How to mod your traits/VnV

[Malrubius]

Malrubius, you seem to know your stuff. I was hoping you could help me out on a couple things.

Titles: To assign a title, is the following procedure correct?

1. Create an entry trait_name_epithet_desc in export_vnv.txt (does placement matter?)

2. Add the Epithet trait_name_epithet_desc to the trait

Is that it?

You also need the relevant entry in the enums file (export_descr_VnV_enums.txt):
trait_name_epithet_desc

Does it have to be the top level of the trait?

If a character has multiple title giving traits, how does the game determine which title to assign?

You could have different epithets at different levels of the trait, and the game awards the epithet that is most recently gained (so your "the Conqueror" could become "the Fat" if you're not careful )

We were looking at making Faction specific campaign files for each faction to increase the difficulty. What are the options as far as limiting which factions are able to or prevented from getting the traits?

Can you exclude or include factions and not cultures?

Thanks

You can directly exclude cultures in the trait defintion, or in the triggers themselves. Factions can only be excluded or singled out in the triggers.

Condition not CultureType barbarian

or

Condition FactionType britons

etc.