Start leader

[Baron von Alvincy]

hello again


Does anybody know, how I can edit the names of the faction leaders?
I tried to mod on my own, but I simply dont understand it:


SetStartLeader:: FN_HUNGARIAN 0 7 1 1 1 0 1 1 1


What should that mean?
I think, 0 means the first entry in the famous kings file, but what should 7 mean?

Thank you
BVA

[Revenant]

The second number (7) means how many names from the top of the list is designated as "royalty names" and only these names are given to the newborn princes.

The next seven numbers mark how many kings of this particular name lived previously and so it affects the number in names of future kings.

[macsen rufus]

Strictly speaking the 7 in here just says how many names are listed in this file. Any royal names that are not specified here are assumed to be zeroes (ie no previous kings of that name before the game started). It's always a good idea to match this up with the royal names entries, but not absolutely essential.

If you need to change the name of your starting king there are two options, but first the background.

In heroes.txt, the factions are assigned names according to the lists at the bottom:

SetForename:: FN_whoever 1 7

This means the Whoever faction has names in list 1, the first 7 of which will be used for naming kings (and princes, obviously). These are counted as names 0 to 6, NOT 1 to 7, btw.

Scroll down to your famous kings section for FN_whoever and there will be one or more entries. First off, the top line for each faction should say how many famous kings are listed, then each famous king is given a row of numbers etc that define his character.

The first number is his name, the second his regnal number, so if the entry is:

0, 3, .................
3, 2, .................

Then the first is King Zero the third - Zero is translated as the top name in that faction's name list, the second is King 3 the second etc, and his name is the fourth in the list

NOW here's the tricky bit - in the startpos, where it says "SetStartLeader" it is referring to the position of the king in the famous king list - again counting from 0.

IF you have say two famous kings in your list, you can make the second one your starting king IN THE STARTPOS file with SetStartLeader:: FN_whoever 1 ...........

The .......... bit must be right as well: see name 0 and name 3 have been set - you must set the entry for your start King to match the regnal number in the heroes.txt famous_kings section. eg to use "King Zero the Third" you would need:

SetStartLeader:: FN_whoever 0 7 3 1 1 0 1 1 1

to start with the second king in your list (King 3 the second), it must be:

SetStartLeader:: FN_whoever 1 7 1 1 1 2 1 1 1

NOW if you only want to change the NAME of a king currently set, you only need to:
- change the entry in the famous kings list to give the right number (eg 0, 3, .... becomes 4, 3, ...)
- make sure the SetStartLeader number matches - ie the fifth in the list is set to value 3.

Okay, I hope that's not too confusing