Dll - civilization_other

[Nutty]

This request is based on the EA_ANIMAL_PLAYER component from the Ea mod, which simply adds a new type of Barbarian player in slot #62, in that case to represent wildlife. Animals are then spawned by Lua. The EA_ANIMAL_BEHAVIOR component prevents animals from entering player territory and pillaging trade routes.

In general, I think warring barbarian tribes might be interesting.

I think a more modular method would be helpful as part of the patch to facilitate the creation of additional roll-your-own player types with changeable loyalties, such as mercenaries, pirates and privateers, and whatever mix of spawned undead/lycanthropic/divine/demonic types that are desired that need not be allied with the CIVILIZATION_BARBARIAN faction.

I imagine this involves a define [NUM_CUSTOM_PLAYERS] to specify how many players to reserve, and a few additional [boolean] columns in the Civilizations table:

• 'CustomPlayer' or somesuch to signify it is one of these custom players;
• 'AlwaysAtWar'
• 'Barbarian', whether to respond positively to player:IsBarbarian() and whether minors create barbarian quests related to the player [and whether the "No Barbarians" game option disables them]

These columns should probably replace the methods related to the Defines for BARBARIAN_PLAYER, BARBARIAN_TEAM, etc.

 

[Wodhann]

I suggested something in the original thread like this, but I probably worded it so wrongly it's no wonder it got shot down. I hope now they'll be more willing to do this now.

 

[Gazebo]

It is an interesting idea, though the problem is the Diplomacy AI is quite complex, particularly because the 'diplomatic' AI for minor civs and major civs are handled independently. Barbarians do not run a diplomatic AI, so your talking about adding a subset AI that is neither a minor civ (it can think on its own, rather than simply running weighted functions and reacting to players), nor a major civ. Eeesh. Not impossible, but it'll be a task. Something to consider for later releases, sure, but right off-the-bat it is daunting. Consider it a 'holy grail' for now.
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[Nutty]

I think you misunderstand the limited scope of the request because of my attempts at salesmanship in how it could be used.

These are at-war status holders qua non-spawning barbarians.

 

[Gazebo]

Ah, I see. Still, replacing define methods is risky, as there are so many base-level functions that use those in the DLL. I'll think on this and get back to you.
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