From the former lead developer of the Divergences mod,
the creator of the Millennium mod and the England flag-changing addon
the creator of the Millennium mod and the England flag-changing addon
comes
The Byzantine Themata System
Why this mod?
I have played a game inside the Empire recently and it felt really shallow - Byzantium, which should be quite unique, turned into an indifferent Western-Europe-like realm. So I decided to improve it a bit. I started with the administration system with an addition of Basileus having a say in the succession of his vassals. It is still far from reality but IMHO it represents not only themata system of 800s-1000s, but also the following pronoia system and the 'feudalisation' of the pronoiarios during the sunset of the Empire, all of this with a reasonable level of abstraction. There are also some minor additions concerning the Empire (for example, the Seljuks, the creation of Rum)...and others could follow.
An important note: It is based on CK2+ as for a long time it has been the platform I play CK2 with. It might get adapted to vanilla one day but the later I do it, the less time I will have to maintain and update two different versions at once. On the other hand, if anyone wants to port, he is free to do so (provided that he tells me so).
How to install: Just insert into your C:\Users\Username\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\mod, beside your CK2Plus files, it will act as a regular extension.
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Changelog:
Version 1.0 is up.
- updated to CK2+ 3.01.0
Version 0.9 is up.
- decreased the stat requirements for convincing the Emperor to let you keep your titles on succession
- Byzantium is 'awarded' with one point of decadence when a Doux refuses a title revoking
- Basil II should now live a bit longer, IRL he ruled until 1025 while ingame he usually dies much earlier
- Tweaked the Hordes' CB so that they should follow historical route of expansion
- Fixed a minor CB bug
- Lowered starting Ghaznavid event troops in 1000 AD
- Increased the decadence gain for a weak Basileus ascending
- Fixed a CA error (tracked down by Tabris01)
- When the Empire does not own Constantinople, it is hard to become strong
- Religious faction is now angered with deposing the patriarch
- Updated the French localisation (by simonthekiller)
- Fixed the missing localisation for the opinion modifier when letting a Doux keep his lands (tracked down by snipercrow)
- Decreased the base chance to become strong
- Size of the Empire now affects the chance to become strong (both extremes are bad)
- Renamed several duchies of the Empire according to suggestions by Prussian-Eagle
- Greek duchies now called Themata
Version 0.8 is up.
- the possibility to influence the succession of your Themata vassals is now correctly tied to the level of Imperial Decadence
- added a 'Made me Patriarch' positive relation modifier for the new Patriarch if you decide to depose him during coronation
- added French localisation (courtesy of simonthekiller, thanks again!)
- fixed Alexios's throne ascension date; he now properly owns Byzantium, Constantinople and Blachernae on 1081.4.1
- fixed Basil the Macedonian starting in 867 without actually owning Constantinople
- Basil the Macedonian is now properly Greek in culture
- Patriarch should now accept the coronation request in more cases
- when your father was a strong Emperor (i.e. Autokrator trait), you now have bigger chance to be declared strong Emperor as well
Version 0.7.2 is up.
- reduced the coronation piety requirement to 50
- fixed the bug that caused strong Emperors amass opinion maluses for vassals on ascension
- fixed a bug that broke the Andronikos Doukas's uprising in the 1066 scenario
Version 0.7.1 is up.
- updated to CK2+ 2.06.3
- added the missing .mod file
- fixed a minor history bug
Version 0.7 is up.
- updated to CK2+ 2.06.2
- created a system of Imperial Decadence for Byzantium
- created a system of Imperial Coronation for Byzantium
- overhauled the Themata system to be compatible with the new mechanics
- added a moral authority bonus for Orthodoxy as long Byzantium exists, holds Constantinople and is Orthodox
- restored Cilicia to Muslim hands in 867
- rebalanced the Byzantine-Bulgarian war in 1000 (though while using Better Armies module)
- AI Byzantine Emperors will no longer create any Kingdom-level titles
- overhauled the post-Rum Anatolian beyliks by removing a lot of the Sultanate titles there
- implemented another AnaxXiphos's icon (thanks again!)
Version 0.6 is up.
- updated to CK2+ 2.05.4
Version 0.5 is up.
- fixed Seljuks getting infinite money and prestige
- toned down the frequency of handing out claims on Byzantium
- toned down AI-AI interaction resulting in constant civil wars for the Byzzies
- added missing localisation into one event from the 1066 event chain
- added a positive opinion modifier so that those who receive a theme from the Emperor should be grateful
Version 0.4 is up.
- fixed some minor stuff
- added a rather complex event chain that should simulate the events of the 1066 Byzantine-Seljuk war
- Seljuks should no longer run around like crazy monkeys but instead focus on the territories they historically did
- when recognised by Basileus, your relatives should now receive a weak claim on Byzantium; this way granting titles to your relatives is far less safe
- when recognised by Basileus, ambitious characters should now receive a weak claim on Byzantium; this should simulate the historical army uprisings leading to a general being proclaimed the new Basileus; OTOH, if you try to revoke the said character, he usually revolts
- last two mechanics should simulate the volatility of Byzantine politics but they have to be tested to see whether they do not weaken Byzantium too much
- added another AI-only option for granting the titles to any landless realm lord
- title renouncing should now happen lot less but when it happens, the doux should surrender in most times
Version 0.3 is up.
- fixed some minor stuff
- made compatible with the latest CK2+
- added history entries concerning the deterioration of the Imperial administration after Manzikert, taken the Komnenian restoration into account
- the system now correctly affects only titles inside de jure Byzantium, other titles are unaffected
- created an event concerning the distribution of the lands after usurping them; under correct circumstances the Basileus can grant them to a councillor, an Imperial dignitary, a relative, the strategos, the regent or he can steal it for himself
Version 0.2 is up.
- fixed some minor stuff
- implemented AnaxXiphos's icon (thanks again!)
- the themata system now collapses when the Empire loses its Anatolian possessions. The Empire is then locked to Low CA till the control of Anatolia is restored
- when starting in 1066, losing the Seljuk invasion results in most of Anatolia being usurped by the Sultanate of Rum. The themata system also collapses
Version 0.1 is up.
- added the themata system of recognising the local governors by the Basileus
- decreased the stat requirements for convincing the Emperor to let you keep your titles on succession
- Byzantium is 'awarded' with one point of decadence when a Doux refuses a title revoking
- Basil II should now live a bit longer, IRL he ruled until 1025 while ingame he usually dies much earlier
- Tweaked the Hordes' CB so that they should follow historical route of expansion
- Fixed a minor CB bug
- Lowered starting Ghaznavid event troops in 1000 AD
- Increased the decadence gain for a weak Basileus ascending
- Fixed a CA error (tracked down by Tabris01)
- When the Empire does not own Constantinople, it is hard to become strong
- Religious faction is now angered with deposing the patriarch
- Updated the French localisation (by simonthekiller)
- Fixed the missing localisation for the opinion modifier when letting a Doux keep his lands (tracked down by snipercrow)
- Decreased the base chance to become strong
- Size of the Empire now affects the chance to become strong (both extremes are bad)
- Renamed several duchies of the Empire according to suggestions by Prussian-Eagle
- Greek duchies now called Themata
Version 0.8 is up.
- the possibility to influence the succession of your Themata vassals is now correctly tied to the level of Imperial Decadence
- added a 'Made me Patriarch' positive relation modifier for the new Patriarch if you decide to depose him during coronation
- added French localisation (courtesy of simonthekiller, thanks again!)
- fixed Alexios's throne ascension date; he now properly owns Byzantium, Constantinople and Blachernae on 1081.4.1
- fixed Basil the Macedonian starting in 867 without actually owning Constantinople
- Basil the Macedonian is now properly Greek in culture
- Patriarch should now accept the coronation request in more cases
- when your father was a strong Emperor (i.e. Autokrator trait), you now have bigger chance to be declared strong Emperor as well
Version 0.7.2 is up.
- reduced the coronation piety requirement to 50
- fixed the bug that caused strong Emperors amass opinion maluses for vassals on ascension
- fixed a bug that broke the Andronikos Doukas's uprising in the 1066 scenario
Version 0.7.1 is up.
- updated to CK2+ 2.06.3
- added the missing .mod file
- fixed a minor history bug
Version 0.7 is up.
- updated to CK2+ 2.06.2
- created a system of Imperial Decadence for Byzantium
- created a system of Imperial Coronation for Byzantium
- overhauled the Themata system to be compatible with the new mechanics
- added a moral authority bonus for Orthodoxy as long Byzantium exists, holds Constantinople and is Orthodox
- restored Cilicia to Muslim hands in 867
- rebalanced the Byzantine-Bulgarian war in 1000 (though while using Better Armies module)
- AI Byzantine Emperors will no longer create any Kingdom-level titles
- overhauled the post-Rum Anatolian beyliks by removing a lot of the Sultanate titles there
- implemented another AnaxXiphos's icon (thanks again!)
Version 0.6 is up.
- updated to CK2+ 2.05.4
Version 0.5 is up.
- fixed Seljuks getting infinite money and prestige
- toned down the frequency of handing out claims on Byzantium
- toned down AI-AI interaction resulting in constant civil wars for the Byzzies
- added missing localisation into one event from the 1066 event chain
- added a positive opinion modifier so that those who receive a theme from the Emperor should be grateful
Version 0.4 is up.
- fixed some minor stuff
- added a rather complex event chain that should simulate the events of the 1066 Byzantine-Seljuk war
- Seljuks should no longer run around like crazy monkeys but instead focus on the territories they historically did
- when recognised by Basileus, your relatives should now receive a weak claim on Byzantium; this way granting titles to your relatives is far less safe
- when recognised by Basileus, ambitious characters should now receive a weak claim on Byzantium; this should simulate the historical army uprisings leading to a general being proclaimed the new Basileus; OTOH, if you try to revoke the said character, he usually revolts
- last two mechanics should simulate the volatility of Byzantine politics but they have to be tested to see whether they do not weaken Byzantium too much
- added another AI-only option for granting the titles to any landless realm lord
- title renouncing should now happen lot less but when it happens, the doux should surrender in most times
Version 0.3 is up.
- fixed some minor stuff
- made compatible with the latest CK2+
- added history entries concerning the deterioration of the Imperial administration after Manzikert, taken the Komnenian restoration into account
- the system now correctly affects only titles inside de jure Byzantium, other titles are unaffected
- created an event concerning the distribution of the lands after usurping them; under correct circumstances the Basileus can grant them to a councillor, an Imperial dignitary, a relative, the strategos, the regent or he can steal it for himself
Version 0.2 is up.
- fixed some minor stuff
- implemented AnaxXiphos's icon (thanks again!)
- the themata system now collapses when the Empire loses its Anatolian possessions. The Empire is then locked to Low CA till the control of Anatolia is restored
- when starting in 1066, losing the Seljuk invasion results in most of Anatolia being usurped by the Sultanate of Rum. The themata system also collapses
Version 0.1 is up.
- added the themata system of recognising the local governors by the Basileus
Is Themata mod incompatible with some of CK2+ modules?
- Alternate bookmarks will mess it a lot,
- Cultural localisation requires some tweaking,
- Better armies are totally compatible,
- Flavourful titles should be compatible,
- Hardcore mode should be compatible,
- No looters should be compatible,
- Vanilla hordes should be compatible.
- I do not know about the rest.
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