Re: Faction Trees

Steve Chapin (sjc@cs.purdue.edu)
Sun, 19 Jul 92 23:31:31 EST

>> But the maze of SWEARs that would follow B's departure is complex.
>>
>> New leader X is chosen.
>> X swears to B's lord.
>> All other units swear to X.

Well, those are implementation details. Consider it this way: Just
pick up X, and plug it into the hole left by B. Conceptually, very
simple. No muss, no fuss, no bother :-)

>> This could be implemented at each tree root. If B is killed or persuaded
>> away, the units under B might suffer a loyalty drop, some might desert,
>> the rest will swear to B's lord. (or engage Steve's suggestion).

Sure, if we want to do a desertion check at this time, no problemo.
If a unit fails a desertion check, only that unit leaves, right (just
another case of a unit in the middle of a hierarchy dropping out)?

sc

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