Info: Special Poptypes

[SlipperyJim]

Nice research, vfb!

Please forgive my ignorance, but how would I actually use these poptypes in a mod or map?

[Anaconda]

What exactly is this list?

[Gandalf Parker]

These are some of the rare defenders that might appear. Surprise commanders and troops that might have equipment on them. They did not appear to be part of the original game. The code diggers are still ironing out the particulars. But so far

A) They do not appear to have a numeric designator so canot easily be used in mod or map commands

B) The random does not seem to be just random. It seems to also involve other factors. Possibly if its a randomly generated map, terrain, era, scales, and indept strength of the game.

Altho you cannot assign them by a poptype number, the game does allow assigning extra province defenders with extra equipment. The SemiRand program does it. And the Chaos games on my server do it.

Such as, to duplicate this one

pop_anre
Com: 366 (Eternal Knight) Anre
Item: Flambeau
Item: Crown of Command
Item: Girdle of Might
Pop: 366 (Eternal Knights)
Pop: 22 (Knights)
Pop: 38 (Commanders)
Site: The Holy Crypt of Anre

with maps commands in province 1 would be
#setland 1
#commander 366
#comname "Anre"
#additem "Flambeau"
#additem "Crown of Command"
#additem "Girldle of Might"
#knownfeature "The Holy Crypt of Anre"

[vfb]

Thanks for helping out with the explanation, Gandalf.

Originally Posted by SlipperyJim

Nice research, vfb!

Please forgive my ignorance, but how would I actually use these poptypes in a mod or map?

You can't, you just find them randomly.

The main reason I did this was for the sites -- I wanted to see if it was worth it blowing myself up, early on, to try to take the province. The items you can look at just by sending in a scout/commander on retreat.

So, it's actually not all that useful, unfortunately!

[Gandalf Parker]

Showing another interesting level of the game that the devs spent time on is never wasted. I had known that some special provinces were going to be part of the game but Ive never seen such an extensive list. Im not sure Ive even seen some of these.

But now we have a thread we can point to when someone asks if the game is broken because he ran into a Wyrm named Tiamat in an Independent province.