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.

Faction Definition

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)

There are many options in this menu (warning, this is a work in progress, unfinished at the moment):

Direct Sales Tab

The Direct Sales Tab

This tab relates to the ability of players in a faction to sell units directly to each other.

• The "Use Direct Sell" checkbox enables or disables Direct Sell for this faction.
• The Pricemod for each unit type is an amount added to the direct sales price, paid for either by the seller or recipient, depending on the "Seller Pays" checkbox on the Server Direct Sales menu.

Faction Tab

The Faction Tab

This tab contains miscellaneous configuration options for the faction.

• Medium, Heavy, Assault XP: How many experience points necessary to purchase a unit of this weight
• Min House Techs: What is the minimum number of techs/bays a member of this faction will have, regardless of how many bay planets the faction loses
• EXP for Bay: At each interval, the player will get a tech/bay
• Donations Allowed: How many units per tick can a player donate
• Scraps Allowed: How many units per tick can a player scrap
• Max MOTD Length: How many characters are allowed in the faction MOTD
• Welfare Ceiling: Max # of cbills a player can have to collect welfare
• Total Hangar BV for Welfare: Maximum BV in a players hangar to collect welfare
• Cost Multi @ Donate:
• Cost Multi to Buy Used:
• Armor Scrap Cost:
• Critical Scrap Cost:
• Engined:
• Forum Group Name:
• Days Between Promotions:
• Donate @ Unenroll:
• Faction Names on Games:
• Faction Names in News:
• Auto Promote Sub Factions:

Factory Options Tab

The Factory Options Tab

Influence Tab

The Influence Tab

Pilots Tab

The Pilots Tab

Pilot Skills (Mek) Tab

The Pilot Skills (Mek) Tab

Pilot Skills Tab

The Pilot Skills Tab

Pilot Skill Mods Tab

The Pilot Skill Mods Tab

Repodding Tab

The Repodding Tab

Rewards Tab

The Rewards Tab

Techs Tab

The Techs Tab

Units Tab

The Units Tab

Units 2 Tab

The Units 2 Tab

Unit Limits Tab

The Unit Limits Tab

Autoproduction Tab

The Autoproduction Tab