Changing starting names.

[Cecil XIX]

I would like to change the name of the starting High Era Byzantine Emperor from Constantine XI to Theodore I. I'd also like to change the name of his offspring, if it were possible. I've tinkered around with DEFAULT_HEROES and startpos/HIGH, but I can't seem to get the hang of it. Would someone please assist me?

[Belisario]

Hi Cecil XIX

If you want get the Emperor Theodoros I Laskaris in the High era you can use the work that I did for a future parch of XL Mod which never was published.

FAMOUS_KINGS:: FN_BYZANTINE 8
//name no. c d p a portrait vnv
0, 1, 4, 5, 4, 5, -1, defender2
2, 2, 4, 3, 5, 3, -1, fearsome1
3, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4, -1, charismatic1
1, 1, 2, 5, 2, 5, -1, tyrant3
5, 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, -1, defender1
2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, -1, builderking3
6, 8, 4, 5, 2, 5, -1, smarttalker1
1, 2, 1, 2, 5, 5, -1, pious2

//Byzantine famous emperors:
//Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081-1118); an experienced military leader, founded the Comnenian dynasty and drove back the invading Normans, Pechenegs, and Seljuks. Restored Byzantine military power and political prestige, protected the Orthodox church, and faced with the presence of the 1st Crusade. Granted valuable commercial privileges to Venice.
//Ioannes II Komnenos (r. 1118-43); austere and respected emperor, spent most of his reign with his troops. His attempts to cancel the Venetian commercial privileges were unsuccessful, but his campaigns against the Hungarians, Serbs, and Pechenegs were victorious. Checked growing Sicilian Norman power, and reconquered Cilicia from the Armenians (1137).
//Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143-80); charismatic emperor. Fought against the Sicilian Normans, reasserted his authority over the Crusader States (1158-59), and extended his influence among the Hungarians and Serbs, adding Dalmatia, Croatia, and Bosnia to the empire (1167). However was defeated in a crushing manner by the Seljuks at Myriocephalon (1176).
//Andronikos I Komnenos (r. 1183-85); cruel and severe emperor, seized power causing a massacre of Westerners in Constantinople. Nevertheless was a competent ruler who reformed the government and asserted the independence of the Orthodox church. News of a rapid Sicilian Norman invasion led to a revolt, in which was tortured to death by the rabble.
//Theodoros I Laskaris (r. 1204-22); 1st emperor of Nicaea, the Byzantine government-in-exile during the Latins' occupation of Constantinople. Distinguished himself during the sieges of Constantinople in the 4th Crusade (1203–04). After the capital fell, formed a new Byzantine state at Nicaea and successfully defended it against the Latins and Seljuks.
//Ioannes III Doukas Vatatzes (r. 1222-54); successor and son-in-law of Theodoros I. Extended his territory in Asia Minor and the Aegean islands but unsuccessfully besieged Constantinople (1235). Annexed Thessalonika in 1246 and reduced the despotat of Epirus to vassalage. During his reign the empire flourished; venerated by his people, was canonized.
//Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1261-82); founder of the Palaeologan dynasty, recovered Constantinople from the Latins (1261) and allied with the pope, briefly reuniting Greek and Roman churches (Council of Lyon, 1274). Successfully defended the empire against the expansionist policy of Charles I of Anjou, king of Naples and Sicily. Distinguished for his diplomatic skills.
//Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. 1282-1328); an intellectual and theologian rather than a soldier and statesman, during his reign the Ottomans took most of Asia Minor, and Serbs dominated the Balkans. Despite the rising political disorder, promoted Byzantine art and the independence of the Orthodox church. Deposed by his grandson Andronikos III, entered a monastery.

//SetStartLeader:: FN_BYZANTINE 0 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 7 10 //Early Startpos
//SetStartLeader:: FN_BYZANTINE 4 8 5 1 2 1 2 1 7 10 //High Startpos
//SetStartLeader:: FN_BYZANTINE 7 8 5 2 4 1 2 2 8 10 //Late Startpos

// 6: byzantine_forenames
ADD_FORENAMES::
"Alexios"
"Andronikos"
"Ioannes"
"Manuel"
"Isaakios"
"Theodoros"
"Michael"
"Konstantinos"
"Alexandros"
"Bardas"
"Bartolomaios"
"Basileios"
"Christophoros"
"Demetrios"
"Dionysios"
"Eumathios"
"Gabriel"
"Georgios"
"Gerasimos"
"Gregorios"
"Iakobos"
"Ionnikios"
"Kassianos"
"Laonikos"
"Leon"
"Leontios"
"Loukas"
"Makarios"
"Markos"
"Matthaios"
"Meletios"
"Neilos"
"Neophytos"
"Nikephoros"
"Niketas"
"Nikodemos"
"Nikolaos"
"Pantoleon"
"Petros"
"Philaretos"
"Philippos"
"Romanos"
"Sabas"
"Stephanos"
"Tatikios"
"Theodosios"
"Theodoulos"
"Thomas"

// 5: byzantine_surnames
ADD_SURNAMES::
"Komnenos"
"Akropolites"
"Angelos"
"Apokaukos"
"Argyros"
"Bekkos"
"Boradiotes"
"Botaneiates"
"Boutoumites"
"Brachamios"
"Branas"
"Bryennios"
"Choniates"
"Dalassenos"
"Doukeianos"
"Doukas"
"Doxopatres"
"Gabras"
"Kalamanos"
"Kamateros"
"Kantakouzenos"
"Keroularios"
"Kinnamos"
"Kontostephanos"
"Kourkouas"
"Laskaris"
"Makrembolites"
"Maniakes"
"Melissenos"
"Monastras"
"Mourtzouphlos"
"Orphanotrophos"
"Ouranos"
"Pakourianos"
"Palaiologos"
"Palamas"
"Philokales"
"Phokas"
"Psellos"
"Radenos"
"Skleros"
"Spartenos"
"Sphrantzes"
"Strabomytes"
"Tarchaneiotes"
"Tornikes"
"Tzimiskes"
"Vatatzes"

//New Byzantine forenames
["Alexios"] {"Alexios"}
["Andronikos"] {"Andronikos"}
["Ioannes"] {"Ioannes"}
["Manuel"] {"Manuel"}
["Isaakios"] {"Isaakios"}
["Theodoros"] {"Theodoros"}
["Michael"] {"Michael"}
["Konstantinos"] {"Konstantinos"}
["Alexandros"] {"Alexandros"}
["Bardas"] {"Bardas"}
["Bartolomaios"] {"Bartolomaios"}
["Basileios"] {"Basileios"}
["Christophoros"] {"Christophoros"}
["Demetrios"] {"Demetrios"}
["Dionysios"] {"Dionysios"}
["Eumathios"] {"Eumathios"}
["Gabriel"] {"Gabriel"}
["Georgios"] {"Georgios"}
["Gerasimos"] {"Gerasimos"}
["Gregorios"] {"Gregorios"}
["Iakobos"] {"Iakobos"}
["Ionnikios"] {"Ionnikios"}
["Kassianos"] {"Kassianos"}
["Laonikos"] {"Laonikos"}
["Leon"] {"Leon"}
["Leontios"] {"Leontios"}
["Loukas"] {"Loukas"}
["Makarios"] {"Makarios"}
["Markos"] {"Markos"}
["Matthaios"] {"Matthaios"}
["Meletios"] {"Meletios"}
["Neilos"] {"Neilos"}
["Neophytos"] {"Neophytos"}
["Nikephoros"] {"Nikephoros"}
["Niketas"] {"Niketas"}
["Nikodemos"] {"Nikodemos"}
["Nikolaos"] {"Nikolaos"}
["Pantoleon"] {"Pantoleon"}
["Petros"] {"Petros"}
["Philaretos"] {"Philaretos"}
["Philippos"] {"Philippos"}
["Romanos"] {"Romanos"}
["Sabas"] {"Sabas"}
["Stephanos"] {"Stephanos"}
["Tatikios"] {"Tatikios"}
["Theodosios"] {"Theodosios"}
["Theodoulos"] {"Theodoulos"}
["Thomas"] {"Thomas"}

//New Byzantine surnames
["Komnenos"] {"Komnenos"}
["Akropolites"] {"Akropolites"}
["Angelos"] {"Angelos"}
["Apokaukos"] {"Apokaukos"}
["Argyros"] {"Argyros"}
["Bekkos"] {"Bekkos"}
["Boradiotes"] {"Boradiotes"}
["Botaneiates"] {"Botaneiates"}
["Boutoumites"] {"Boutoumites"}
["Brachamios"] {"Brachamios"}
["Branas"] {"Branas"}
["Bryennios"] {"Bryennios"}
["Choniates"] {"Choniates"}
["Dalassenos"] {"Dalassenos"}
["Doukeianos"] {"Doukeianos"}
["Doukas"] {"Doukas"}
["Doxopatres"] {"Doxopatres"}
["Gabras"] {"Gabras"}
["Kalamanos"] {"Kalamanos"}
["Kamateros"] {"Kamateros"}
["Kantakouzenos"] {"Kantakouzenos"}
["Keroularios"] {"Keroularios"}
["Kinnamos"] {"Kinnamos"}
["Kontostephanos"] {"Kontostephanos"}
["Kourkouas"] {"Kourkouas"}
["Laskaris"] {"Laskaris"}
["Makrembolites"] {"Makrembolites"}
["Maniakes"] {"Maniakes"}
["Melissenos"] {"Melissenos"}
["Monastras"] {"Monastras"}
["Mourtzouphlos"] {"Mourtzouphlos"}
["Orphanotrophos"] {"Orphanotrophos"}
["Ouranos"] {"Ouranos"}
["Pakourianos"] {"Pakourianos"}
["Palaiologos"] {"Palaiologos"}
["Palamas"] {"Palamas"}
["Philokales"] {"Philokales"}
["Phokas"] {"Phokas"}
["Psellos"] {"Psellos"}
["Radenos"] {"Radenos"}
["Skleros"] {"Skleros"}
["Spartenos"] {"Spartenos"}
["Sphrantzes"] {"Sphrantzes"}
["Strabomytes"] {"Strabomytes"}
["Tarchaneiotes"] {"Tarchaneiotes"}
["Tornikes"] {"Tornikes"}
["Tzimiskes"] {"Tzimiskes"}
["Vatatzes"] {"Vatatzes"}

Enjoy it!

[Cecil XIX]

Thanks Belisario, that's exactly what I needed.