Post by Boaster on Jun 28, 2018 11:10:22 GMT -6
First, I want to say that this is NEW to the greater LOMSE community, but it has been something I have known about exclusively for years. I did not release the knowledge of this bug publicly, nor has any other website or message board reported on the bug which I am now handing over into public knowledge.
Screen shots will later be added as part of a step by step visual guide.
Through the use of the Lord Editor when creating a new game, it is possible to create your starting party as Leader of a different faith.
The example I will use will be a Dwarven Warlord of Chaos. That is to say, your Lord will be the Dwarven Warlord and your region's faith will be Chaos (city, spells, building and in the Chaos starting region).
NORMALLY, when you go to the Lord Editor you can see your Lord with the selection color of your faith around his sprite at the top of the screen. For example, Earth has a green selection color, Chaos has a brown selection color. After performing the trick, where you confuse the game into thinking your faith is different, you will see the selection line around your Lord change.
You would be advised to follow instructions carefully, as varying from them will have slight changes (i.e. potentially different class artifacts for the region).
EXAMPLE
Dwarven Warlord of Chaos
BUG PRELIMINARY STEPS
Select the Class, Faith and Difficulty of the desired region (not the actual Lord you want to bug into the region). In this example, Warrior>Chaos>Hard.
Go into the Lord Editor. Make no changes. None are necessary.
Save Custom Lord Editor settings to File. Example: CHLDF.ldr.
Go back one screen, and change the selection to the actual Lord you want to play as (in this example, Dwarven Warlord).
STEP 1
Select your Class, per usual. Then, select your Faith, per usual. Finally, select your difficulty level per usual. In this example, Warrior>Earth>Hard. Finally, select CUSTOM.
STEP 2
Load Custom Lord Editor setting for Chaos Warlord (CHLDF.ldr).
STEP 3
Cancel/Go Back one screen to where your Lord has been chosen.
STEP 4
Select CUSTOM to go back into the Lord Editor.
Completed!
Your Earth Warlord will now lead the Chaos Faith, as you can see the unit selection color around the Lord as being brown (Chaos). In the game you will receive artifact spoils of the Chaos Warlord. Since Chaos and Earth Warriors both use axes, it works perfectly!
Potentially viable combinations include, but are not necessarily limited to:
Executioner of Order or Water,
Crusader of Death or Water,
Amazon Princess of Death or Order,
Fire Warlord of Air,
Storm Warlord of Fire,
Grand Ranger of Fire,
Punisher Lord of Order,
Burglar Lord of Air or Life,
Matriachial Archer of Earth or Air,
Faerie Lord of Life or Air,
Warlock of Order or Fire or Chaos,
Yeoman or Cavalier Lord of Life,
and so on...
The least viable options include:
Amazon Matron of any other faith,
Elite Huntress of any other faith,
Murder of any other faith.
A Semi-viable option would be:
Elven Patriarch of Fire or Water or Order or Air, but the PRELIMINARY STEP would have to be adjusted for a Mage Lord of the desired faith (AILDW.ldr, WALDW.ldr, ORLDW.ldr, FILDW.ldr), where ultimately the Custom Lord file that you would load would bring up the Wizard Lord custom settings of the desired Faith you wish to Lead as the Elven Patriarch.
Viability is expressed by artifacts being usable by the Lord you want that would be found in the region you'll bug the game into leading.
In this bugged custom lord setup, the unit, spell and artifact prices will not update for the new faith, but are rather tied to the faith of the Lord Unit appearing on the roster part of the screen.
Again, I have known this bug for several years. Now it is shared to the public for the enjoyment of any who (still) visit this message board.
Screen shots will later be added as part of a step by step visual guide.
Through the use of the Lord Editor when creating a new game, it is possible to create your starting party as Leader of a different faith.
The example I will use will be a Dwarven Warlord of Chaos. That is to say, your Lord will be the Dwarven Warlord and your region's faith will be Chaos (city, spells, building and in the Chaos starting region).
NORMALLY, when you go to the Lord Editor you can see your Lord with the selection color of your faith around his sprite at the top of the screen. For example, Earth has a green selection color, Chaos has a brown selection color. After performing the trick, where you confuse the game into thinking your faith is different, you will see the selection line around your Lord change.
You would be advised to follow instructions carefully, as varying from them will have slight changes (i.e. potentially different class artifacts for the region).
EXAMPLE
Dwarven Warlord of Chaos
BUG PRELIMINARY STEPS
Select the Class, Faith and Difficulty of the desired region (not the actual Lord you want to bug into the region). In this example, Warrior>Chaos>Hard.
Go into the Lord Editor. Make no changes. None are necessary.
Save Custom Lord Editor settings to File. Example: CHLDF.ldr.
Go back one screen, and change the selection to the actual Lord you want to play as (in this example, Dwarven Warlord).
STEP 1
Select your Class, per usual. Then, select your Faith, per usual. Finally, select your difficulty level per usual. In this example, Warrior>Earth>Hard. Finally, select CUSTOM.
STEP 2
Load Custom Lord Editor setting for Chaos Warlord (CHLDF.ldr).
STEP 3
Cancel/Go Back one screen to where your Lord has been chosen.
STEP 4
Select CUSTOM to go back into the Lord Editor.
Completed!
Your Earth Warlord will now lead the Chaos Faith, as you can see the unit selection color around the Lord as being brown (Chaos). In the game you will receive artifact spoils of the Chaos Warlord. Since Chaos and Earth Warriors both use axes, it works perfectly!
Potentially viable combinations include, but are not necessarily limited to:
Executioner of Order or Water,
Crusader of Death or Water,
Amazon Princess of Death or Order,
Fire Warlord of Air,
Storm Warlord of Fire,
Grand Ranger of Fire,
Punisher Lord of Order,
Burglar Lord of Air or Life,
Matriachial Archer of Earth or Air,
Faerie Lord of Life or Air,
Warlock of Order or Fire or Chaos,
Yeoman or Cavalier Lord of Life,
and so on...
The least viable options include:
Amazon Matron of any other faith,
Elite Huntress of any other faith,
Murder of any other faith.
A Semi-viable option would be:
Elven Patriarch of Fire or Water or Order or Air, but the PRELIMINARY STEP would have to be adjusted for a Mage Lord of the desired faith (AILDW.ldr, WALDW.ldr, ORLDW.ldr, FILDW.ldr), where ultimately the Custom Lord file that you would load would bring up the Wizard Lord custom settings of the desired Faith you wish to Lead as the Elven Patriarch.
Viability is expressed by artifacts being usable by the Lord you want that would be found in the region you'll bug the game into leading.
In this bugged custom lord setup, the unit, spell and artifact prices will not update for the new faith, but are rather tied to the faith of the Lord Unit appearing on the roster part of the screen.
Again, I have known this bug for several years. Now it is shared to the public for the enjoyment of any who (still) visit this message board.
It will actually make some hours of new unusual fun games. So that's what you meant when you mentionned a warlock of order in my other topic. 
Glad to see you're still making this game awesome after so many years. By the way, I have a ton of comments to make about your mod and other LOMSE related stuff that I'm waiting to compile for the couple of next months too. 
