Updated link in first post of the thread. Now as informtion on what modes the events will work in (historic, random, cheat). Historic was derived by all event #'s currently listed in the file. Random is only partially verified (by observing random events in game) also looking at the random events file. Cheat codes are semi-verifed. They need to be reverified again from start to finish.
Basic FAQ:
*if there is any error in the historic events file no further events are processed.
*always test your new events to be sure they are working (so you dont break the rest of the file with a badly formated event)
*if you see the last trait description (specialty field) repeated twice it means that the next event after the one listed had an error. (example while testing I put 'event 1' in the specialty field of a new event. when the traits are displayed I see a list of expected traits from my events but when I see '...event1 & event1', and I know only one event1 was put into the file so the next event had an error. (this will not make sense unless you know a good deal about the events file already).
*the events file with the IGC seems to have an error somewhere in the file. If you put new events at the end they will not get loaded.
*always test your events by putting them at the very top of the events file. After testing you can move them anywhere you like.
*Not all events listed in the table work with the historic events engine, only the event specifically with 'Y' in the hist. events column will work.
*the time of the event is 0 based. meaning the first year of a monarchs reign is month 0-11. (january=0). all dates in the game are 0 based...silly C++ programmers
* time for all events is based on when the monarch comes into power (in months).
* if no monarch is specified for a time period then a 'default/non-historical' monarch is used in game. No clue how to get events to work without an entry in the monarch.<Cid> file. Just research/make-up and add a monarch if you need events for that time period.
* backup your monarch & historic events file before you make any changes.
* be very careful about those silly ';' chars in the middle of an historic event. Generally search for event number you are looking to add, copy/paste it and modify it for your new event.
* always test your changes by seeing the event pop-up ingame when the new leader comes into power. My current method is to test the events with a known monarch who I change to come into power in 1493. Start game. Zip to 1493 and verify that all the expected events are listed in the traits box (use the 'eventX' format for testing where X is the event number) then carefully change into final form once you are sure the event works currently.
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* example adding events
1) Describe the event you would like to put in-game.
(for MOG)
1658 - Aurangzib rebels, deposes his father, and comes out triumphant in a competition for the succession between his brothers. This would probably rate low on the rebellion scale.
2)describe generally what you want to do to simulate this event
(dont expect alot of revolts, but the abrupt change of power would probably lower stabilty a good bit.)
Lower stab by 4 points (bad government - to reflect the coup that deposes father)
+3 revolt (obscurism) early and late 1658
2 revolt events to guarantee at least a couple rebellions.
3) Locate the monarch in the monarch.<Cid> file You need to know the name, start and stop dates and also the Monarch ID
Aurangzeb Alamgir (1658-1708), id 1735
1658-Months 0-11
4)write and test events
1735;0;41;;;;;;Government Coup;;Aurangzeb Alamgir;Bad Gov;MOG
1735;0;15;;;;;;Religious Unrest;;Aurangzeb Alamgir;Obscurism;MOG
1735;1;41;;;;;;Civil War;;Aurangzeb Alamgir;Bad Gov;MOG
1735;3;41;;;;;;Civil War;;Aurangzeb Alamgir;Bad Gov;MOG
1735;4;1;;;;;;Civil War;;Aurangzeb Alamgir;Revolt;MOG
1735;5;41;;;;;;Civil War;;Aurangzeb Alamgir;Bad Gov;MOG
1735;6;15;;;;;;Religious Unrest;;Aurangzeb Alamgir;Obscurism;MOG
1735;10;1;;;;;;Civil War;;Aurangzeb Alamgir;Revolt;MOG
If all these events are good you should see the following traits displayed:
Government Coup,Religious Unrest, Civil War,Civil War,Civil War,Civil War,Religious Unrest & Civil War
If you would prefer to not tell the player what is going to happen
simply remove the 'Specialty field' text. You can remove the text if you have many repeat events as well. Personally the above event descriptions would scare me if I was playing that country.
ErrantOne
