Creating a new faction

[blackarchon]

Hi there,

I'm about to create a new faction. What files exactly do I have to create/alter?

So far I have created a leader portrait "Hive.png" and the icons "HiveIcon.png" and "HiveIcon16.png" in Data\Video\Textures\Factions and an icon "FactionHive.png" in Data\Video\Textures\Icons\WorldParameters. I have also described the faction within "Hive.xml" in Data\World\Factions. Then I edited the city names (<entry name="Hive0" value="The Hive"/> <entry name="HiveCount" value="1"/>) within "Cities.xml" in Data\Core\Languages\{English,German}. I also have created the faction's tags within Factions.xml in Data\Core\Languages\{English,German} - I copied the nine Industrious tags and renamed them to Hive (e.g. from <entry name="Industrious" value="Solar Dynasty"/> to <entry name="Hive" value="The Hive"/> and so on.

However, this doesn't seem to be enough. When I start the game now, I got the error Error: "Faction/Hive" does not exist.

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What am I missing? I'm running Pandora 1.1.2.

[void]

Hello blackarchon, you also have to add the language strings like faction and leader name to Data/Core/Languages/[Language]/Factions.xml.

[arraamis]

Hello blackarchon, you also have to add the language strings like faction and leader name to Data/Core/Languages/[Language]/Factions.xml.

Expanding on the original question and your response .... Does this mean that a SEVENTH faction is possible and playable in 1.12 ???

Thanks in advance

[blackarchon]

Thanks for the hint - I just forgot to uncomment one of my new sections.
This also answers your question, arraamis: Yes, it is possible - I have now seven factions to choose from. Now I'm on my way to 14 certain factions which some of you may know...

[jdmillard]

Thanks for the hint - I just forgot to uncomment one of my new sections.
This also answers your question, arraamis: Yes, it is possible - I have now seven factions to choose from. Now I'm on my way to 14 certain factions which some of you may know...

"Choosing from" is one thing, is it possible to start a game with 8 or more active factions in the game?

[blackarchon]

You mean how to overcome the limit of a maximum of six players in a game? Well I don't know. But I think this shouldn't be so difficult for the creators of the game.

[jdmillard]

You mean how to overcome the limit of a maximum of six players in a game? Well I don't know. But I think this shouldn't be so difficult for the creators of the game.

Yeah, I meant to say "7 or more" not 8. But you obviously knew what I meant.

[boulugre]

Thanks for the hint - I just forgot to uncomment one of my new sections.
This also answers your question, arraamis: Yes, it is possible - I have now seven factions to choose from. Now I'm on my way to 14 certain factions which some of you may know...

Roooh thats sounds awesome!

Do you plan to release some kind of mode later on?

[blackarchon]

Yes, this is planned. But I fear that without a Pandora SDK it won't be possible to implement such features as psi combat.