OLC Section 5

FEDIT

"Faction seldom leaves a man honest, however it might find him.
   -Samuel Johnson

Fedit allows you to create and edit npc factions.

Faction enemy and friend ratings have defaults of -700 and 700 (which means

it will take approximately 70 kills of mobs of your level for you to become

allied with or hated by a faction).

Syntax: fedit [faction number]

Provide a faction number and you will enter the editor for that

faction. To see a list of faction numbers, type FLIST.

Syntax: fedit create

This creates a new faction and enters the editor for that faction.

Once you are fediting a given faction, you can take a look at its

properties with the SHOW command, or just by hitting [enter].

The following are attributes which appear when you SHOW.

Name:

Syntax: name [name]

Changes the faction name.

Min-Friend Rating:

Syntax: rating friend [rating]

This changes the friend rating for the faction. Players who meet or

surpass this rating are considered to be allied to the faction.

Min-Enemy Rating:

Syntax: rating enemy [rating]

This changes the enemy rating for the faction. Players who meet

or fall below this rating are considered enemies of faction npcs.

Flags:

Type the following flags to apply them to the faction.

aggro_enemy: Makes all members of the faction aggro to faction enemies.
decay: Player faction ratings will slowly decay over time as the faction
   forgets the player's actions.
fake: makes a fake faction. You don't gain or lose faction for killing
   members of this faction, but you do gain/lose faction with enemies
   and allies. Example: the Animals of Nendor. The animals won't
   suddenly consider you an enemy... but you will piss off the druids.
no_obscure: The new thief/assassin skill 'conceal evidence' doesn't work
   against this faction. 
big_bargain: Shops provide discount to faction friends.

Ally:

Syntax: ally [faction number]

This toggles an allied faction.

Opposing:

Syntax: opposing [faction number]

This toggles an opposing faction.

Initial Settings:

Syntax: init

This enters the editor for initial settings. In the editor, add

strings as follows:

race <race> <value>

class <class> <value>

gender <gender> <value>

altar <altar room vnum> <value>

For example:

race ch'taren 1400

class spirit templar 700

class spirit scholar 700

race shuddeni -1000

altar 3491 -1000

If the min-friend rating were default (700), then ch'tarens, spirit templars,

and spirit scholars would all begin as friends of the faction. If the min-enemy

rating were default (-700) shuddeni and those whose recall altar is in room 3491

would begin as enemies of the faction.

Add:

Syntax: add [vnums...]:

This adds a list of vnums to the faction being edited. One can also add a mob

to the faction in medit, using the 'faction' command while editing that mob.

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OTHER FACTION-RELATED IMM COMMANDS

flist: lists all factions.

flist <number>: lists all mobs in a faction.

flist <player> [faction]: lists faction ratings for player. Without [faction],

it will list all factions with a non-zero standing for the player

set char <target> faction <number> <rating>: set faction values manually.

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PROG SUPPORT FOR FACTIONS

if isfriend(<target>) [== faction number]

if isenemy(<target>) [== faction number]

-- if faction numbers are omitted, uses faction of mob performing check

mpfaction <target> <faction number> <change> [1/0] -- trailing 1/0 is to

choose whether the standard faction improve/worsen message is displayed