Why can't I give away my current county capital?

[GabrielLoki]

I own two holdings in my capital province. I REALLY want to give my current county capital to my oldest son, so that I can set the other holding as my real seat of power... since it is objectively better in every conceivable way.

So, I waited for my son to come of age, and was about to give the title for my current county capital to him... Nothing. The option simply wasn't there. The castle I wanted as my capital was there, but the castle I wanted to give away wasn't. What gives? I was led to believe I could change my county capital by giving away the one I had.

I have primogeniture. He's already heir to all of my titles.

I even tried using console commands, it still didn't work...

 

[Tatterhood]

You can just right click on the other castle to make it the capital.

 

[Slayen]

I'm not sure where you heard that, but if you want to change you capital to a different holding than you are going about things in a far more complicated way than you need to.

So long as you control both the current capital holding and the one you want to change it to, just right click the new one and press the "make county capital" button.

That's it.

EDIT: Bloody ninjas everywhere.

 

[GabrielLoki]

I tried that... The option's not there. The only options available are to raise levies or create a new vassal.

 

[Tatterhood]

I tried that... The option's not there. The only options available are to raise levies or create a new vassal.

That's not where the option is. Right click on the actual holding, on the county screen.

 

[GabrielLoki]

No Idea what you're talking about... like the model on the map? Or the holding when you click on the map?
Cause if it's the model on the map, that won't work... there's only one holding actually visible on the map.

 

[Tatterhood]

No Idea what you're talking about... like the model on the map? Or the holding when you click on the map?
Cause if it's the model on the map, that won't work... there's only one holding actually visible on the map.

This screen.

Right click on the picture of the castle.

 

[GabrielLoki]

Like I said, I did that already....

 

[Tatterhood]

Huh, okay. That's where it's supposed to be. I don't know if the Elder Scrolls mod you're playing does something to it or if there's some other condition I'm not aware of.

 

[GabrielLoki]

Maybe a version difference. I don't see the ribbon thingy around your character's portrait.

 

[Tatterhood]

I just stole that screenshot from the wiki, it's probably an old version. I play on the latest patch.

 

[GabrielLoki]

Ah... ok, well,I know that I play on the latest version available for this mod, which isn't the latest overall. Ok, if I can't change the county capital, would that be a problem for me with primogeniture? Like, would I get tax/levy penalties for that castle?