A few questions about mercenaries and modding them.

[jezza93]

A) How can I make a mercenary band a vassal from the start of the game,like the Varangian guard?
B) How can I change raising and maintenance costs?
C) How can I make new mercenary bands from scratch?

Any and all thanks is very much appreciated

 

[Tsar Monarchist]

A) How can I make a mercenary band a vassal from the start of the game,like the Varangian guard?

I think I can answer this question. In common\landed_titles.txt (probably you haven't check it yet - you should) can be found all the titles. And there you can see something like that:

# MERCS

d_sunni_turkic_company = {
	color = { 130 173 70 }
	color2 = { 255 255 255 }

	capital = 621 # Emba
	
	# Parent Religion 
	religion = sunni
	
	mercenary = yes

	title = "CAPTAIN"
	foa = "CAPTAIN_FOA"

	# Always exists
	landless = yes
	
	# Cannot be held as a secondary title
	primary = yes
	
	# Cannot be vassalized
	independent = yes		<- that's what you are looking for
	
	modifier = d_muslim_turkic_company_modifier
}

Answering the B) => For modifiers like levy size, you should check the static_modifiers.txt, and I think that maintenance might depends on it.

 

[jezza93]

I think I can answer this question. In common\landed_titles.txt (probably you haven't check it yet - you should) can be found all the titles. And there you can see something like that:

# MERCS

d_sunni_turkic_company = {
	color = { 130 173 70 }
	color2 = { 255 255 255 }

	capital = 621 # Emba
	
	# Parent Religion 
	religion = sunni
	
	mercenary = yes

	title = "CAPTAIN"
	foa = "CAPTAIN_FOA"

	# Always exists
	landless = yes
	
	# Cannot be held as a secondary title
	primary = yes
	
	# Cannot be vassalized
	independent = yes		<- that's what you are looking for
	
	modifier = d_muslim_turkic_company_modifier
}

Answering the B) => For modifiers like levy size, you should check the static_modifiers.txt, and I think that maintenance might depends on it.

Just worked out the vassal thing,and there is an actual file you need to create,I just copied everything the Varangian guard had But thanks especially for the answer to B,should be really useful

 

[unmerged(133356)]

I wonder if it's possible to set the succession laws of a free mercenary company, or if they're hard-coded to be open elective.

Would be interesting to create a family-controlled merc company, instead of one with random rulers.

 

[jezza93]

I wonder if it's possible to set the succession laws of a free mercenary company, or if they're hard-coded to be open elective.

Would be interesting to create a family-controlled merc company, instead of one with random rulers.

I think it would be great if as a liege of a company if you could elect one of your courtiers to lead it.