[Ctennyson]

I have a diploma in programming, so I have an excellent idea of whats likely to be difficult and what isnt. Judging from how the nations are setup, changing which and what pretenders would not be hard to code. The only possible snag I see, and possibly why it hasnt been enabled, is that it may mess with multiplayer, enabling people to play with "cheated" gods. As far as how lists are important, Jotunheim has 20 gods, and Marignon has 14, so obviously the ability to have more and less gods is in there. I'd postulate that each nations #nation file that we CANT see, has a Pretender list, and that Johan and Kris could easily add a pretender to it by adding a #addpretender newguy to it. Or whatever the specific code is.

I play SP only, so far, so I dont much care about the cheating aspect, but I'd like to be able to add pretenders instead of replacing. I'd like to add Nataraja to some other nations, as well, for example. I don't really sweat over balance, but I'd love to test some stuff out. It isnt like my head will pop off if I cant do it, or anything, but it'd be swell.

Edit: Many checks are already in the game to make sure you cant crash it, and adding a Pretender check is redundant, since its already in the game. Try adding something illegal to an existing pretender for evidence. Nagot Gick Fel!
I also have Photoshop 8, but I am not terribly competent at cutting, editing, and managing images, so I dunno that getting a picture of a pretender will work out...

[ February 28, 2004, 20:33: Message edited by: Ctennyson ]