Mod Request: Choose your Rulers 'Regnal name'

[Marvolesting]

Hello fellow CK2 enthusiasts!

During my recent playthrough I was wondering if it would be possible to create a mod, that lets the player pick a 'regnal name' for his King on ascension to the throne (be it via heritage or through conquest).

I'd imagine a popup like the one where you get to choose your children's name.

I thought it might be a sound thing to add to the game, because every now and then you end up with an heir your have not groomed, who carries a name that is not to your liking.

Real world examples for this might be Edward VII. whose first surname was 'Albert' and not Edward or George VI. who was also named Albert.

tl;dr: Can a mod be built, to choose a "King Name" for your character, when he is ascending to the throne?

I'd like to hear your ideas to this topic. Do you think this would generally be possible through modding tools?

Cheers!

 

[blackninja9939]

Mods cannot force the child naming pop up to appear and then try to use it in different contexts, it is entirely hardcoded to the child being born event.

 

[leonskyler]

CK2+ has added something similar in the latest version. Most cultures have an event to choose a regnal name from a list while having a coronation

 

[blackninja9939]

You can do it by event and set_name, but if you have lots of regnal name possibilities that can get quite long

 

[Marvolesting]

You can do it by event and set_name, but if you have lots of regnal name possibilities that can get quite long

Okay, so this sounds like some kind of multiple choice event. I agree that this would be kind of problematic, with many options.
What about a system where you get just the regnal names of all former kings holding the acquired title AND an option to keep your current name so that you "establish" your name as a new regnal name for future kings. Would that kind of thing be feasible?

I have not created any mod until now for ck2, but I would attempt to do this if someone would offer me guidance on how to do it. I'm a programmer so I think i would totally be up to it.

 

[blackninja9939]

Okay, so this sounds like some kind of multiple choice event. I agree that this would be kind of problematic, with many options.
What about a system where you get just the regnal names of all former kings holding the acquired title AND an option to keep your current name so that you "establish" your name as a new regnal name for future kings. Would that kind of thing be feasible?

I have not created any mod until now for ck2, but I would attempt to do this if someone would offer me guidance on how to do it. I'm a programmer so I think i would totally be up to it.

That suggestion would be even harder, it is possible to do the command set_name = "xyz" but xyz has to be a string and is what your character will be called. There is as of yet a copy_name command where you could scope to previous historical rulers and copy their names and there is not a condition to check for certain names either.

 

[Marvolesting]

That suggestion would be even harder, it is possible to do the command set_name = "xyz" but xyz has to be a string and is what your character will be called. There is as of yet a copy_name command where you could scope to previous historical rulers and copy their names and there is not a condition to check for certain names either.

Okay, I guess I gotta start reading up on modding tools then. Thanks for the input so far.
I hope I can make this work.

Cheers!

 

[mjohnson85]

A really simply solution would be a collapsible decision list. Super easy and easy to hide the options when you don't want to see them.