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Yes, I see. I was more focused on the trigger in action B according to Yoda's suggestion in the linked thread. So independence of MLO and positive relations to HAB and BUR are to be removed.

About the claim still in action B, the reason given by Toio is in the linked thread in posts 1721 and 1733. Here is his comment:

My changes will also guarantee that HEL also gets MLO as a vassal as per history

We are talking about HEL_184068.
 
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Yes, I see. I was more focused on the trigger in action B according to Yoda's suggestion in the linked thread. So independence of MLO and positive relations to HAB and BUR are to be removed.

That is one of 3 possible ways for action b.

If we chose not to remove the claim on Milan then the positive diplomacy modifier should go as well just as the positive relations

Or we leave it as the ahistorical peaceful option for France to give up the claim, release Milan as vassal to ensure that later it can become a vassal of HEL, and enjoy raised relations and diplomacy.

The worst option is to remove the b choice entirely because it deprives France of the option to let Milan go and concentrate on other things.
That the AI choses B *sometimes* should be no reason to remove it entirely.
 
Or we leave it as the ahistorical peaceful option for France to give up the claim, release Milan as vassal to ensure that later it can become a vassal of HEL, and enjoy raised relations and diplomacy.
The issue is with FRA_12025. If it doesn't fire then HEL_184068 won't fire. FRA_12025 has core on 389 in its trigger.
The trigger is useful to check FRA possession of or claim to Milan.
If France gets Milan before Louis XII's invasion than they have this "bonus" to keep the city due to a former Orleans claim starting from 1447: FRA_170056.
 
The issue is with FRA_12025. If it doesn't fire then HEL_184068 won't fire. FRA_12025 has core on 389 in its trigger.
The trigger is useful to check FRA possession of or claim to Milan.
If France gets Milan before Louis XII's invasion than they have this "bonus" to keep the city due to a former Orleans claim starting from 1447: FRA_170056.

o.k. HEL 184068 needs MLO228029 which needs FRA 12025 - but why does FRA need a core to decide if to abandon MLO in FRA 12025?
 
o.k. HEL 184068 needs MLO228029 which needs FRA 12025 - but why does FRA need a core to decide if to abandon MLO in FRA 12025?
The core was useful to point out actual French interest in Milan when the event fires.

In this sequence beginning in 1499 and ending in 1557, there are several French events removing MLO core and sleeping events in action B.

This event should be a special one either to grant French core if legitimated (even in action B) and the possibility for HEL to intervene in the Italian Wars before proclaiming herself a neutral country.

However a flag would have been better, but in former eu2 engine it was impossible to be checked by other countries such as SPA, HAB, MLO and whoever else...

Probably the whole sequence should be revised. I have begun to revise the part about the succession in Naples and the inheritance of Milan as you have already seen in this thread.
I don't know if we need for this part too. I mean, imo this is not a priority now, is it?
 
1419 - ANARCHY IN THE PAPAL STATES
WITH THE UPDATES OF POST #41 INCLUDED AND SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED

Following events should be changed as the revolts were already active in the Papal States.

So I would suggest to have province 399 be controlled by rebels.

Province 399 should be under siege by the already present army (Unfortunately, I don't know how it works, maybe more infantry or a particular setup such as the "looted province" command works?)

In 1419_Papal_States.inc file in 1419 scenario folder, we would than have:

Code:
	controlledprovinces = {
		392 [COLOR=Red]399[/COLOR] 
	}
	nationalprovinces = {
		392 399
	}
	city = {
		fortress = { level = 1 }
		population = 80000
		location = 399
		capital = yes
		bailiff = yes
	}
	city = {
		fortress = { level = 1 }
		population = 10000
		location = 392
	}
	landunit = {
		id = { type = 9423 id = 898 }
		name = "Army of the Holy Cross"
		location = [COLOR=Yellow]392[/COLOR] [COLOR=Red]399[/COLOR]
		infantry = 9000
		cavalry = 1000
		artillery = 0
	}
...
I think we should tweak the 1419_Countries.inc file and include REB controlled 399, correct?

So, in 1419_Countries.inc in inc folder of 1419 scenario:
Code:
country = {
	tag = REB
	religion = { type = pagan }
	diplomacy = { }
	knownprovinces = {
		231 232
...

	ownedprovinces = { }
	controlledprovinces = { [COLOR=Yellow]399[/COLOR]  }
	nationalprovinces = { }

...


The starting date should preferably be on 2 january 1419, as Rome is now REB controlled. However the first two dates (0 and 1 january) could be already used by other events or by the AI when it starts performing.


So we should have these changes:
Code:
#(1419) Crisis in Rome
event = {
	id = 251033
	random = no
	country = PAP
	name = "EVENTNAME251033" #Crisis in Rome
	desc = "EVENTHIST251033"
	#-#

	[COLOR=Red]date = { day = 10 month = February year = 1419 }
	offset = 25
	deathdate = { day = 10 month = March year = 1419 }[/COLOR] 

	[COLOR=Yellow]date = { day = 2 month = January year = 1419 }[/COLOR] 

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME51015A" #Chaos reigns!
		command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
		command = { type = stability value = -1 }
		command = { type = relation which = SAV value = 25 }
		command = { type = relation which = MLO value = 25 }
		command = { type = relation which = MAN value = 25 }
		command = { type = relation which = PAR value = 25 }
		command = { type = relation which = TOS value = 50 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 392 } #Marche [COLOR=Yellow](All Papal legations in a new map)[/COLOR] 
		[COLOR=Red]command = { type = revolt which = 399 } #Rome[/COLOR]  
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 12 value = 8 }
	}
}

EVENTHIST251033 unchanged:

The Council held in Constance from 1414 to 1418 brought an end to the Great Schism, declared its superiority over the Papacy, deposed two of the claimant popes (Gregorius XII elected in Rome and supported by Bayern, Naples, Hungary and Venice and Benedictus XIII elected in Avignon and supported by Castile, Aragon and Scotland) and pressed to abdicate the third (Johannes XXIII elected in the council of Pisa) and eventually chose a new pontiff, Martinus V. The new elected Pope left Constance at the close of the Council in May 1418 and travelled slowly through Italy, lingered at Florence and did not venture to enter Rome until September 1420. In fact, anarchy reigned in the Church held territories as no real government was ever established in there since 1309 when the Pope was first 'taken captive' in Avignon. Ladislao of Anjou-Durazzo, former King of Naples and vassal to the Pope, had occupied Rome and the whole Patrimonium Petri, whilst Braccio da Montone, former commander of Papal troops, was destabilizing the State of the Church from inside by looting villages and trying to establish his own Signoria in Umbria. Turmoil was everywhere...

Code:
#(1419) Anarchy in the Legations
event = {
	id = 251034
	[COLOR=Yellow]trigger = { vassal = { country = PAP country = NAP } }[/COLOR] 
	random = no
	country = PAP
	name = "EVENTNAME251034" #Anarchy in the Legations
	desc = "EVENTHIST251034"
	#-#

	date = { day = 15 month = July year = 1419 }
	offset = 25
	deathdate = { day = 15 month = August year = 1419 }

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME251034A" #Ask Naples for troops
		[COLOR=Red]trigger = { 
			vassal = { country = PAP country = NAP } 
		}[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = ADM which = 1 value = 24 }
		command = { type = DIP which = 1 value = 24 }
		[COLOR=Yellow]command = { 
			trigger = { 
				control = { province = 392 data = -1 } #Marche (Romagna in new map)
			}
			type = revolt which = 392 #Marche
		}
#		command = { 
#			trigger = { 
#				control = { province = 399 data = -1 } #Rome (Umbria or Marche in new map)
#			}
#			type = revolt which = 399 #Rome
#		}[/COLOR] 
		[COLOR=Red]command = { type = revolt which = -2 } 
		command = { type = revolt which = -5 } [/COLOR]
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME251034B" #No external interference
		[COLOR=Yellow]trigger = { 
			control = { province = 399 data = -1 } #Rome (Umbria or Marche in new map)
			control = { province = 392 data = -1 } #Marche ( AND Romagna in new map)
		}[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = stability value = -1 }
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 239008 } #NAP: The Pope requests troops
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 239010 } #NAP: #The Pope requests more troops
	}
}

text removal (in red) in EVENTHIST251034:

EVENTHIST251034;Entering his dominions, the Pope's first task was to restore the State of the Church to the prosperity and order to which it had become a stranger. In doing this he tried to gain external political support which he eventually obtained from Giovanna II of the House of Anjou-Durazzo and Queen of Naples, also known as Giovannetta or the 'Queen-Bee' for her dissolute life. In exchange for the repossession of the Papal territories, which her brother Ladislao formerly occupied when Rome had no ruler, Giovanna was legitimately enthroned Queen of Naples by the Pope in a solemn ceremony held in the city of Naples on 28 October 1419. But the Pope desperately needed troops to bring back the order over the territories of the Papal Legations in Umbria, Marche and Romagna, where the populations rebelled thanks to the abuses perpetrated by Braccio da Montone's mercenaries, and asked Giovanna II for help. Promptly the Queen sent her best condottiero, Muzio Attendolo, 'lo Sforza', commander of Neapolitan troops to help the Pope in his fight for the reacquisition of the Church territories.;x



NEAPOLITAN ANSWER :
Code:
#(1419) The Pope requests troops
event = {
	id = 239008
	trigger = {
		event = 251034 #PAP: Anarchy in the Legations
		NOT = { war = { country = PAP country = NAP } }
	}
	random = no
	country = NAP
	name = "EVENTNAME239008" #The Pope requests troops
	desc = "EVENTHIST251034"
	#-#

	date = { day = 25 month = September year = 1419 }
	offset = 20
	deathdate = { day = 25 month = November year = 1419 }

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME239008A" #Help the Pope
		command = { type = relation which = PAP value = 50 }
		command = { type = treasury value = -20 }
		command = { type = trigger which = 251035 } #PAP: The Neapolitan support
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME239008B" #Ignore the Papal call
		command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -50 }
		command = { 
			[COLOR=Yellow]trigger = { vassal = { country = PAP country = NAP } 
			}[/COLOR] 
			type = breakvassal which = PAP 
		}
		command = { type = trigger which = [COLOR=Red]251036[/COLOR] [COLOR=Yellow]251106[/COLOR] } #PAP: The Betrayal of the Queen-Bee
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 239010 } #NAP: The Pope requests more troops
	}
}

IN CASE OF NAP ACCEPTANCE (the event is than triggered only once, see below)
Code:
#(1419) The Neapolitan support
event = {
	id = 251035 #triggered by NAP_239008 A [COLOR=Red]/ NAP_239010 B[/COLOR] 
	random = no
	country = PAP
	name = "EVENTNAME251035" #The Neapolitan support
	desc = "[COLOR=Yellow]EVENTHIST251035[/COLOR]"
	#-#

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME251035A" #Giovanna is helping!
		command = { type = relation which = NAP value = 50 }
		command = { type = INF which = [COLOR=Yellow]-2[/COLOR] value = 3000 }
		command = { type = stability value = 1 }
	}
}

NEW EVENT TEXT:

EVENTHIST251035;Promptly the Queen sent her best condottiero, Muzio Attendolo, 'lo Sforza', commander of Neapolitan troops to help the Pope in his fight for the reacquisition of the Church territories against the other celebrated condottiero Braccio da Montone.;x



NEW EVENT IN CASE OF NAP REFUSAL:
Code:
[COLOR=Yellow]
#(1419) The Betrayal of the Queen-Bee
event = {
	id = 251106 #triggered by NAP_239008 B
	random = no
	country = PAP
	name = "EVENTNAME251036" #The Betrayal of the Queen-Bee
	desc = "EVENTHIST251106"
	#-#

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME251036A" #Giovanna ignores us!
		command = { type = relation which = NAP value = -50 }
		command = { type = relation which = PRO value = 50 }
		command = { type = stability value = -1 }
	}
}
[/COLOR]

NEW EVENT TEXT:

EVENTHIST251106;Having always been hostile to Muzio Attendolo Sforza, the celebrated condottiero, Gianni Caracciolo, Giovanna's favourite advisor and lover, managed to induce the Queen to refuse the Pope's request of more troops in order to stop da Montone. In spite of her refusal and thanks to the mediation of Florence, Martinus V managed however to come to terms with da Montone promising him a title in exchange for his military services. Finally the Papal troops commanded by Braccio da Montone himself succeeded in retaking the Church territories. As soon as the order in his States was re-established and in order to punish Giovanna for her unexpected refusal to send troops, the Pope offered the crown of Naples to the junior House of the Angevins, always interested in the succession to the throne of Naples, proclaiming Louis III d'Anjou 'King of Naples' on 4 December 1419.;x



POPE RELAUNCHES:
Code:
#(1419) The Pope requests more troops
event = {
	id = 239010
	[COLOR=Yellow]trigger = { 
		event = 251034 #PAP: Anarchy in the Legations
		owned = { province = 399 data = PAP } #Rome (Umbria or Marche in new map)
		owned = { province = 392 data = PAP } #Marche ( AND Romagna in new map)
		NOT = {
			war = { country = PAP country = NAP }
		}
		OR = {
			control = { province = 399 data = REB } #Rome (Umbria or Marche in new map)
			control = { province = 392 data = REB } #Marche ( AND Romagna in new map)
		}
	}[/COLOR]
	random = no
	country = NAP
	name = "EVENTNAME239010" #The Pope requests more troops
	desc = "EVENTHIST239010"
	#-#

	date = { day = 25 month = November year = 1419 }
	offset = 10
	deathdate = { day = 25 month = December year = 1419 }

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME239008B" #Ignore the Papal call
		command = { 
			[COLOR=Yellow]trigger = { vassal = { country = PAP country = NAP } 
			}[/COLOR] 
			type = breakvassal which = PAP 
		}
		command = { type = stability value = 2 }
		command = { type = trigger which = 251036 } #PAP: The Betrayal of the Queen-Bee
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME239008A" #Help the Pope
		command = { type = relation which = PAP value = 50 }
		command = { type = stability value = -1 }
		command = { type = treasury value = -20 }
		command = { type = trigger which = [COLOR=Red]251035[/COLOR] [COLOR=Yellow]251105[/COLOR] } #PAP: Neapolitan support  
	}
}

Modification in EVENT.TXT:

EVENTHIST239010;In the fight for the reacquisition of the Church territories, the Queen sent her best condottiero, Muzio Attendolo, 'lo Sforza', commander of Neapolitan troops to help the Pope against Braccio da Montone. Although both Muzio Attendolo Sforza and Braccio da Montone came from the Alberico da Barbiano's Compagnia di Ventura di San Giorgio, they had different approaches to strategic-tactical warfare, the 'Scuola Sforzesca' based mainly upon coordinated field manoeuvres and planned tactics and the 'Scuola Braccesca' based mainly upon energic assaults and the element of surprise. In their first battle against each other Fortebraccio (da Montone's nickname) prevailed. Informed of M. Attendolo Sforza's defeat, having always been hostile to the celebrated condottiero, Gianni Caracciolo, Giovanna's favourite advisor and lover, managed to induce the Queen to refuse the Pope's request of more troops in order to stop da Montone. In spite of her refusal and thanks to the mediation of Florence, Martinus V managed however to come to terms with da Montone promising him a title in exchange for his military services. Finally the Papal troops commanded by Braccio da Montone himself succeeded in retaking the Church territories. As soon as the order in his States was re-established and in order to punish Giovanna for her unexpected refusal to send troops, the Pope offered the crown of Naples to the junior House of the Angevins, always interested in the succession to the throne of Naples, proclaiming Louis III d'Anjou 'King of Naples' on 4 December 1419.;x



NEW EVENT IN CASE OF NAP SECOND ACCEPTANCE:
Code:
[COLOR=Yellow]
#(1419) A second Neapolitan support
event = {
	id = 251105 #triggered by NAP_239010 B
	random = no
	country = PAP
	name = "EVENTNAME251105" #A second Neapolitan support
	desc = "EVENTHIST251105"
	#-#

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME251105A" #Giovanna is helping again!
		command = { type = relation which = NAP value = 50 }
		command = { type = INF which = -2  value = 3000 }
		command = { type = stability value = 1 }
	}
}
[/COLOR]
NEW EVENT TEXT LINES:

EVENTNAME251105;A second Neapolitan support;x
EVENTHIST251105;In the fight for the reacquisition of the Church territories, the Queen sent her best condottiero, Muzio Attendolo, 'lo Sforza', commander of Neapolitan troops to help the Pope against Braccio da Montone. Although both Muzio Attendolo Sforza and Braccio da Montone came from the Alberico da Barbiano's Compagnia di Ventura di San Giorgio, they had different approaches to strategic-tactical warfare, the 'Scuola Sforzesca' based mainly upon coordinated field manoeuvres and planned tactics and the 'Scuola Braccesca' based mainly upon energic assaults and the element of surprise. In their first battle against each other Fortebraccio (da Montone's nickname) prevailed. Informed of M. Attendolo Sforza's defeat, the Queen welcomed Pope's request of more troops in order to stop da Montone. However Martinus V managed to come to terms with da Montone promising him a title in exchange for his military services in retaking the Church territories. The order was finally re-established in the Papal States.;x
ACTIONNAME251105A;Giovanna is helping again!;x



IN CASE OF NAP REFUSAL TO THE SECOND REQUEST (the old event tweaked to be triggered by nap_239010 A only, as per event description):

Code:
#(1419) The Betrayal of the Queen-Bee
event = {
	id = 251036 #triggered by NAP_239010 A [COLOR=Red]/ NAP_239008 B[/COLOR] 
	random = no
	country = PAP
	name = "EVENTNAME251036" #The Betrayal of the Queen-Bee
	desc = "EVENTHIST239010"
	#-#

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME251036A" #Giovanna ignores us!
		command = { type = relation which = NAP value = -50 }
		command = { type = relation which = PRO value = 50 }
		command = { type = stability value = -1}
	}
}

Post 41 was already submitted in agceep thread.

This post is an improvement following the discussion started from post #43.

I had to use properly triggered events as to let people better understand the sequence. Sorry if I didn't it before.

EDIT: removed the increased startup amount of troops in the capital city.

EDIT2: as per Therion's suggestion in PV Italy thread, I suggest to start the PAP scenario with the army stationing in Marche province instead of Lazio. That would prevent "the government from falling".

EDIT3: I have commented out the revolt in Rome in PAP_251034 action A as it can cause too much instability.
 
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o.k. HEL 184068 needs MLO228029 which needs FRA 12025 - but why does FRA need a core to decide if to abandon MLO in FRA 12025?
What about this solution?

Code:
#(1499-1504) The Orléanais inheritance of Milan
#modified by Bordic
event = {
	id = 12024
	trigger = {
		exists = MLO
		NOT = { event = 170154 } #FRA: The Orléanais inheritance of Milan
	}
	random = no
	country = FRA
	name = "EVENTNAME12024" #The Orléanais inheritance of Milan
	desc = "EVENTHIST12024"
	#-#

	date = { day = 10 month = April year = 1499 }
	offset = 30
	deathdate = { day = 10 month = April year = 1504 }

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME12024A" #Let us claim that which is rightfully ours
		[COLOR=Yellow]ai_chance = 99[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = addcore[COLOR=Yellow]_claim[/COLOR] which = 389 } #Lombardia
		[COLOR=Red]command = { type = casusbelli which = MLO value = 120 }[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = relation which = MLO value = -200 }
		command = { type = relation which = BUR value = 25 }
		command = { type = relation which = HAB value = 25 }
		command = { type = relation which = SPA value = 25 }
		command = { type = relation which = ARG value = 25 }
		command = { type = alliance which = SAV }
		command = { type = trigger which = 17386 } #PAP: The Rise of il Valentino
		command = { type = trigger which = 326036 } #VEN: The treaty of Blois
		command = { type = trigger which = 228027 } #MLO: Louis XII presses claims on Milan
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME12024B" #We are busy elsewhere
		[COLOR=Yellow]ai_chance = 1[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = removecore[COLOR=Yellow]_national[/COLOR] which = 389 } #Lombardia
		[COLOR=Yellow]command = { type = setflag which = [Milan_not_claimed] }[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = relation which = MLO value = 50 }
		command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -50 }
		command = { type = wakeleader which = 089304 } #Trivulzio (MLO)
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 137035 } #BUR: Philippe's Burgundian claims I
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 137036 } #BUR: Philippe's Burgundian claims II
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 170042 } #FRA: The destiny of Ludovico Sforza
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 170043 } #FRA: The Treaty of Granada
	}
}
On 7 April 1498, upon Charles VIII's death at Amboise (he knocked his head while passing through a doorway in his going to see a game of real tennis), the throne passed to his cousin Louis of Orléans, who reigned as Louis XII of France. On his accession, he took the titles of Duke of Milan and King of Sicily, sending a shrounding chill through Italy, especially to Ludovico Sforza, who had seized Milan from his nephew Gian Galeazzo, and that upon his death, had seen his claim legitimized by Maximilian King of the Romans. Louis XII came to throne in France with the clear idea of avenging his previous defeat by Ludovico and make good his claim to Milan from his Visconti grandmother. Milan and her dependency, Genoa, were seen as the key to Italy. So Louis XII, preparing to make good his claim on Milan, wanted to enlist the help of the main Italian powers, to avoid the mistakes of his cousin Charles VIII. In the meanwhile the anti-Venetian sentiment had been running high, attempts were made by Italian ambassadors to poison the relationships between Venice and the Ottoman Empire and try to induce the latter to declare war to the former. It was clear that Venice could very well side with the French and that occurred with the stipulation of the treaty of Blois, where Venice would recognize French claims to Milan and in exchange for military support and money would receive the Milanese territories east of the Adda river. Louis then stipulated a peace treaty with Ferdinand of Spain and enforced the truce with Maximilian of Habsburg. He made also a pact with Pope Alexander VI: in exchange for a papal bull to annul his marriage to the crippled sister of late Charles VIII and marry Charles' widow, Anne of Brittany, the Pope's son, Cesare Borgia, received the duchy of Valentinois with the hand of Charlotte d'Albret, sister to the King of Navarre and a promise of French military support to form his own duchy in Romagna. After having secured his friendship with Philibert II of Savoy Louis XII crossed the Alps and assembled his powerful army in Asti, a small county in Piedmont that belonged to the House of Orléans as marriage dowry of Valentina Visconti, his grandmother. In the summer of 1499, the French army led by Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, a Milanese noble, invaded the duchy of Milan from West, in the meanwhile, a Venetian army attacked from East. Town after town surrendered and the Milanese armies disappeared. As soon as a revolt broke out in Milan, Ludovico left the city together with his family and his treasure. By September 1499 the French troops made their entrance in Milan warmly welcome by the population.

Code:
#(1499-1504) The Orléanais inheritance of Milan (in case France or Venice already own Milan)
#by Bordic
event = {
	id = 170154
	trigger = {
		NOT = {
			exists = MLO
			event = 12024 #FRA: The Orléanais inheritance of Milan
		}
		OR = {
			owned = { province = 389 data = -1 } #Lombardia
			AND = {
				owned = { province = 389 data = VEN } #Lombardia
				NOT = { war = { country = FRA country = VEN } }
			}
		}
	}
	random = no
	country = FRA
	name = "EVENTNAME12024" #The Orléanais inheritance of Milan
	desc = "EVENTHIST170154"
	#-#

	date = { day = 10 month = April year = 1499 }
	offset = 30
	deathdate = { day = 10 month = April year = 1504 }

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME170154A" #We own Milan legitimatedly
		[COLOR=Yellow]ai_chance = 99[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = addcore[COLOR=Yellow]_claim[/COLOR] which = 389 } #Lombardia
		command = { type = treasury value = -150 } #should cost something
		command = { type = relation which = HAB value = -50 }
		command = { type = relation which = BUR value = -25 }
		command = { type = relation which = SPA value = -25 }
		command = { type = relation which = ARG value = -25 }
		command = { type = dynastic which = GEN } #Genoa should actually be vassal
		command = { type = trigger which = 326019 } #VEN: The treaty of Blois
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME170154B" #We are not interested in expanding in Italy
		[COLOR=Yellow]ai_chance = 1[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = removecore[COLOR=Yellow]_national[/COLOR] which = 389 } #Lombardia
		[COLOR=Yellow]command = { type = setflag which = [Milan_not_claimed] }[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = relation which = HAB value = 50 }
		command = { type = relation which = BUR value = -50 }
		command = { type = DIP which = 2 value = 60 } #traditional French expansionist directions
		command = { type = independence which = MLO }
		command = { type = independence which = PAR }
		command = { type = independence which = PAM }
		command = { type = independence which = MAN }
		command = { type = independence which = SAV }
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 137035 } #BUR: Philippe's Burgundian claims I
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 137036 } #BUR: Philippe's Burgundian claims II
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 170042 } #FRA: The destiny of Ludovico Sforza
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 170043 } #FRA: The Treaty of Granada
	}
}

On 7 April 1498, upon Charles VIII's death at Amboise (he knocked his head while passing through a doorway in his going to see a game of real tennis), the throne of France passed to his cousin Louis of Orléans, who reigned as Louis XII. On his accession, he took the titles of Duke of Milan and King of Sicily, sending a shrounding chill through Italy, Louis XII came to throne in France with the clear idea of making good his claim to Milan from his Visconti grandmother, Bianca sister to Filippo Maria Visconti, considered as the last legitimate Duke to rule over Milan until 1447. But Milan and her dependency, Genoa, were also seen as the key to Italy but the Frence presence in Northern Italy would mean a constant menace to the balance of powers, expecially to the Emperor and its Italian fiefs.



Code:
#(1512-1515) French troops abandon Milan
#modified by Bordic
event = {
	id = 12025
	trigger = {
		owned = { province = 389 data = FRA } #Lombardia
		NOT = { exists = MLO }
		
 		[COLOR=Yellow]OR = {[/COLOR]  
			core[COLOR=Yellow]_claim[/COLOR] = { province = 389 data = -1 } #Lombardia
			[COLOR=Yellow]flag = [Milan_not_claimed]
		}[/COLOR]
		OR = {
			event = 17024 #PAP: The Holy League against France
			event = 236006 #MUS: The Holy League against France
		}
	}
	random = no
	country = FRA
	name = "EVENTNAME12025" #French troops abandon Milan
	desc = "EVENTHIST12025"
	#-#

	date = { day = 6 month = April year = 1512 }
	offset = 30
	deathdate = { day = 29 month = December year = 1515 }

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME12025A" #Commence tactical retreat
		[COLOR=Yellow]command = { type = clrflag which = [Milan_not_claimed] }[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = stability value = -1 }
		command = { type = MIL which = -2 value = 12 }
		command = { type = independence which = MLO }
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = PAP value = 402 } #Emilia
		command = { type = trigger which = 228029 } #MLO: Sforza restored in Milan
		command = { type = trigger which = 174031 } #GEN: French troops abandon Genoa
		command = { type = trigger which = 251046 } #PAP: French troops abandon Italy
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME12025B" #Never Surrender
		[COLOR=Yellow]command = { type = clrflag which = [Milan_not_claimed] }
		command = { type = addcore_claim which = 389 } #Lombardia[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 389 value = 20 } #Lombardia
		command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 402 value = 20 } #Emilia
		command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 393 value = 20 } #Napoli
		command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 394 value = 20 } #Apulia
		command = { type = treasury value = -300 } #high costs for troops
		command = { type = desertion which = 389 value = 10000 } #disbanding armies
		command = { type = desertion which = 402 value = 10000 } #disbanding armies
		command = { type = relation which = GEN value = -75 }
		command = { type = relation which = SAV value = -50 }
		command = { type = relation which = HEL value = -50 }
		command = { type = relation which = PAP value = -50 }
		command = { type = relation which = HAB value = -50 }
		command = { type = relation which = VEN value = -50 }
		command = { type = badboy value = 4 } #for keeping Milan
		command = { type = sleepevent which = 326037 } #VEN: The treaty at Blois
	}
}

In spite of their victories in Northern Italy, the French troops were forced to abandon the battlefield both because of financial reasons and because after the successful battle of Ravenna the Emperor was withdrawing troops and would have joined the holy league formed by Papal States, Spain, England and Venice with the help of Swiss troops hired by Pope Julius II himself and led into war by the Bishop of Sion, Mathias Schiner. Thence the decision to withdraw from Milan. Julius II recovered Ravenna, Bologna and the rest of the Romagna, while his commander, the Duke of Urbino, easily occupied Reggio and Modena, though Alfonso d'Este refused any settlement that would deprive him of Ferrara. After having chased out the French from Italy, the congress of allies which met at Mantua in August made over to the Pope Parma and Piacenza, to which he had at best a shadowy claim. The Emperor and Fernando would have been glad to give Milan to their grandson Charles but the Swiss were in possession and, supported by the Pope, made their will good. The duchy was given to Ercole Massimiliano Sforza, the elder son of Ludovico. The Venetian claims were left unsettled with Brescia still held out and the Swiss claiming Cremona and the Ghiara d'Adda for the duchy. And more, the Emperor demanded Vicenza and Verona. Florence, who in 1509 had ended her long war by the recovery of Pisa, was punished for her support of France by the restoration of the Medici. Entering Milan, Ercole Massimiliano Sforza received the keys to the city from the Swiss soldiers, who promised to protect the duchy of Milan and to help the Duke in sending to him all the troops he would need. The Duke granted them the acquisition of the ducal territories Ticino and Valtellina, the most important accesses to the Alpine passes. Genoa drew back its allegiance to the French King, who in 1506 harshly repressed a local rebellion that broke out owing to the decision taken by the French governor to grant privileges to the nobilty. But Julius II made also a treaty with his late ally, Maximilian, against Venice. The emperor was to support the Lateran council to oppose that one proclaimed by Louis XII in Pisa and to hand over Modena to the Pope, while Julius II was to join in compelling Venice to give up the fiefs which the Emperor claimed since Cambrai and to use on behalf of his new ally also the always convincing 'spiritual weapons'. When this treaty was made public, it had only the effect to drive Venice to side with France.


In AGCEEP_Specific_France.eue:

all commands adding core 389 should be addcore_claim
all commands removing core 389 should be removecore_national (as to be sure in a proper removal)

events are 170039, 12024, 170154, 170045, 170048, 12027, 12028, 170049, 170155, 170156, 12037, 170270, 170123, 170023, 170126, 170030.



EDIT: All events dealing with this trigger:
Code:
core = { province = 389 data = -1 } #Lombardia

core = { province = 389 data = FRA } #Lombardia
should be now:
Code:
OR = { 
	core_claim = { province = 389 data = -1 } #Lombardia
	core_national = { province = 389 data = -1 } #Lombardia
}

OR = { 
	core_claim = { province = 389 data = FRA } #Lombardia
	core_national = { province = 389 data = FRA } #Lombardia
}

changes in the triggers for French core on Milan are to be made in:

NAP_239037, BUR_137035-37,FRA_170043, FRA_12025, FRA_170155-56, FRA_12037, FRA_170153, FRA_170130, FRA_170270, NAV_241029, PAP_17024, PAP_236006, SPA_285253, VEN_17017.


There are also changes in the triggers for Spanish core on Milan to be made in:

ProvinceSpec_338431, FRA_170155-56 and FRA_12037.
 
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I don't think that Leonardo doesn't need to know if Milan is a French core, just that Milan is French:


Code:
#(1516-1519) Leonardo da Vinci - Flavor
#by Bordic (text adapted from MLO eventhist5240)
event = {
	id = 170122
	trigger = {
		owned = { province = 389 data = FRA } #Lombardia
		NOT = { exists = MLO }
		[COLOR=Red]core = { province = 389 data = -1 } #Lombardia[/COLOR] 
	}
	random = no
	country = FRA
	name = "EVENTNAME5240" #Leonardo da Vinci
	desc = "EVENTHIST170122"
	#-#

	date = { day = 1 month = October year = 1516 } #Leonardo's arrival in Touraine
	offset = 30
	deathdate = { day = 1 month = May year = 1519 } #Leonardo's death

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME170122A" #Welcome to the genius!
		command = { type = land value = 250 }
		command = { type = infra value = 250 }
		command = { type = ADM which = 2 value = 12 }
	}
}

EVENTHIST170122:
Leonardo de Vinci was an Italian painter draftsman sculptor architect and engineer whose genius perhaps more than that of any figure epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. His 'Last Supper' and 'Mona Lisa' are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time. In October 1516, personally invited by the French King, Leonardo definitively left Italy for France, settling himself in Amboise under the protection of François Ier who also appointed him 'First King's painter, architect and engineer' and gave him the castle of Clos-Lucé, close and linked to the royal castle by means of a underground passage, and a yearly pension. Getting older and sick, Leonardo eventually died in his bed on 2 May 1519 at the supposed presence of a deeply grieved young French King.
 
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I have amended post #66 in the suggestions for the starting setup and event PAP_251033.

I have made some tests and it is less hard to manage the recovery of the Papal States.

However I don't know how we can start with a siege. Which and how are the command lines to be changed?
 
I don't think that Leonardo doesn't need to know if Milan is a French core, just that Milan is French:


Code:
#(1516-1519) Leonardo da Vinci - Flavor
#by Bordic (text adapted from MLO eventhist5240)
event = {
	id = 170122
	trigger = {
		owned = { province = 389 data = FRA } #Lombardia
		NOT = { exists = MLO }
		[COLOR=Red]core = { province = 389 data = -1 } #Lombardia[/COLOR] 
	}
	random = no
	country = FRA
	name = "EVENTNAME5240" #Leonardo da Vinci
	desc = "EVENTHIST170122"
	#-#

	date = { day = 1 month = October year = 1516 } #Leonardo's arrival in Touraine
	offset = 30
	deathdate = { day = 1 month = May year = 1519 } #Leonardo's death

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME170122A" #Welcome to the genius!
		command = { type = land value = 250 }
		command = { type = infra value = 250 }
		command = { type = ADM which = 2 value = 12 }
	}
}

EVENTHIST170122:
Leonardo de Vinci was an Italian painter draftsman sculptor architect and engineer whose genius perhaps more than that of any figure epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. His 'Last Supper' and 'Mona Lisa' are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time. In October 1516, personally invited by the French King, Leonardo definitively left Italy for France, settling himself in Amboise under the protection of François Ier who also appointed him 'First King's painter, architect and engineer' and gave him the castle of Clos-Lucé, close and linked to the royal castle by means of a underground passage, and a yearly pension. Getting older and sick, Leonardo eventually died in his bed on 2 May 1519 at the supposed presence of a deeply grieved young French King.

Leonardo da Vinci is correct - da meaning from a place
de meaning from a person

Was he italian or tuscan, the great debate in society........always discussed by scholars.......what is the correct term.? I wonder if he would be called an Italian if Italy was not created in 1860;)
 
Leonardo da Vinci is correct - da meaning from a place
de meaning from a person

Was he italian or tuscan, the great debate in society........always discussed by scholars.......what is the correct term.? I wonder if he would be called an Italian if Italy was not created in 1860;)
You mean this?

EVENTHIST170122:
Leonardo de Vinci was an Italian painter draftsman sculptor architect and engineer whose genius perhaps more than that of any figure epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal....

You know, I didn't notice that before. Probably that "de Vinci" seems to be related to the new "French status" of the artist. I can't remember, maybe it was Yoda's suggestion.
 
In vanilla, the government may still fall if the rebel army in Marche takes the province before the papal army takes Rome.
I have some tests and I didn't see it with the new locations for troops. However what would you suggest? More troops from Naples as per event?
 
From previous post #42


PAPAL STATES EVENTS ACCORDING TO NEW CONSOLIDATED EVENT: NAP_239006

Code:
#(1420) Naples refuses Papal suzerainty
event = {
	id = 251020 #triggered by NAP_239006 A
	random = no
	country = PAP
	name = "EVENTNAME251020" #Naples refuses Papal suzerainty
	desc = "EVENTHIST239006"
	#-#

	action_a = {
		name = "ACTIONNAME262004A" #Giovanna adopted Alfons
		command = { type = stability value = -1 }
		command = { type = relation which = ARG value = -50 }
		command = { type = relation which = PRO value = 50 }
		command = { type = casusbelli which = NAP value = 24 }
		command = { type = alliance which = PRO }
[COLOR=Lime]		command = { type = INF which = -2 value = 4000 } 
		command = { type = CAV which = -2 value = 6000 }[/COLOR] 
		command = { type = wakeleader which = 0103306 } #M.Attendolo Sforza (PAP) hopefully in Roma
	}
}

Since the sequence about Anarchy in Rome gives troops and the AI forms more troops to siege Rome, I think the 10k troops given by PAP_251020 is unnecessary. I'd go for complete removal or reduction.
 
I have some tests and I didn't see it with the new locations for troops. However what would you suggest? More troops from Naples as per event?
It's just a matter of luck - how quickly the papal army captures Rome. I believe Rome is plains and Marche mountain so the papal army will, in the majority of cases, finish the siege before the rebels finish theirs.
 
It's just a matter of luck - how quickly the papal army captures Rome. I believe Rome is plains and Marche mountain so the papal army will, in the majority of cases, finish the siege before the rebels finish theirs.

Maybe we should remove the revolt in Rome from PAP_251034 action A and add some more troops in PAP_251035. As you can see, in watkabaoi Rome won't have any revolt, just Marche (Umbria IRL) and Romagna (both Romagna and Marche IRL).

EDIT: as for now I have commented out the revolt in Rome coded in PAP_251034 action A.
 
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