Historical Faction Members

[o_loompah_the_delayer]

I had an Aulus Plautius, but as an admiral (three stars) not a general. I used him to ferry over the army to invade Britain.

[Quirinus]

Can Admirals get cognomen? I thought admirals functioned like captains, mostly.

[The Wandering Scholar]

ooo I have never seen that. yes I thought is was Captain Plautius. Are you playing with vanilla rtw 1.5 o_loompah_the_delayer ?

[Hannibalbarc]

Dacian family member, Attila.

[The Wandering Scholar]

Barbarian aswell

[Hannibalbarc]

Another one, to bad she can't be a general.

[The Wandering Scholar]

I watched that film last night, Boudica. Not a bad film.

[Flying Pig]

I have a suspicion that Arturus for the brits is built in so he always spawns!

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

All family trees do seem to always branch out in a specific way. All starting characters in my campaigns always seem to have the same children in every campaign. The same applies to their children and their subsequent offspring. They also often seem to develop similarly in every campaign also.

I'm not too sure, but there probably is something hardcoded which makes this happen - its the same in modifications also. It may be the order the system looks in the name database, or it may be based on a different more obscure system.

[Telys]

Can Admirals get cognomen? I thought admirals functioned like captains, mostly.

Every admiral I've seen only goes as captain, but I believe once they get to legendary admiral they get "the navigator" epithet.

[Quirinus]

All family trees do seem to always branch out in a specific way. All starting characters in my campaigns always seem to have the same children in every campaign. The same applies to their children and their subsequent offspring. They also often seem to develop similarly in every campaign also.

I'm not too sure, but there probably is something hardcoded which makes this happen - its the same in modifications also. It may be the order the system looks in the name database, or it may be based on a different more obscure system.

I've noticed that too, but their character potraits tend to be random, I think. So are their traits. Gyras can be Alexander reborn in one game and a meek, efficient administrator in the next. That's why I don't think it's hardcoded.

[The Wandering Scholar]

Gyras always starts the same as that is coded.

Take Brennus out of Alesia, move him to rome with a large force from all around Gaul and sack it!

[Quirinus]

Hah? Is he? I'm not sure, I was just using a random Greek name. Which faction was he from? For some reason, the name sticks to me.

[Spartan198]

Gyras is the Macedonian faction heir at the start of the campaign. He's in Larissa,I think.

[The Wandering Scholar]

He sure is. Quite an able general

[Spartan198]

When he's not a useless lunkhead,like that time the AI charged him headlong into a Spartan phalanx during one of my past campaigns.

[The Wandering Scholar]

Haha the mighty AI strike gold again

[Spartan198]

It's not always something to complain about,just sometimes.

PS - Someone earlier in the thread mentioned that it would be cool to run into Mithrades with Pontus (but I can't find the post). Actually,Pontus' starting faction leader is named Mithrades,though it's the wrong time for him to be the historical Mithrades. Still a "historically-named" king,though,right?

[Quirinus]

A somewhat off-topic question here, but if I want to edit the avaliability of names, like adding a few names and removing a few names in descr_names, do I need to edit the descr_names_lookup as well?

Didn't want to create a new thread about this.

[Spartan198]

A somewhat off-topic question here, but if I want to edit the avaliability of names, like adding a few names and removing a few names in descr_names, do I need to edit the descr_names_lookup as well?

Didn't want to create a new thread about this.

I'm a novice modder (my editing of family members' traits and ancilliaries is done in-game with cheats),so I'm not really sure. Your best bet would be to check the Scriptorium to first see if there are any tutorials. But if not,the best thing to do is to start a thread in the Modding Questions. That's where I go.

But I do like the idea of adding and removing names via personal preference. I'll definitely be watching for an answer to this one.

Gaius Julius Caesar,please stand up!

[The Wandering Scholar]

edit everything with "names" i think there is 2/3 files..

[whtdoesitmatta]

To edit the starting characters just go in the same file that you go into to unlock all the factions I believe.

[Spartan198]

To edit the starting characters just go in the same file that you go into to unlock all the factions I believe.

Can you edit factions to start with a specifically named character? Like if I wanted the Greek starting faction leader to be named "Narkissos" or something (or even name him after me?)?

[Quirinus]

To edit the starting characters just go in the same file that you go into to unlock all the factions I believe.

No, I don't mean the starting characters, I mean the avaliability of names, so that the next son-in-law or son married/born into the family will have different names.

This is for my Massiliote Greek game-- it'd be odd for my son-in-laws to all come from Greece when I'm long-established in Gaul. Plus, seeing "Attalus of Tolosa" or "Eugenius of Lugdunum" or whatever would impart a sort of flavour to my game, I suppose.

EDIT: SpartanGlory198, I think so, though I haven't tried it.

[The Wandering Scholar]

I dont think that place of birth counts for cogomen.

Spartan GLory has to be in the names files

[Spartan198]

I was gonna name a character "Travis of Sparta".

[Quirinus]

I dont think that place of birth counts for cogomen.

It does, at least for Greek and barbarian and eastern family members.

For example:
Greek: Doros of Sparta, Kallimachus of Pella, Eugenius of Himera
Barbarian: Leukon of Segovia, Rianorix of Verulamium, Ambiorix of Aduatucorum
Eastern: Madyes of Satala, Melchior of Nishapur, Bagabigna of Charax

....etc, etc.

[Spartan198]

Been playing Extended Greek Mod since yesterday and found Pyrrhus of Epirus in southern Italy (but he's present at start),and I got a Leonidas of Sparta later on in the campaign (as the Greek City-States).

[Emperor Mithdrates]

My julii faction leader, Augutus Julii (The first emporer of Rome) just happened to have a greek, philosophical, slave called Plato. The man who said....
"Only the dead have seen the end of war!"

[Hound of Ulster]

I think it just generates names for characters from a list for each basic culture. The historical names you guys have found are probably little 'in-jokes' inserted by the programmers.