MW Factions

Factions are the MekWars equivalent of teams. Players in the same faction share resources, such as components and bays, and have a faction-specific dedicated Chat channel.

For MegaMekNET-specific Faction information, check here.

Factions are defined at initial server start in data/factions.xml. A sample faction entry, taken from the default factions.xml shipped with MekWars is as follows:

		<FACTION>
			<NAME>Davion</NAME>
			<MONEY>180</MONEY>
			<COLOR>#808000</COLOR>
			<ABBREVIATION>D</ABBREVIATION>
			<LOGO>http://www.megamek.com/NoLogo.jpg</LOGO>
			<ID>0</ID>
		</FACTION>

There is more that could be in this file, though, as noted by factions.dtd:

<!ELEMENT ABBREVIATION (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT BASEGUNNER (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT BASEPILOT (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT COLOR (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT CONQUERABLE (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT INHOUSEATTACKS (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT ISMERCENARY (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT LOGO (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT MAYUSEBM (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT MONEY (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT NAME (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT CONQUERABLE  (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT INHOUSEATTACKS (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT HOUSEPLAYERCOLOR (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT DEFECTTO (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT DEFECTFROM (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT ISNEWBIE (#PCDATA)>

Once a faction has been created, it can be edited from the Faction Configuration menu within MekWars (Server Configs -> Faction Configuration)

The Faction Configuration Menu

There are many options in this menu: