Help with modding characters

[es157]

Hello.

Long story short, it seems that I can't assign a council job to my character in the common/characters file not matter what I try, even if my life depended on it. I have a certain character X whom I want to have the position of court physician at a certain bookmark start date, but the change doesn't stick. The position remains vacant when I start a game.

This is in fact a simplification of my problem. I'm having trouble with several character entries in this file, as my attempts to assign jobs and other changes to them simply don't work as intended, and half of times end up causing other, random effects instead.

I remove the line "add_spouse" to make a character unmarried, and he continues to be married to the same spouse!

I add the line "give_job_title" to assign a job to a character, and he continues to be jobless!

This is so confusing. I have no idea why this is happening. I can even delete the entire characters folder and nothing will change in the game, as if the game was reading a different folder altogether. However I don't see how this makes sense since I'm using a mod and not the base game, and besides, I can mod other folders and files normally, only this one I can't.

 

[Whizzer]

It sounds like your mod isn't being loaded. You may want to check the path in the .mod file, to ensure it matches the mod's folder. Is this a submod to another mod? You'll have to add the other mod as a dependency in your .mod file. Still doesn't work? Upload your files here.

 

[es157]

But the mod is working perfectly fine, except that it doesn't seem to apply my changes.

How do I open a MOD file? Is it an audio file or am I crazy?

 

[Whizzer]

It's just text, so you can open it with any text editor.

 

[es157]

Ugh, Ok, this is very very confusing, but I'm slowly getting to narrow down the problem. Please bear with me. I'm a total noob when it comes to modding CK2.

I realised that I can mod the character files in theory. I managed to remove the spouse of a character as a matter of testing. However, I can't assign a job as court physician to another character. I don't know why. Sure it's something to do with wrong scope or conflicting assignments?

See, this is the entry I want to change. How do I give this character the position of court physician for his employer 2059?

10074 = {
name="Luwin" # Maester Luwin
properties="0k00i"

martial = 4
diplomacy = 9
intrigue = 5
stewardship = 9
learning = 8

religion="the_seven"
culture="crownlander"

add_trait="humble"
add_trait="scholarly_theologian"
add_trait="celibate"
add_trait="content"
add_trait="maester"
add_trait="diligent"
add_trait="patient"
add_trait="honest"
add_trait="just"

8247.1.1 = {
birth="8247.1.1"
effect = {
dynasty = none
set_immune_to_pruning = yes
}
}
8272.1.1 = {
employer=59
effect = {
set_character_flag = serving_with_lord
k_north = {
holder_scope = {
ROOT = { move_character = PREV }
}
}
}
}
8299.1.1 = { employer=2059 }
8299.2.11 = {
effect = {
e_north = {
holder_scope = {
ROOT = { move_character = PREV }
}
}
}
}
8299.6.29 = {
death = {
# Killed by Ramsey Snow/Bolton
death_reason = death_battle
killer = 2087
}
}
}

 

[Whizzer]

effect = { give_minor_title = title_court_physician } should do the trick, if he's in the right court beforehand. The game will likely ensure he can actually hold that title.

 

[es157]

It's not a minor title. Not sure about vanilla, but in this mod it is job_physician (a major council position).

The line give_job_title doesn't work for him. I can't find why.

 

[Whizzer]

effect = { give_job_title = job_physician } should work, but the game likely enforces the requirements before handing out the title.