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Sergeant
Apr 23, 2004
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The Pope just stole the sole heir to the combined thrones of Iberia, and put him as a bishop in some remote godforsaken Bishopric in the north of the HRE. Eleven years old, and not even done with his education :(

Is there a way to get him back? I have the dutchies of Bordeaux, Sevilla and Palmyra in store for him...
 
Well, it is possible to edit him back, but it's a bit of work...

You'll need a text editor for the following:

1. Take a backup of the savefile, in case/for when you screw up :D
2. Find the nametag of the bishopric he is at. If it's a regular bishopric it's CXXX, where XXX is the province name. You can find the province id easiest by chacking the province_names.csv file in the config folder, or by using the showid console command.
3. Find your characters ID. A character definition looks like this:
Code:
character = { 
    id = { type = 10 id = 20070 } 
    dyn = 100043 
    tag = C043 
    name = "Maldoven" 
    date = "10300000" 
    gender = male 
    religion = catholic 
    culture = "scottish" 
    deathdate = "10890924" 
    score = { prestige = 176.285 piety = 242.500 } 
    attributes = { 
        martial = 7.000 
        diplomacy = 4.000 
        intrigue = 8.000 
        stewardship = 4.000 
        health = 8.000 
        fertility = 4.000 
        } 
    traits = { 
        merciful = yes 
        coward = yes 
        illness = yes 
        naive_wirepuller = yes 
        } 
    dna = "61808191456409" 
    }
The 'tag =' line is where he is located. The 'id = { }' line is the character ID. Not this one down, and change his 'tag =' back to your tag (the tag of your main title).
4. You'll need another character to replace him with. Find someone at your court that can be used instead (any crappy courtier will do). Note down his ID too, and set his 'tag =' to the tag of the bishopric.
5. Now you need to change the ruler of the bishopric. This is done in two steps. First you look for something like this:
Code:
title = { 
    tag = CXXX
    tier = county 
    liege = FRAN 
    holder = { character = { type = 4712 id = 160023 } startdate = { year = 1125 month = may day = 29 } } 
    claim = { id = { type = 4712 id = 187334 } character = { type = 4712 id = 82345 } } 
    }
Change the type/id for 'holder =' of CXXX from your heir to the new replacement guy. Then you should find the country definition, something like this:
Code:
country = { 
    tag = CXXX 
    lastpeace = { year = 1137 month = september day = 0 } 
    lastwar = { year = 0 month = january day = 0 } 
    badboy = 0.000 
    form_of_goverment = ecclestical 
    capital = 141 
    tier = county 
    ruler = { character = { type = 4712 id = 167185 } startdate = { year = 1129 month = july day = 26 } } 
    laws = { semisalic_primogeniture_law = yes traditional_custom_law = yes ecclesical_balance = yes } 
    warfare_dev_focus = 5 
    production_dev_focus = 20 
    culture_dev_focus = 28 
    scutage = 0.000 
    crown_duty = 0.550 
    census_tax = 0.450 
    tolls = 0.500 
    upkeep = 1.000 
    church = 0.500 
    controlledprovinces = { 141 } 
    }
Change the type/id of the 'ruler = { }' to your replacement.

Save, and try it if it loads (fingers crossed) :D

(moved to modding forum)