While creating a set of alternate dynasties for a fictional country, I encountered some bizarre occurrences. First, I set up the event that changed the dynasties. The event had three choices. Choice #1 was to keep the current monarchs (no changes). Choice #2 used the sleep monarch command to put all monarchs past a certain date in the monarch file to sleep, and the wake monarch command woke up a whole series of other monarchs. Choice #3 was similar to choice #2, but using a third alternative set of monarchs.
The problem was that when the event would run, and an alternate dynasty was chosen, the resulting monarchs were from both sets of monarchs. i.e. the monarchs put to sleep would appear alongside monarchs that were woken up. This created bizarre circumstances, for everytime one of these monarchs had their birth date, a new monarch would rise to the throne, only to be replaced in a few years with a monarch from the other lineage. Comedic, but not what I had in mind.
I thought this was just a problem with my event writing skills, until I noticed the same problem in alternate dynasties in historical events. Choosing the ultra-catholics in France resulted in similar things happening for the rest of the game. For a bit an alternate monarch would be on the throne, the Louis XIV would get on the throne, only to be taken off the throne after a few years by one of the alternate monarchs. Ditto with restoring the Stuarts in England after the Jacobite Rebellion and choosing the Habsburgs in the Carlos of Spain events.
I know the wake monarch command is being registered properly, for when you hover over the choice options in the dialog it tells you who is being put into power as alternate monarchs. I just dont get why the sleep monarch command seems to be behaving oddly.
Can someone please tell me what the heck is going on? Am I hallucinating, or is there a rational explanation I have missed?
The problem was that when the event would run, and an alternate dynasty was chosen, the resulting monarchs were from both sets of monarchs. i.e. the monarchs put to sleep would appear alongside monarchs that were woken up. This created bizarre circumstances, for everytime one of these monarchs had their birth date, a new monarch would rise to the throne, only to be replaced in a few years with a monarch from the other lineage. Comedic, but not what I had in mind.
I thought this was just a problem with my event writing skills, until I noticed the same problem in alternate dynasties in historical events. Choosing the ultra-catholics in France resulted in similar things happening for the rest of the game. For a bit an alternate monarch would be on the throne, the Louis XIV would get on the throne, only to be taken off the throne after a few years by one of the alternate monarchs. Ditto with restoring the Stuarts in England after the Jacobite Rebellion and choosing the Habsburgs in the Carlos of Spain events.
I know the wake monarch command is being registered properly, for when you hover over the choice options in the dialog it tells you who is being put into power as alternate monarchs. I just dont get why the sleep monarch command seems to be behaving oddly.
Can someone please tell me what the heck is going on? Am I hallucinating, or is there a rational explanation I have missed?
