How do I create a new monarch folder?

[Demetrios]

Hey all,

I am wanting to create a scenario where the game starts with Aragon vassalized to Spain (the two weren't techinically united in 1492, only through the personal union of Fernando/Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabel/Isabella of Castilla). However, there is no monarch file for ARG that I can find so I can create the monarchs for Aragon. Is it possible to create a new .mon file, and if so, how do I go about doing so?

 

[unmerged(1700)]

You can create a new monarch file from scratch although you can't use ARG as an extension. You have to burrow one unused tag like KAL(Kalmar Union). Then create monarchs.kal and leaders.kal and change the included file(.inc) in order to give your country a couple of provinces and you are set.

 

[Demetrios]

That's cool, but is there a tag that isn't used in the IGC? I don't want to take one of those out in order to put Aragon in.

 

[unmerged(1700)]

Well you don't have to worry about that since you can't play IGC and your scenario at the same time. You see the IGCconfig tool overwrites a lot of files when you choose the options, so if you change the igc.inc you risk overwriting you own creation.

What I would suggest is that you create an IGC scenario with the desired parameters, then you copy and rename the file and chnage it at your own discretion.

 

[Doomdark]

Actually there is no problem with just adding monarch and leader files ending with .ARG since ARG exists as a possible revolter in the IGC as well as the GC. The IGC config tool will not care. Neither should there be a problem adding Aragon to 1492_IGC.inc as long as you take care not to interfere with the config stuff there. Once it is there, Aragon should even be selectable as a playable nation in IGCConfig.

 

[Demetrios]

Yeah, I've already modified the IGC (see my Burgundy/Hungary/Prussia post) with no ill effects, as long as I modified things correctly and didn't forget to close my parentheses or duplicate an ID tag. I just made sure not to mess with all those lovely # marks all over the place. Plus, I've been playing with the same configuration ever since I modified, only changing the player nation.

Thanks for the advice; I've just created my .ARG monarch file (it only has Ferdinand in it right now). By the way, does anyone have the ratings for Felipe I from the original GC? Now that I have Aragon seperate, he will reappear as the King of Castilla/Spain.

 

[Demetrios]

I've got pretty much everything set up for Aragon now, but there's one problem: at the start of the game, Aragon's relations with everyone in the game is +0, even with Spain, who is tied in every way imaginable with Aragon and whose relation rating should probably be in the +190s. How do I change the relations of Aragon to make the scenario more believable?

 

[BiB]

Diplomacy matrix ?

Couldn't find Felipe I anywhere. Bit weird. He was lightly above average IIRC, bit like Felipe II.

 

[Demetrios]

OK, I've found that file. The numbers in it go form -10 to 10. Do these represent groups of 10? If I wanted to start ARG with a +190 relationship with SPA (I'll just copy the Spanish ratings for all the other countries), what number would I put in there?

 

[BiB]

Trial and error works best. Check a starting relation and see what the matrix says.

 

[unmerged(1689)]

Originally posted by Demetrios
I've got pretty much everything set up for Aragon now, but there's one problem: at the start of the game, Aragon's relations with everyone in the game is +0, even with Spain, who is tied in every way imaginable with Aragon and whose relation rating should probably be in the +190s. How do I change the relations of Aragon to make the scenario more believable?

Actually, you can customize the relations level for countries right in the .inc. Every country has a section like this:
diplomacy = {
}
To set relations from the start of the scenario, make it look like this: diplomacy = {
relation = { tag = SPA value = 190.000000 }
relation = { tag = TRI value = -100.000000 }
}
and so on for ARA, adding as many countries as you wish, each with their own relation line, from -200 to 200. You have to make sure that SPA and TRI (in this example) have the same level in their diplomacy section, but with the first country: diplomacy = {
relation = { tag = ARA value = 190.000000 }
}
for Spain, another for TRI at -100, etc. This only sets the starting relation, and it will change from there normally. This is useful for small numbers of relation changes, or when you don't want to risk screwing up the diplomatic matrix....

 

[BiB]

Exactly, u coudl look at a later .inc to see how it's done, like the 1617 one.