Changing faces latest version all dlcs

[nestorius]

Posted in another bug thread but will repost here with images.

Started as Vratislav 2 he has a beard
load up as william the bastard and he loses beard.
This appears to be random sometimes he has a beard sometimes not.



What may not be clear from the images his brothers are also different as are other characters. I havent played really to notice if its just him or if other characters experience this. Just for info I prefer the beard

 

[Wezqu]

When you start the game characters appearances are created as most characters don't have preset facial appearance or dna as its named in the game files. Only very few have them. William the Conqueror has preset dna so his face should be the same in every game. So this is no way a bug.

 

[nestorius]

really he is either the beard guy or the other everysingle times seems to me he is preset.

 

[jordarkelf]

Vratislav (ID: 522) has no DNA set in bohemian.txt so his appearance will always be random. No bohemian does have DNA by default.

 

[nestorius]

Thats very strange as when ever I start the game I always get the same face for vratislav. its been like that in the original also. When ever I have tried it now I also always got the same face. Its the face on the menu screen at the start. Its just a little strange that I never noticed it even though I have played as him in several games.

 

[Wezqu]

The faces in your pictures are totally two different faces. Most likely those that you get are also somewhat different. Almost everything with the faces in the pictures are different. They aren't really same any other way than the shape is same.

 

[nestorius]

I know but thats exactly what I am pointing out if you load CK2 and click on Bohemia and vratislav as your character in the prehastings 1066 start it is always the beard guy (always 6 attempts 2 different computers my desktop andmy laptop).

Try it and see.

But if I then resign and restart as lets say william the bastard it is always the second one (tested now on both comps at exactly the same instant).

It then does seem to return to the old beard with a new resign. and restart as bohemia.

The faces are not random it is either the one or the other and only these two. Before it definitely did not do this. Please check it to see.

Also checked his entry and you are right he has no dna but then why is he always the same and always returns to the same beard guy?

 

[jordarkelf]

The game uses some way to calculate faces that is consistent as long as nothing changes. Same for randomized COAs of dynasties or baronies.
As soon as enough (the checksum?) changes, whatever is calculated has to be re-done and so you see changes. Obviously a patch is a change large enough.

If his face being consistent matters that much to you, create something nice with the ruler designer, copy down the COA for your new character from the savegame, and paste it into Vladislav's character entry.
Or if you have access to a 1.06 save, just copy from there.