Modding - Quick questions

[jursamaj]

[Success!]

Wanted to edit the post to say that I got it working and thank you for the help. As is the cause with most mechanical failures, this one can be attributed to operator error. After hours of switching things around and pouring over every bit of code that I could find...

It was a missing comma in the .gfx files. lol.

A comma? I've never seen them in GFX files.

Is it possible to scope to all religions? Alternatively, to the parent religion of a given religion?

You can't actually scope to religions at all. When scoped to a character or province, you can test if another character or province has the parent religion.

 

[daniloy]

How do I add tributaries through adding?

 

[richvh]

How do I add tributaries through adding?

Please restate your question. "Add through adding" makes no sense. Do you want to add through event/decision or in history?

 

[Slaxl]

Hi all,

I haven't tried modding in about 3 years, so I've forgotten everything. I'm trying to add a province to re-learn the process, so to start I wanted to try creating a province of Cambridgeshire, and I am stuck, it loads as a grey unclickable province called Dniester... In game if I search for the province it's in the list, but clicking on it takes me to the lower left of the map. Can anyone help jog my memory and point where I'm going wrong?

Thanks. Here's the process

So first up I created the new mod folder, I have used no replace or extend paths, I copied in the original map folder.
I changed the last province value by +1
I took a new colour and drew in a province in provinces.bmp and noted the RGB value.
I wrote it in as a new province 1464 in definition.csv
I put the new province in a new localisation file for the name.
In history I have provinces & titles.
I've made a new txt file for 1464 - Cambridgeshire.txt
title = c_cambridge
max_settlements = 1
b_cambridge = city

I've also put in 68 - Northampton.txt and removed cambridge from there.
In common I have landed titles, and province setup folders.
In the 00_province_setup file I have added in 1464 to be c_cambridge
In landed_titles I've put c_cambridge with b_cambridge in it under d_norfolk, all { } are there

Audax Validator says "At 1464 - Cambridgeshire.txt c_cambridge is not a valid CountTitle
Have I overlooked something, or put something in the wrong place?

Many thanks

 

[daniloy]

Please restate your question. "Add through adding" makes no sense. Do you want to add through event/decision or in history?

Oh man, I didnt watch my writing.
How do I add tributaries into the history files?

 

[richvh]

Oh man, I didnt watch my writing.
How do I add tributaries into the history files?

See e.g. d_khiva.txt or k_sindh.txt for examples.

 

[Slaxl]

As well as my above question I have a couple of others.

Is it possible to remove the starting "Choose your starting era" choice?
Also, is it possible to change the focus of the map when selecting who to play? So instead of it defaulting to where it is, I could move it over to another point?
Can the starting map style selection be changed to default from terrain to political mapmode?
Can the frame border be removed, or resized? I have tried changing statics but it seems to remain the same, dissecting my map in half when the game loads.

 

[Numahr]

What is the exact mechanical effect of forced_contract in government files?

 

[Silversweeeper]

What is the exact mechanical effect of forced_contract in government files?

If I remember correctly, the liege gets the maximum possible levies from all vassals of the governments listed there even if they hate his guts.

 

[richvh]

As well as my above question I have a couple of others.

Is it possible to remove the starting "Choose your starting era" choice?

No.

Also, is it possible to change the focus of the map when selecting who to play? So instead of it defaulting to where it is, I could move it over to another point?

No.

Can the starting map style selection be changed to default from terrain to political mapmode?

No.

Can the frame border be removed, or resized? I have tried changing statics but it seems to remain the same, dissecting my map in half when the game loads.

It can be removed by commenting out the frame border spriteType in your mod's copy of map/statics/00_static.txt. You can change the frame border size to one of the other pre-created borders. To change to anything other size, you would have to actually make a new 3D frame and convert it to .mesh format using the Jorodox tool.

 

[Numahr]

OK infact the game tooltip is kind of explicit
(as accessed from the v2_41.csv localisaiton file, found simply by making a forced_contract search in the localization folder):

Vassals will give max taxes and max liege levies regardless of opinion. Tyranny actions against these vassals can be made without objections from vassals of other governments

Note: it is worth looking for effect descriptions in the localization folder...

 

[Slaxl]

No.
[quote[Also, is it possible to change the focus of the map when selecting who to play? So instead of it defaulting to where it is, I could move it over to another point?
No.

No.

It can be removed by commenting out the frame border spriteType in your mod's copy of map/statics/00_static.txt. You can change the frame border size to one of the other pre-created borders. To change to anything other size, you would have to actually make a new 3D frame and convert it to .mesh format using the Jorodox tool.

Okay thanks, got the frame off.

Do you know why my new map province isn't appearing? The comment a few above the one you replied to.

Thanks

 

[richvh]

Did you increase max_provinces in default.map, and make sure there was at least one more province listed in definitions.csv?

 

[Slaxl]

Did you increase max_provinces in default.map, and make sure there was at least one more province listed in definitions.csv?

Yeah, max_provinces is 1467, my new province is 1464. There are empty provinces in the definition.csv up to 14000 and more.

 

[richvh]

I'd have to see your files to tell where you messed up.

 

[Slaxl]

Is there an up to date guide to adding provinces? I've googled it and the ones I found are a bit out of date, I may have followed old advice.

I remember before there was a parameter for where sea provinces start, and land provinces had to be before all sea provinces, but that's gone, and India seems to be after some sea provinces, so that seems all out, but the province says it's "Dniester", which is a sea province. They don't share the same colour or anything. I'll keep trying

 

[richvh]

The most up to date is the Clans of Ireland tutorial.

 

[Arcvalons]

I'm trying to create a CB that takes all the target's titles and steals all his vassals, within the de-jure kingdom, however it seems it only works sometimes. Some other times the vassals go free, and some other time I usurp the vassals. I don't want to use the vanilla's vassalize_or_take_under_title since that usurps vassal patricians and has some other invisible rules and I don't want that.

Can anyone verify there's something I'm doing wrong:

    on_success_title = {
   
        custom_tooltip = {
        name = my_custom_tooltip
            hidden_tooltip = {
                from = {
                    # Usurp all titles held by the target.
                    any_demesne_title = {
                        limit = { de_jure_liege_or_above = prevprev}
                        usurp_title = root
                        any_de_jure_vassal_title = { # take all baronies under the one we're fighting for
                            limit = {
                                has_holder = yes
                                holder_scope = {
                                    OR = {
                                        character = FROM
                                        is_liege_or_above = FROM
                                    }
                                }
                            }

                            usurp_title_plus_barony_if_unlanded = { target = ROOT type = invasion }
                        }
                    }
               
                    #Steal all the target's vassals, since you usurped all the target's titles, they should be lower tier than you.
                    any_vassal = {
                        limit = { de_jure_liege_or_above = prevprev}
                        set_defacto_liege = root                   
                        opinion = {
                            modifier = opinion_subjugated
                            who = root
                        }
                   
                        # If not de-jure vassal, make him independent
                        if = {
                            limit = {
                                higher_tier_than = baron
                                NOT = { de_jure_liege_or_above = prevprev }
                            }
                            set_defacto_liege = this
                        }                       
                    }
                   
                    #Imprison the target
                    imprison = root
               
                }
            }   
        }
    }

 

[Slaxl]

The most up to date is the Clans of Ireland tutorial.

Thanks

 

[Silversweeeper]

I'm trying to create a CB that takes all the target's titles and steals all his vassals, within the de-jure kingdom, however it seems it only works sometimes. Some other times the vassals go free, and some other time I usurp the vassals. I don't want to use the vanilla's vassalize_or_take_under_title since that usurps vassal patricians and has some other invisible rules and I don't want that.

Can anyone verify there's something I'm doing wrong:

    on_success_title = {
  
        custom_tooltip = {
        name = my_custom_tooltip
            hidden_tooltip = {
                from = {
                    # Usurp all titles held by the target.
                    any_demesne_title = {
                        limit = { de_jure_liege_or_above = prevprev}
                        usurp_title = root
                        any_de_jure_vassal_title = { # take all baronies under the one we're fighting for
                            limit = {
                                has_holder = yes
                                holder_scope = {
                                    OR = {
                                        character = FROM
                                        is_liege_or_above = FROM
                                    }
                                }
                            }

                            usurp_title_plus_barony_if_unlanded = { target = ROOT type = invasion }
                        }
                    }
              
                    #Steal all the target's vassals, since you usurped all the target's titles, they should be lower tier than you.
                    any_vassal = {
                        limit = { de_jure_liege_or_above = prevprev}
                        set_defacto_liege = root                  
                        opinion = {
                            modifier = opinion_subjugated
                            who = root
                        }
                  
                        # If not de-jure vassal, make him independent
                        if = {
                            limit = {
                                higher_tier_than = baron
                                NOT = { de_jure_liege_or_above = prevprev }
                            }
                            set_defacto_liege = this
                        }                      
                    }
                  
                    #Imprison the target
                    imprison = root
              
                }
            }  
        }
    }

Something you can do is make all the vassals you want to vassalize independent and immediately fire an event that vassalizes them (and usurps any same-tier or higher titles beforehand).