland, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships byzantium, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships russia, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships moors, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships turks, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships egypt, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships denmark, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships portugal, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships poland, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships hungary, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships papal_states, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships papal_states, allied_to sicily
faction_relationships aztecs, at_war_with slave
faction_relationships slave, at_war_with england, france, hre, spain, venice, sicily, milan, scotland, byzantium, russia, moors, turks, egypt, denmark, portugal, poland, hungary, papal_states, aztecs

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Thanks!

[irishron]

The descr_strat file from all the crashes I've had working on this is the last file read. It wiil read the one in the mod folder but only after you delete the map.rwm and start a new campaign. If it works the way you think it should for instant hostility, let me know and see if we can include it.