Help with Seleucid Reform

[aem91]

Hi, i know that this reform is hard to get, so i saw someone post that you can just add traits to get the reform

"There is a cheat to get the reforms, you can give 2 of your FMs the necessary trait via console and you'll get your reforms after 5 years."
Type for example:
give_trait "Theodoros Syriakos" ImpressedByCats and
give_trait "Alexandros Syriakos" ImpressedByCats


but when i try to do that, it says that the trait is not found in the data base. Any help? and dont say that if u cant get the reforms naturally then you dont need them, cause i want to use all the units for my faction.

[Tartaros]

when did you cheat? you must also wait till 253bc.

ImpressedByCats ...
that rules!

[bobbin]

if you can't be bothered waiting you could just edit the EDU. Find the Hellenikoi Kataphraktoi unit entry and change the primary weapon entry from "siege" to "blade".

[aem91]

oh the mistake was i put in ImpressedbyCats, not ImpressedByCats, so it worked now, do i just wait a few years, then build the lvl4 mic and i should have my cats?

Oh i have another question, ive been keeping parthia alive until i ahve the lvl 4 barracks to see if the reforms worked, is that neccasary or can i just kill them now, because now i need that army to help against baktria

[AntiochosMegas]

I think the trait name is "Intrigued By Cataphracts", hey I tried it too as it is that tough but the cheat don't work, Iam already in 203 bc I di the following:

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then Rome Shell open
I type:

give_trait "character's name" trait
but then I read Character doesn't found, something I cannot understand as some other cheats works like add money or process_cq, is there anyone that can help?

[Lysimachos]

The internal names for the traits that are responsible for the seleucid reforms are BeatenByCats and ImpressedByCats.
Regarding the character names: I suspect you tried to give the trait to someone with a triple name? Those names are dependend from traits and don't equal the internal character names that you have to use for the console commands.
I don't know how exactly those names work for the seleucids, try to use characters with only two name parts, if you still have some of them.

[burn_again]

@ aem91

Yeah, just wait a while if they get the trait, you don't need the Parthians.

@ AntiochosMegas

The trait shows up as "Intrigued By Cataphracts", but the internal name is "ImpressedByCats".

If it says "character not found" - the internal names are often different from the names you see in the game. A guy named "Alexandros Pergamou Mysiakes" might be "Alexandros Pergamoumysiakes" for example. Try members of the Syriakos family, their ingame names are usually the same as internal names.

[AntiochosMegas]

Yes maybe that is the problem then I tried to give trait to three names characters. Thanx a lot!
And yes now Pahlavans seems not to be usefull anymore:beam::beam::beam:

[ziegenpeter]

Sorry for necromancy, but I thoght its still better than a whole new thread. Do I need to be defeated to get the Kakaphraktoi Hellenikoi when playing Batrix or only as AS?

[burn_again]

Baktria starts with Cataphrakts, you get new bodyguards after the March of Time / vanilla Marian Reform event.

[ziegenpeter]

Thank you