Thanks for the responses. In case this helps anyone else who is starting out I have included my changes.
Changes made to Native modules
The plan was to add a single castle and village to become the home of my 'impoverished noble' player character and in doing so will achieve the following objectives.
1) Provide a garrison for housing trained troops over and above the characters personal retinue ... without the need to besiege an existing castle / attacking an existing faction.
2) Provide a small income from the outset of the game without the need for accumulating capital thus allowing immediate, if restricted, access to mercenary troops and items.
After finding the following resource and following some its steps I now have a fully functioning Castle and Village (completed scenes apart) which play out exactly as if I had just successfully completed a seige ... awesome. After a week the castle produces over 2000D income so a little more interesting than starting from scratch.
Note: I did NOT add a new faction but assigned the new castle_49 to fac_player_faction and assigned trp_player as lord.
Any thoughts on additional steps (scenes aside) that I have not completed would be appeciated.
Ap Madog
Resources:
- "[Tutorial] Complete Guide To Adding Factions" on forums.taleworlds.com by Kentucky James V11.
Module Updates: This was to a copy of Native files 1.171
Step 1 - Add castle_49 and village_111 entries to 'module_parties.py'.
Use an existing 'icon' and appropriate new coordinates. The village is automatically assigned to the castle if located close enough on the map and both are automatically part of the Neutral faction.
# New Castle
("castle_49","Cwrm_Gwyrdd_Castle",icon_castle_a|pf_castle, no_menu, pt_none, fac_neutral,0,ai_bhvr_hold,0,(165, -10),[],260),
# New Village
("village_111", "Cwrm_Gwyrdd", icon_village_a|pf_village, no_menu, pt_none, fac_neutral,0,ai_bhvr_hold,0,(170, -7),[], 100),
Step 2 - Add a Village Elder to 'module_troops.py'.
# New Village Elder
["village_111_elder", "Village_Elder", "{!}village_1_elder",tf_hero|tf_randomize_face|tf_is_merchant, 0,0, fac_commoners,[itm_coarse_tunic, itm_hide_boots, itm_felt_hat],def_attrib|level(2),wp(20),knows_inventory_management_10, man_face_old_1, man_face_older_2],
# New Castle Seneschal
["castle_111_seneschal", "{!}Castle 111 Seneschal", "{!}Castle 111 Seneschal", tf_hero|tf_is_merchant, 0,reserved, fac_neutral,[itm_padded_leather, itm_leather_boots], def_attrib|level(2),wp(20),knows_common, 0x000000000010360b01cef8b57553d34e],
Step 3 - Update 'module_scripts.py'.
#Give centers to factions first, to ensure more equal distributions
(call_script, "script_give_center_to_faction_aux", "p_castle_49", "fac_player_faction"),
# Give family castles to certain nobles.
(call_script, "script_give_center_to_lord", "p_castle_49", "trp_player", 0), #Cwrm_Gwyrdd_Castle
Step 4 - Add placeholder scenes for castle_49 and village_111 ... to be updated.
("castle_49_exterior",sf_generate,"none", "none", (0,0),(100,100),-100,"0x0000000030044e900003dd02000077b20000400100005697",
[],[],"outer_terrain_plain"),
("castle_49_interior",sf_indoors, "interior_castle_m", "bo_interior_castle_m", (-100,-100),(100,100),-100,"0",
["exit"],["castle_3_seneschal"]),
("castle_49_prison",sf_indoors,"interior_prison_e", "bo_interior_prison_e", (-100,-100),(100,100),-100,"0",
[],[]),
("village_111",sf_generate,"none", "none", (0,0),(100,100),-100,"0x00000001500410320005a96800006b5300004edc00000d11",
[],[],"outer_terrain_plain"),
