General changing factions

[miniwally]

Is it possible to make a general change factions if they have a certain ancillary

[Augustus Lucifer]

Not really. You could make the ancillary have a huge loyalty penalty, negative BribeResistance, and negative Bribery or something. But the other faction would still have to try and bribe the character. Alternatively you could kill a character and spawn it for another faction, but you'd either need to know the name or suffice with a random name, and a system to 'preserve stats' would be fairly complicated if you wanted the exact traits/ancs to transfer and not just the same 'attribute' levels(which would be significantly easier).

[miniwally]

Ah fair enough was just checking.

[Archaon]

you could try the "move character off map" command and spawn_character or spawn_army to get him back into the game under a different faction.

[Emperor of The Great Unknown]

intresting you sure it will work?

[Archaon]

it works

[Caesar Clivus]

To do that though, wouldn't you need to know what the general's name is in advance? (i.e. you wouldn't be able to do that will randomly named characters)

[Archaon]

It is impossible to do anything script wise without knowing the name or 'labeling' a character.. goes without saying really..

[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]

How can we label a character ? What is the command ?

[Archaon]

in the descr_strat.txt - or - when you spawn a character or army add this to the character line;

x 189, y 261 , label yourlabel

That way you can still spawn in character with random names but because there is a label he may still be referenced (but only once).

Let me know if you need anything more

[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]

That way you can still spawn in character with random names but because there is a label he may still be referenced (but only once).

How can I label a random named character ? Referenced in what ? I haven't understand your explanation.

[Archaon]

I’ll explain further
The red parts are the key area’s to modify

descr_strat.txt entry example

character name, named character, male, leader, age 84, x 239, y 128, portrait portrait_name, label label_name, battle_model battle_model_name, hero_ability hero_ability_name, direction (N,E,S,W)
traits Factionleader 1 , GoodCommander 1 , NaturalMilitarySkill 1 , GoodDefender 1 , PoliticsSkill 2 , ReligionStarter 1
ancillaries drillmaster
army
unit unit_name exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

campaign_script.txt entry example

spawn_army
faction faction_name
character name, named character, family, age 32, x 290, y 134, portrait portrait_name, label label_name, battle_model battle_model_name, hero_ability hero_ability_name, direction (N,E,S,W)
traits GoodCommander 3 , BattleScarred 2, BattleDread 1 , CaptorDread 1 , GoodAttacker 1 , NightBattleCapable 1
unit unit_name exp 3 armour 1 weapon_lvl 0
end

So to label in the descr_strat.txt it is simple – just use “, label label_name” and change the red part to whatever you want.
But the name must be defined in the descr_strat.txt so using a label here is not really nessessary as you can use the name a lot easier - but with a label you can reference multiple characters at once that all share the same label but have different names.

In the campaign_script.txt you can spawn in random named characters - so using a label is necessary if you want to reference them for later scripting use.
It is the same principle – just use “, label label_name” and change the red part to whatever you want.

I hope this makes more sense now

[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]

Ok, thx.

Can label be used as a command like below ?

Monitor event characterTurnEnd Isgeneral
and hasAnc sword1
label general_with_sword1

[Archaon]

Ok, thx.

Can label be used as a command like below ?

No i dont think any label will work in that manner..
I have tried because the docudemons have this particular entry;

---------------------------------------------------
Identifier:         label
Parameters:         label
Description:        Label
Sample use:         label crap
Class:              LABEL
Implemented:        Yes
Author:             
---------------------------------------------------

But it does not help - it is incomplete or i am trying all the wrong logic..

[miniwally]

forgot about this thread nice to know it's definitely not impossible then.

[Gigantus]

This might work.

Monitor event characterTurnEnd Isgeneral
and label (from previous character spawning)
give_ancillary sword1 (somewhat to that effect)