Playing as pagans

[Kazmir]

Is there a way to mod the pagans and Muslims as playable these days? I doubt the old mod I downloaded before DV works anymore.

Any suggestions? Or should I just pick the easy way and "convert" them to Christianity?


EDIT: On a second thought, this should have gone to the modding section. o My bad.

 

[kadvael56]

I do not know a way of modding the game to play pagans but you can edit the save file, it is tedious but possible. For example to play as the chief of Canarias I added

C848 = { 
        gender = male 
        type = county 
        dna = "30341417634418" 
        title = { C848 } 
        }

in the save file and every time I reload I have to put it again (and change to add/remove new conquests/losses with the tags from the province_names.csv and world_names.csv). I also had to make my ruler catholic to create the title duke of Marrakech, I saved after that made him pagan again and reloaded. And that is what I put in my save file after that:

MARR = { 
        gender = male 
        type = duchy 
        dna = "30341417634418" 
        title = { MARR C848 C843 C844 C845 C846 C847 } 
        }

Otherwise you could try what is suggested in this thread.

 

[Zoston]

I do not know a way of modding the game to play pagans but you can edit the save file, it is tedious but possible. For example to play as the chief of Canarias I added

C848 = { 
        gender = male 
        type = county 
        dna = "30341417634418" 
        title = { C848 } 
        }

in the save file and every time I reload I have to put it again (and change to add/remove new conquests/losses with the tags from the province_names.csv and world_names.csv). I also had to make my ruler catholic to create the title duke of Marrakech, I saved after that made him pagan again and reloaded. And that is what I put in my save file after that:

MARR = { 
        gender = male 
        type = duchy 
        dna = "30341417634418" 
        title = { MARR C848 C843 C844 C845 C846 C847 } 
        }

Otherwise you could try what is suggested in this thread.

It is over a year ago so don't hate me if I'm wrong, but I used this method to play an Italian merchant republic for over a hundred years (AI Venice had somehow managed to conquer Genoa and formed Italy, and I thought it was really cool so switched nations for a bit) and discovered that you don't need to add/remove new conquests/losses, this bit is only for the loading screen and once you load the game it works fine regardless of whether it's up-to-date. So, all you need to do is add the original tag to the savefile every time and you're good to go.

 

[kadvael56]

you don't need to add/remove new conquests/losses, this bit is only for the loading screen and once you load the game it works fine regardless of whether it's up-to-date. So, all you need to do is add the original tag to the savefile every time and you're good to go.

Yes I found that later, the only thing is that you have to change it when your primary title changes (from example when it changed from C848 to MARR).

 

[Seething Clay]

Save editing has been the easiest way for me. What you need to know is that:

Beginning:
*Start CK
*Begin game as random country
*Save
*Exit
*Edit preferred character to Christian
*Start CK
*Load game as preferred character
*Exit
*Edit preferred character to Pagan
*Start CK
*Load game without needing to select a country

Loading saves:
*Save game while Pagan
*Exit
*Edit preferred character to Christian
*Start CK
*Load game as random country
*Save
*Load game as preferred character
*Exit
*Edit preferred character to Pagan
*Start CK
*Load game without needing to select a country

That's how I do it anyway.

 

[LlywelynII]

The insert country line at the top of the save file is the easiest way - the DNA and titles don't need to be accurate: ... dna = "12345678901234" titles = { PAPA C333 } should work fine.

For Seething's way, I'm confused. If you're taking advantage of the autoload, isn't it easier to just save the game as a pagan ... and just load the save? On 1.05ip2 anyway, when I save the game as a Muslim, it sets the Muslims as clickable for that save file.