Version 2.0 RELEASED // Archaon's Loyal Allies // Compatible with TA:TW 2.1

[Archaon]

Hey all,

Newest setup; all good factions are allied and/or share military access.
same for evil factions.

faction_relationships     england, at_war_with     slave, sicily, mongols
faction_relationships     england, allied_with     france, hre, spain, venice            

faction_relationships     france, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     france, allied_with     hre, spain, venice            
faction_relationships     france, protectorate_of    england

faction_relationships     hre, at_war_with     slave, moors, mongols, egypt
faction_relationships     hre, allied_with     france, spain, venice            
faction_relationships     hre, protectorate_of    england

faction_relationships     spain, at_war_with     slave, sicily
faction_relationships     spain, allied_with     france, hre, venice
faction_relationships     spain, protectorate_of    england

faction_relationships     venice, at_war_with     slave, scotland
faction_relationships     venice, allied_with     france, hre, spain, 
faction_relationships     venice, protectorate_of    england

faction_relationships     sicily, at_war_with     slave, england, spain
faction_relationships     sicily, allied_with     milan, scotland, moors, turks, egypt, mongols

faction_relationships     milan, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     milan, allied_with     scotland, moors, turks, egypt, mongols
faction_relationships     milan, protectorate_of    sicily

faction_relationships     scotland, at_war_with     slave, venice
faction_relationships     scotland, allied_with     sicily, milan, moors, turks, egypt, mongols

faction_relationships     moors, at_war_with     slave, hre
faction_relationships     moors, allied_with     scotland, turks, egypt, mongols
faction_relationships     moors, protectorate_of    sicily, milan

faction_relationships     turks, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     turks, allied_with     scotland, egypt, mongols
faction_relationships     turks, protectorate_of    sicily, milan, moors

faction_relationships     egypt, at_war_with     slave, hre
faction_relationships     egypt, allied_with     milan, scotland, moors, turks, mongols
faction_relationships     egypt, protectorate_of    sicily, turks

faction_relationships     mongols, at_war_with     slave, hre, england
faction_relationships     mongols, allied_with     scotland, moors, turks, egypt
faction_relationships     mongols, protectorate_of    sicily, milan


;;;;;sicily, milan, scotland, moors, turks, egypt, mongols    ; GONDOR, ROHAN, DALE, DWARVES, ERIADOR, HIGH ELVES, SILVAN ELVES
;;;;;england, france, hre, spain, venice            ; MORDOR, ISENGARD, ORCS MM, HARAD, EASTERLINGS

Can someone please check this and report - i cannot test this until tonight (approx 8 hours)..

This is the laymen description;

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MORDOR, at_war_with slave, GONDOR, SILVAN ELVES
MORDOR, allied_with ISENGARD, ORCS MM, HARAD, EASTERLINGS

ISENGARD, at_war_with slave
ISENGARD, allied_with ORCS MM, HARAD, EASTERLINGS
ISENGARD, military access MORDOR

ORCS MM, at_war_with slave, DWARVES, SILVAN ELVES, HIGH ELVES
ORCS MM, allied_with ISENGARD, HARAD, EASTERLINGS
ORCS MM, military access MORDOR

HARAD, at_war_with slave, GONDOR
HARAD, allied_with ISENGARD, ORCS MM, EASTERLINGS
HARAD, military access MORDOR

EASTERLINGS, at_war_with slave, DALE
EASTERLINGS, allied_with ISENGARD, ORCS MM, HARAD,
EASTERLINGS, military access MORDOR

GONDOR, at_war_with slave, MORDOR, HARAD
GONDOR, allied_with ROHAN, DALE, DWARVES, ERIADOR, HIGH ELVES, SILVAN ELVES

ROHAN, at_war_with slave
ROHAN, allied_with DALE, DWARVES, ERIADOR, HIGH ELVES, SILVAN ELVES
ROHAN, military access GONDOR

DALE, at_war_with slave, EASTERLINGS
DALE, allied_with GONDOR, ROHAN, DWARVES, ERIADOR, HIGH ELVES, SILVAN ELVES

DWARVES, at_war_with slave, ORCS MM
DWARVES, allied_with DALE, ERIADOR, HIGH ELVES, SILVAN ELVES
DWARVES, military access GONDOR, ROHAN

ERIADOR, at_war_with slave
ERIADOR, allied_with DALE, HIGH ELVES, SILVAN ELVES
ERIADOR, military access GONDOR, ROHAN, DWARVES

HIGH ELVES, at_war_with slave, ORCS MM
HIGH ELVES, allied_with ROHAN, DALE, DWARVES, ERIADOR, SILVAN ELVES
HIGH ELVES, military access GONDOR, ERIADOR

SILVAN ELVES, at_war_with slave, ORCS MM, MORDOR
SILVAN ELVES, allied_with DALE, DWARVES, ERIADOR, HIGH ELVES
SILVAN ELVES, military access GONDOR, ROHAN

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[Archaon]

silly question; did you delete map.rwm?

If you did, i am dumbfounded as to why this is not working (maybe too many allies!..) i'll try it a different way. give me a moment to get the code.

THANK YOU FOR TESTING +REP

EDIT: Below is the same setup just expanded the code - Can someone test this one please?

faction_relationships     england, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     england, at_war_with     sicily
faction_relationships     england, at_war_with     mongols
faction_relationships     england, allied_with     france           
faction_relationships     england, allied_with     hre            
faction_relationships     england, allied_with     spain           
faction_relationships     england, allied_with     venice            

faction_relationships     france, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     france, allied_with     hre
faction_relationships     france, allied_with     spain
faction_relationships     france, allied_with     venice            
faction_relationships     france, protectorate_of    england

faction_relationships     hre, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     hre, at_war_with     moors
faction_relationships     hre, at_war_with     mongols
faction_relationships     hre, at_war_with     egypt
faction_relationships     hre, allied_with     venice
faction_relationships     hre, allied_with     france
faction_relationships     hre, allied_with     spain
faction_relationships     hre, protectorate_of    england

faction_relationships     spain, at_war_with     sicily
faction_relationships     spain, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     spain, allied_with     venice
faction_relationships     spain, allied_with     hre
faction_relationships     spain, allied_with     france
faction_relationships     spain, protectorate_of    england

faction_relationships     venice, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     venice, at_war_with     scotland
faction_relationships     venice, allied_with     spain
faction_relationships     venice, allied_with     hre
faction_relationships     venice, allied_with     france 
faction_relationships     venice, protectorate_of    england

faction_relationships     sicily, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     sicily, at_war_with     england
faction_relationships     sicily, at_war_with     spain
faction_relationships     sicily, allied_with     milan
faction_relationships     sicily, allied_with     scotland
faction_relationships     sicily, allied_with     moors
faction_relationships     sicily, allied_with     turks
faction_relationships     sicily, allied_with     egypt
faction_relationships     sicily, allied_with     mongols

faction_relationships     milan, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     milan, allied_with     scotland
faction_relationships     milan, allied_with     moors
faction_relationships     milan, allied_with     turks
faction_relationships     milan, allied_with     egypt
faction_relationships     milan, allied_with     mongols
faction_relationships     milan, protectorate_of    sicily

faction_relationships     scotland, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     scotland, at_war_with     venice
faction_relationships     scotland, allied_with     sicily
faction_relationships     scotland, allied_with     milan
faction_relationships     scotland, allied_with     moors
faction_relationships     scotland, allied_with     turks
faction_relationships     scotland, allied_with     egypt
faction_relationships     scotland, allied_with     mongols

faction_relationships     moors, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     moors, at_war_with     hre
faction_relationships     moors, allied_with     scotland
faction_relationships     moors, allied_with     turks
faction_relationships     moors, allied_with     egypt
faction_relationships     moors, allied_with     mongols
faction_relationships     moors, protectorate_of    sicily
faction_relationships     moors, protectorate_of    milan

faction_relationships     turks, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     turks, allied_with     scotland
faction_relationships     turks, allied_with     egypt
faction_relationships     turks, allied_with     mongols
faction_relationships     turks, protectorate_of    sicily
faction_relationships     turks, protectorate_of    milan
faction_relationships     turks, protectorate_of    moors

faction_relationships     egypt, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     egypt, at_war_with     hre
faction_relationships     egypt, allied_with     milan
faction_relationships     egypt, allied_with     scotland
faction_relationships     egypt, allied_with     moors
faction_relationships     egypt, allied_with     turks
faction_relationships     egypt, allied_with     mongols
faction_relationships     egypt, protectorate_of    sicily
faction_relationships     egypt, protectorate_of    turks

faction_relationships     mongols, at_war_with     slave
faction_relationships     mongols, at_war_with     hre
faction_relationships     mongols, at_war_with     england
faction_relationships     mongols, allied_with     scotland
faction_relationships     mongols, allied_with     moors
faction_relationships     mongols, allied_with     turks
faction_relationships     mongols, allied_with     egypt
faction_relationships     mongols, protectorate_of    sicily
faction_relationships     mongols, protectorate_of    milan

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[Archaon]

awesome - can i get more feedback? how do the factions act over time?

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[Tharros]

awesome - can i get more feedback? how do the factions act over time?

Ok I'm at turn 50 as Gondor (VH/VH) - no Good factions have declared war on other good faction (or evil on evil). So High Elves have not attacked Eriador. Eriador has gone to war with Isenguard recently however. Also I have not seen anyone break an alliance yet.

I am really enjoying this campaign (I have RC installed and a few others minor mods as well). Well done and keep up the good work.
+rep

EDIT: BTW I am using your starting alliances tweak as well.

[Archaon]

isn't that how the TA:TW team had them at first?

[Archaon]

Great! as intended finally

are the allies active? are they doing anything once they conquer the rebels? do they support allies in the battle front lines?

with my original files this happened but reports from others make me wonder..

[Tharros]

Great! as intended finally

are the allies active? are they doing anything once they conquer the rebels? do they support allies in the battle front lines?

with my original files this happened but reports from others make me wonder..

Everyone is still alive. Isenguard may be destroyed soon however their regions are all split up but they still have a few stacks running around.
I haven't notice AI factions helping each other in battle - but I don't see much of them. They are too busy fighting Isenguard/OotMM/Rhun. And I'm too busy fighting Mordor/Harad

[Archaon]

Have you noticed any military access rights and/or trading agreements you had at game start with your allies without needing to negotiate for them?

[Tharros]

Have you noticed any military access rights and/or trading agreements you had at game start with your allies without needing to negotiate for them?

Yes I have noticed those. I think I have an old version of your mod though. Off the top of my head I was allied to Rohan, Eriador and High Elves at the game start with trade rights and military access. I did try to ally with the Silvan elves but they were snobs
Come to think of it I think I saw Eriador helping Rohan against Isenguard Eriador was going through Rohan's territory and attacking Isenguard.

[Archaon]

updated first post with attached descr_strat.txt

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[Archaon]

i have never added or removed the at war factions from the way TA:TW team had them. this mod has only ever changed faction alliances..

@Tharros,
can you confirm one way or the other?

[Archaon]

IMPORTANT UPDATE

It was the formatting that prevented some of the settings from working.
People using the code directly from the forum need to edit it a bit, changing the tab's for a single space, ect.

The file i uploaded in the first post will work 100%.

All factions who are meant to have trading rights, military access, alliance, war, neutral, are now working completely as intended.

Unless i have received reports that there are still error's i consider this mod finished.
Enjoy!

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IMPORTANT UPDATE
now working completely as intended.
Unless i have received reports that there are still error's i consider this mod finished.
Enjoy!

That's good , I find no error this time (for now..). I will clean my other posts, to have the thread more readable.

[FortressofRain]

While I think it is a good idea to make alliances more stable, I don't know how I feel about military access. Rohan was objectionable to the idea of Gondor armies in thier lands, despite the threat. But then again, it depends on if these modifications will promt ai armies to move up and attack the closest enemy army even if it is in your territory, thereby assisting you in battle such as in the later movies where the elves helped at Helmsdeep and Rohan at Minas Tireth.

[JonSnow]

Er, did you use my strat file as a base? Just asking because all the reputation values are the same... I don't mind if you did but could I get credit? Or is it just an eery coincidence..