Can't hire generals/admirals...

[venividivicious]

As thread stated I can't hire a general or an admiral in one of my games.

I'm playing as Taira in Japan. I have the money and the diplomat but for some reason I can't figure out this option is greyed out to me, any ideas what might be wrong??

 

[Roguim]

Take a look on the game option as you probably set the Leaders as "Historical" or "Event" with mean you can't hire Generals/conquistatores/admirals/explorers you will only gain the historical one of the faction ( the first option) or after an event (the later).
you have to either begin a new game or edit your save game to allow you to hire yourself. easy way by the save game editor , but first you have to register the game so you can go to the mod forum and download it

 

[venividivicious]

Cool, thanks for the advice.

I can't remember whether I made it event or historical, I assume at some point I will be able to hire some dudes though??

 

[unmerged(11600)]

Cool, thanks for the advice.

I can't remember whether I made it event or historical, I assume at some point I will be able to hire some dudes though??

ONLY if your country has historical leaders in the game (if you chose Historical), or never if you chose Event. There are no events for it in the game; that option was added to allow people to mod that part of the game to their liking.

-Pat

 

[venividivicious]

Thanks Pat, looks like i'll be using the save game editor for that then.

Btw if you choose event/historical is it a case of waiting for certain generals (or admirals) to be announced to the player at certain times in a pop up?? (for example a "We can choose to have this Admiral serve our nation" type of thing)

I assume with historical you can still hire advisors to your hearts content assuming you have the cultural tradition to get one.

 

[George LeS]

Thanks Pat, looks like i'll be using the save game editor for that then.

Btw if you choose event/historical is it a case of waiting for certain generals (or admirals) to be announced to the player at certain times in a pop up?? (for example a "We can choose to have this Admiral serve our nation" type of thing)

I assume with historical you can still hire advisors to your hearts content assuming you have the cultural tradition to get one.

Historical means the guys show up when they did, and die when they did. That applies to everyone, provided you chose the appropriate option. I don't know whether you can choose which advisors to hire with "historical". Never tried it.

For "event" options, you need the events which will give you the leaders/advisors/monarchs. I've got them in my mod, Darken does (for random leaders), lukew in his; others too. Without the events, nothing will happen.

Also, you could add decisions to hire commanders/advisors, if you wished. I'm toying with that for explorers and conquistadors.

 

[unmerged(11600)]

If you want them the normal way, you must not use Historical. I'm not sure about Event; I think George LeS is the only one to have made use of that option (correct me if I'm wrong).

-Pat

Dang, George, you're quick

 

[George LeS]

If you want them the normal way, you must not use Historical. I'm not sure about Event; I think George LeS is the only one to have made use of that option (correct me if I'm wrong).

-Pat

Dang, George, you're quick

lukew is using them in D&T.

And as for quick, this topic is my specialty. Besides, as I've told you before, I'm a native New Yorker. (On that point, are you one of the Elect--like me--or the Reprobate--like my brother? That is, are you one of the righteous who are mourning for Mo? Or doomed to the outer darkness of Shea, where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth?)

 

[jdrou]

I assume with historical you can still hire advisors to your hearts content assuming you have the cultural tradition to get one.

I believe the advisor options don't affect the creating of advisors with tradition, only the randomly-appearing advisors. Tradition did not exist in the game when the historical/event options were added.

 

[George LeS]

I believe the advisor options don't affect the creating of advisors with tradition, only the randomly-appearing advisors. Tradition did not exist in the game when the historical/event options were added.

Tradition does exist with the "event" option. You can use to trigger the events. Of course, it doesn't exist in the Historical option.