change faction simbol during the game

**HELLEKIN** · December 10, 2011, 05:32 PM

hello guys,in mood 1143 it is possible to have more than one faction simbol during the campain...after a certain amount of years or events the faction simbol for portugal changes...my question is how can i do that?its possible to have a event too informing that?(the event fires a image informing the change of faction simbol),i know is from a script but i´m a zero in scripting,can someone help?Many thanks in advance

**valvegas1** · December 10, 2011, 06:24 PM

AFAIK it's not possible to change the faction symbol during a campaign....i will do some research and try to find a definite answer though...

**Emperor of Hell** · December 11, 2011, 01:40 AM

It is possible with the kalmar union script.
That requires a spare faction, which you should add on this way in descr_strat

Code:

faction	poland (You can used any faction here, but I use poland), balanced smith
ai_label	default 
dead_until_resurrected
denari	20
denari_kings_purse	100

The denari and kings_purse don't matter, only the part in red. Also you should add the faction in the nonplayable section at the top of descr_strat.
Then you can use a simple script to change the banner:

Code:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType portugal
and I_TurnNumber = (whenever you want)
set_faction_banner
faction portugal
banner poland
end_set_faction_banner
historic_event portugal_banner factions { portugal, }
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

Then you also need a bit of text in historic_events

Code:

{portugal_banner_BODY}Whatever text you want
{portugal_banner_TITLE}Whatever title you want

And then you should of course set the new faction symbol for the spare faction
and you should use kingdoms, otherwise it is not possible

Good luck!

**Kiliç Alì** · December 11, 2011, 07:16 AM

are you sure? can't you just do this?

monitor_event [conditions]
historic_event blah
set_faction_banner
faction portugal
banner pink_elephant_with_wings
end_set_faction_banner

I mean, do you need the pink_elephant_with_wings faction to exist, or just the file with the banner named pink_elephant_with_wings?

**Emperor of Hell** · December 11, 2011, 07:42 AM

I tested it and without adding the faction to descr_strat, you get a ctd

**Kiliç Alì** · December 11, 2011, 07:46 AM

ok, then you "waste" a slot for this. thanks for the answer

**HELLEKIN** · December 15, 2011, 04:00 PM

Thanks guys...i´ll try to add a new faction....and lose a precious slot

many thanks for your help and time

**Ravenant** · March 13, 2012, 04:14 PM

Regarding this question, I have read kalmar union script, but I don't know if it is posible to change the faction labels (ie: danish --> kalmarish). Should be something like give_everything_to_faction faction_to_dissapear faction_to_receive?. Btw, I accidentally discovered that the game don't crash if the faction index is repeated, in fact, the new faction has the same settlement banner, but the it retains its faction banner. Could this be exploited?

**Resurrection** · March 13, 2012, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by Ravenant

Regarding this question, I have read kalmar union script, but I don't know if it is posible to change the faction labels (ie: danish --> kalmarish). Should be something like give_everything_to_faction faction_to_dissapear faction_to_receive?. Btw, I accidentally discovered that the game don't crash if the faction index is repeated, in fact, the new faction has the same settlement banner, but the it retains its faction banner. Could this be exploited?

descr_sm_factions.txt cannot take more than 31 factions so I don't see a way this could be useful. But good loophole you found there!