elections in EB 2

[JRG]

I remember in MTW2 there was some sort of election for pope. I was wondering if there would be any way to use that to have elections for roman consuls instead of the current sytstem where you are basically just king. I know that that's not EB's fault, but it seems to be the main innacuracy in the game for me.

[Patriote]

I'm no expert here but reading your post had look at the files to find the mechanism beyond the election of the pope. I haven't it so far but I found this line in the descr_sm_factions.txt:

has_family_tree no

I wonder if it can be of use somehow

Only two factions have no on this line, Papal States and Slaves. Did anyone do tests with this option? if yes, what possibilities are there ?

Also, what about the capability of the Pope to promote Priests to Cardinals?

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Pope and Cardinal elections require a faction slot be used as an unplayable faction...

The Teuton Kingdom Campaign uses a no family tree feature however, which could be used for certain factions in EB2.

[Hax]

I believe I can hear someone shout "Romani" now. Perhaps also for the Koinon Hellenon?

[JRG]

or Quarthadistim. they elected their sophet, but he didnt have any military powers.

[Flying Pig]

You would need koinon hellenion to elect a number of archons (at Marathon in 490 it was 10 from Athenai) and the Consuls would need to be two in number. It's a good idea; I must get M2TW