How do you allocate starting places?

[mark13]

OK - I have been wondering how to do this for many months now, at a loss. I finally managed to swallow my pride and ask out straight how to do it...

When I am creating a map file, each faction can be assigned a set starting place, no? If that is the case, how on earth do you do it? I have tried pretty much everything - and I know it can be done because the PBEM tournament map has specially allocated 'starting places' for each of the factions.

Also, is there a way of giving extra units to a faction (on a certain map)?

Thanks,
Mark13

[Fitz]

The only way I've found is to place a colony pod where you want the faction to start, and take a turn to place a base if you want them to start with a base. Then you have to save it as a scenario.

Extra units, same thing. Place them yourself.

Alternately, for the extra units, you can hard code it into the faction .txt file

[stuntman19]

I think Fitz is correct, because the tourny map games begin on 2102. This means Tau does this and sets passwords and so forth on the 2101 turn.