shadowed_by

[Rorarii]

Anyone know what this does, in the DESC_SM_FACTIONS file?

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[Francebunkerer]

I think it defines the rebel faction.
Eg England is shadowed by the Barons' Alliance.

[Trajan]

Moved to the mod workshop.

[AlfonsoVIII]

It should mean the same thing in BI as if a faction loses a city and control goes to the rebels, it will go to the faction shadowed by instead.

[Grand Duke Vytautas]

Cool, could it mean that faction reemergencies/civil wars (a feature so missing from MTW) may be somehow introduced (like in BI)?
Btw, is shadow faction considered like a real one (bearing in mind 30 faction limit)?
Man I'm eagerly waiting for someone to implement rebellions, it would so much enhance gameplay and bring that uncertainty factor.
Someday, somehow...

[AlfonsoVIII]

Yes it counts as a faction (up to 30). You could make a mod with 15 regular factions and 15 rebel factions that spawn after a certain rebels. You can script dead factions to re-emerge also.