[3.3.3 SOHY] - Merchant Republic can't pass on titles because no heir can be set in the "Republic" tab for the player's house

[xtraeme]

Description: Pretty much what the title says. The merchant republic in Rhos (Britannia) has 5 patricians, but for the house I am in control of there is no way to select one of the male heirs for the election. The save is attached (Gwynedd822_10_07.ck2).

A similar bug report can be found on Reddit (backup) from a day ago.

DLC: All DLCs (every paid DLC for CK2 is in effect for the save)

Mods: This save was created using the newest 3.3.3 SOHY version (current content buildid: 5135112), the problem appeared before I added any workshop items (like the tall/short traits, artifact acquisition only, sketchy cheat menu, etc). To be extra diligent I verified the files using Steam's builtin file-checker.

Repro:
1. Take over the area surrounding Rhos
2. Grant the dutchy of Gwnyedd (and all lower titles — county & office of mayor) to another character (this sets up the merchant republic or it did for me anyhow)
3. Notice that it is not possible to setup an heir for the new person leading the merchant republic if you play the character.

Screenshots:

 

[Whizzer]

Landed characters cannot inherit patrician houses.

 

[xtraeme]

Hey Whizzer, thanks for that, but even removing all the titles from both children and having all the characters present in the same court as the patrician it still stubbornly resists setting up the heir. Frustrating!

 

[Aerotinge]

S&L, have a newborn son, sometime even grant somebody a title can fix the REP heir bug.
Also try console command "recalc_succ" if not ironman, though it's usually useless.

 

[xtraeme]

S&L, have a newborn son, sometime even grant somebody a title can fix the REP heir bug.
Also try console command "recalc_succ" if not ironman, though it's usually useless.

That is kinda funny. My plan was to do exactly what you suggested, pop out a couple of extra kids and hope it would fix the line of succession. I didn't know about recalc_succ, but giving it a run didn't seem to do anything sadly. To speed things along I ran pollinate [wife] [husband] and give_birth [wife] which eventually caused an heir to be created. However, the previous children, even though unlanded and in the same court as the patrician, are still ineligible for succession.

Thanks for the extra info! Definitely some strange issues. Too bad this one looks like the DLC logic needs to be improved.