Hey everyone, I am trying to add an Inquisitor unit to the Varietas Delectat MOD. I don't really know much about modding so I would need to know what to do.
I suggest getting a copy of WinMerge, which simplifies the file merging process.
Also if you can use the Inquisitor on another civ is there a way to set it up so that you can't take out their Holy City? I don't think we are going to want that option because someone might get really upset and quit the game, I know that sounds lame, but it has happened over lesser incidents before.
The capability to conduct foreign inquisitions does not yet exist in this version. Yet if it did, you are absolutely right, the inquisitor should not be allowed take out the official state religion and Holy City belonging to another Civ, as that would be an act of war, not an inquisition. I'll explain.
The design must include two prerequisites for conducting foreign inquisitions:
1. You must have an
Open Borders Agreement:
2. The state religion of the foreign civ must
match your state religion.
Why? ...Because an inquisition is an internal state issue. Therefore, inquisitors can only perform under state sanction. I define a
state, as your civilization or any other civilization that has an open borders agreement" and has the same state religion as yours. Since your state religion is also the state religion for your ally, your inquisitors can operate freely with the permission of the state to carry out their religious purification duties in allied territory.
With that in mind, it is obvious you can't cross the border of a hostile country and try to execute an inquisition, where your religion has no influence (i.e. the state religion does not match yours). Just think how hard it would be to convert several Islamic cities in Iran to another religion, like Christianity or Judaism. The removal of a foreign civ's existing offical state religion, would be an act of war against that civilization! The comment would likely be,
How dare you come into our city and kill the people of our faith and destroy our holy buildings! So you see, in that case, the inquisitor is not acting under
state sanction, rather he would be operating more like a saboteur, which is
not the roll of an inquisitor, but a spy or a terrorist. The spy can cross the border of a hostile civ, without an open borders agreement: The inquisitor can't.
Now you understand why the two
prerequisites for conducting foreign inquisitions are so important. You can be sure both prerequisites will be enforced, when I finally attempt to add this capability to the Mod.
Very Respectfully,
Orion Veteran