How to recruit generals

[Stargazer]

I am tired of the game messing up my family tree. So I will stop adopting anyone and want to recruit generals from a building. (If there is a console command that will let me create generals that is also good.)

Can someone give me a hint about how to do that?

I am using the Lands to Conquer mod and would like to add this to it.

[billiam_maillib]

generals, as in named characters(aka family members) or generals as in generals bodyguards?

[Stargazer]

In between. Not family members, but named Generals that can command. The kind you get after "Man of the Hour" events.

I know how to mod in just the General's bodyguard. There is a lot written about that on the forums.

What I want is to create governors.

[Aegis]

Just add the bodyguard unit (see export_descr_unit.txt for what bodyguard goes with each faction) as a recruitable unit to an appropriate building in export_descr_buildings.txt

For example, if you want the English to recruit generals, add the following line to a building of your chioce (play around with the numbers for different pool and resupply rate):
recruit_pool "NE Bodyguard" 1 0.7 1 0 requires factions { england, }

Recruiting this unit in-game will automatically give you a non-family, named character with a "General" title, like in RTW: BI (and just plain RTW for that matter, though it's not there by default). That is, you'll essentially get a family member with some basic commander attributes that is not part of your family tree, and does not marry/reproduce. For some reason, they seem to end up with low loyalty for me though, but I suppose it could just be bad luck.

If that's not the kind of thing you're after, I don't know what you're talking about.

[Stargazer]

That is exactly what I am after. Trying right away.

Thank you.

[dopp]

Loyalty is a function of traits. You'll have to add a trigger to give generals LoyaltyStarter upon creation.