Is there a way to guarantee inclusion of a Civ in a random game?

[Padmewan]

In our mod there a NPC (Non-Player Civ ) that emerges towards the middle-end of the game. (Those of you who played SMAC will know who I'm talking about). Thanks to the "Barbarian Settler" mod I know we can kill and then resurrect this civ through Python... however, I do not know how we guarantee inclusion of this civ among those within the game.

I've looked carefully at a lot of Python code but saw nothing there -- is this something in Python or will we need SDK work?

Thanks.

 

[The Great Apple]

I don't think you can do it with python. Probably SDK.

 

[woodelf]

Damn, we need to blackmail an SDK person for our mod.

 

[Shqype]

Wow, really TGA? I thought someone has done something like this before ...

How random do you want this to be, Padmewan? I thought it was possible after x number of turns to "create" a new civ in a game? You might want to ask Rhye if he has a solution.

 

[The Great Apple]

The trouble is that the Civilization has to be in from the start of the game, even if it doesn't have any units/buidings, and I don't think you can force a Civilization to be in the game in python.

 

[Padmewan]

OK, not insurmountable. We either need to draft a SDK modder or get my hands on a copy of Visual Studio...