Creating a new faction with the Assembly Kit

[Skinmeister]

Has anyone managed to successfully do this yet? I want to create a new faction, not repurpose an existing faction. I've created entries in:

faction_banners_tables
faction_political_parties_junction
faction_to_faction_groups_junction
faction_uniform_colours_table
factions_tables
political_parties_tables

And creating a pack file works fine, but when I add an entry with this faction to starting_positions (non-playable with no characters or regions for now) it won't create startpos.esf.

[Skinmeister]

Tried it another way.

1. Added test_easterners (a built-in unused faction) to start_pos_factions, again no characters or units, and startpos.esf can be created successfully.
2. Added a new faction to faction_banners_tables, faction_uniform_colours_table and factions_tables, all fields cloned from test_easterners, except for faction name and unique ID. They are the only three tables where test_easterners have an entry.
3. Changed entry in start_pos_factions from test_easterners to my faction, startpos.esf can no longer be created.

What am I missing? There is no-where else where test_easterners is mentioned as far as I can see, so are the factions hardcoded in some way?

[LestaT]

Are you trying to create a totally new faction or a civil war/rebellion facition for unlock factions ? Maybe try to create one for unlock factions first be easier. I haven't tried it myself though since it's easier to use CiG and HatG (even prologue) factions into the main campaign.

[Skinmeister]

Well both really, eventually for separate mods. But at this point it's the same thing, as civil war factions still need to be added to start_pos_factions and it's that point where I'm stuck.