[Modding] RTW: How to Change the Starting Diplomatic Stance of Factions

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Author: Myrddraal
Original thread: How to Change the Starting Diplomatic Stance of Factions

How to Change the Starting Diplomatic Stance of Factions

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

Search or scroll down to:

 ; >>>> 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.