How do you create new custom characters?

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I haven't been playing for long, so I'd really appreciate if someone would tell me if you can create custom characters, and if so, how,

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

I haven't been playing for long, so I'd really appreciate if someone would tell me if you can create custom characters, and if so, how,

To create a custom courtier in the 1066 scenario, you must first create a new dynastie

Ad a new dynastie to the crusader kings/db/dynasties.txt

dynasty = {
id = { type = 12 id = 4444444 }
name = "Kenanis Family"
province = { }
}

Then open the file: 1066_scenario_characters.inc with Noteapad and copy an existing character

like f.e. the first one in the file

character = {
id = { type = 10 id = 98 }
name = "Edgar"
gender = male
dynasty = { type = 12 id =100072 }
country = ENGL
religion = catholic
culture = Saxon
birthdate = { year = 944 month = january day = 1 }
deathdate = { year = 975 month = january day = 1 }
dna = "38304760410973"
attributes = {
martial = 2
diplomacy = 10
intrigue = 10
stewardship = 8
health = 7
fertility = 5
}
traits = {
kinslayer = yes
heretic = yes
illness = yes
leper = yes
hunchback = yes
clubfooted = yes
intestinal_worm = yes
lisp = yes
stutter = yes
harelip = yes
bastard = yes
grey_eminence = yes
war_invalid = yes
excommunicated = yes
}
}

Then past this character at the bottom of the file and edit him to your own liking, give him a new character ID, a high number should suffice, give him a new name

character = {
id = { type = 10 id = 44444444 }
name = "Kenani"
gender = male
dynasty = { type = 12 id = 4444444 }
country = GERM
religion = catholic
culture = German
birthdate = { year = 1044 month = january day = 1 }
dna = "38304760410973"
attributes = {
martial = 12
diplomacy = 15
intrigue = 10
stewardship = 18
health = 7
fertility = 5
}
traits = {
grey_eminence = yes

}
}

You now have created a character/courtier who starts in the court of the king of Germany and whose name is Kenari Kenari's Family and who is born in 1044.

 

[unmerged(54733)]

How do you get to the place where you do it? AND I don't want to do 1066!

 

[Veldmaarschalk]

How do you get to the place where you do it? AND I don't want to do 1066!

Dynasties are added in the following file, with the default setup that should be:

Paradox Entertainment/Crusader Kings/DB/dynasties.txt

Open this file with Wordpad and ad a dynastie. Dynasties are not scenario related so it doesn't matter if you character is to be created in 1066, 1187 or 1335.


Characters are added in the following file, with the default setup that should be:

Paradox Entertainment/Crusader Kings/Scenario/1066_scenario_characters.inc or
Paradox Entertainment/Crusader Kings/Scenario/1187_scenario_characters.inc or
Paradox Entertainment/Crusader Kings/Scenario/1335_scenario_characters.inc

Open these files with wordpad to and remember to save them as .inc file and not as .txt files.

Adding a character to another scenario is the same for every scenario, you didn't tell in which scenario you wanted a character added so I choose the 1066 scenario.