Finally figured out how to preserve a dead leader's name! This took way longer than I'd hoped it might.
First, our leader: Lucia Aurelius
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next: our funeral event
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This screen will fire off when a new imperial ruler is assigned, text/choices vary if 1 you have an heir or not and 2 if you are a Userper ruler or not (#TODO) - also, a hidden event fires on ruler death (one tick prior I believe) that spawns in the next bit below:
Every situation needs a target.
Paradox Would have us use boring ass targets like
planets and
ships. Well we dont do that here.
Our Target is an ARMY.
Next our "target": A custom army (to make finding it via script very easy) that preserves
- leader name (as the name of the army),
- leader rank (a variable going 1 - 10),
- leader species (it is spawned of the same species as the dead leader).
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Finally our situation: you'll notice the bullseye icon in the upper right, that's the "target" if it was a planet we could click on it and go to it.
But because our army (shown above) is our target, we can actually scope directly to it using [] commands. Specifically [Target.Getname]
And here we have it, our situation is tracking the name of a leader which doesnt exist in the game anymore. Ofcourse, if the army dies (e.g. if my capital is bombed) it'll screw up all the strings, leaving gaps. But the funeral only lasts around 2 years, and losing your capital implies bigger issues, so thats a pretty unlikely edgecase - by modder standards.
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The localisation strings look like this:
Army script snippet (within a larger immediate/country_event
Code:
###############################################################
# spawn in Army to preserve dead leader stats
###############################################################
# Purge any lingering Pallbearer armies from past funerals
every_owned_army = {
limit = { army_type = pfs_imp_funeral_army }
remove_army = yes
}
# Create fresh Pallbearer army on capital
capital_scope = {
create_army = {
name = event_target:pfs_dead_ruler
owner = Root
species = event_target:pfs_dead_ruler.species
type = pfs_imp_funeral_army
}
}
# Save as much shit as you can
last_created_army = {
save_event_target_as = pfs_dead_ruler_data_army # Save for later
set_army_flag = leader_id@event_target:pfs_dead_ruler # Flag ID... probably wont help
set_name = event_target:pfs_dead_ruler # Set the name to the dead leader (again), just in case.
#Assign a variable, 1-5 based on leader level.
event_target:pfs_dead_ruler = { # Save the dead leader's rank. Might come in handy.
switch = {
trigger = has_level
1 = { event_target:pfs_dead_ruler_data_army = { set_variable = { which = pfs_dead_ruler value = 1 } } }
2 = { event_target:pfs_dead_ruler_data_army = { set_variable = { which = pfs_dead_ruler value = 2 } } }
3 = { event_target:pfs_dead_ruler_data_army = { set_variable = { which = pfs_dead_ruler value = 3 } } }
4 = { event_target:pfs_dead_ruler_data_army = { set_variable = { which = pfs_dead_ruler value = 4 } } }
5 = { event_target:pfs_dead_ruler_data_army = { set_variable = { which = pfs_dead_ruler value = 5 } } }
6 = { event_target:pfs_dead_ruler_data_army = { set_variable = { which = pfs_dead_ruler value = 6 } } }
7 = { event_target:pfs_dead_ruler_data_army = { set_variable = { which = pfs_dead_ruler value = 7 } } }
8 = { event_target:pfs_dead_ruler_data_army = { set_variable = { which = pfs_dead_ruler value = 8 } } }
9 = { event_target:pfs_dead_ruler_data_army = { set_variable = { which = pfs_dead_ruler value = 9 } } }
10 = { event_target:pfs_dead_ruler_data_army = { set_variable = { which = pfs_dead_ruler value = 10 } } }
}
}
}
