First let me thank Endoperez for taking on what I just don't have the energy left to do. Endo, you always explain everything so much better than I can!
Definitely some great ideas in this thread.
I will try to answer a few questions:
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Is it possible to force provinces to be next to each other in a random setting? i.e. 2 related provinces right next to each other.
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That is something that Endo has asked for in the past and that I would like to add in the next version as "kingdoms".
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Is there a designation in the database for what nation a unit is generally associated with? For instance, query out anything not related to Machaka.
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There is a tab with nations & their units, but not a field in the "All Units" tab. That would be a very nice addition though. I would be afraid to incur Edi's wrath by asking for another field, safer to add it ourselves. (Just picking Edi
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Using heroes as units - (not the generic hero unit) the uniques that appear per nation. How are they listed in the DB?
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If I remember correctly, there is a field at the far right on the "All Units" sheet called "special" or something like that. I remember seeing notes there designating a unit as being a particular nations hero.
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Neighbors to a province - automatically done during map creation?
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Neighbors should already be done by the map designer or by the games random map generator. RanDom doesn't touch them.
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Is it possible to script units/commanders via map file? Or even position them?
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Nope, but would be a welcome addition if a simple way were given.
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If a unit is given F6 for magic, do they have access to the while spell book or are they limited to 0 lvl spells? Seems like they have access, but are there any restrictions? Can you give a unit 15S/gems and hope he casts master enslave?
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I have wondered about this for some time. I wonder if since independents are considered a nation unto themselves if they don't quietly do research in the background. By late game, I usually have any Independents that I am going to attack already cleared out, so this is just speculation.
I think that the only way to give gems to an independent commander is via gem generating items and I have heard (from Gandalf?) that sometimes they will receive them when using #randomequip.