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is the Lau Keung sequence, somewhat altered from that which you wrote up.

The 'final' two events that need to be written are that for the warlord post becomming inherited and that for Lau Keung taking over the country and establishing a new Dynasty.



Code:
event = {
	id = 
	random = no
	country = u37
	trigger = { flag = Lau_chou }
	name = The Last Warlord"
	desc = "Since his rise to power, Lau Chou has fought to bring peace and order to the state, but his long life has finally ended. Without his presence and military control, some fear that the court will not be able to maintain control, but many of the Confucian ministers argue against this policy and favor letting the power of Lau Chou disperse into their hands. Which policy should we favor?"
	date = { day = 17 month = july year = 1446 }

	action_a = {
		name = "Elevate the son to replace the father"
		command = { type = wakeleader which = 41508 }
		command = { type = stability value = 1 }
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "The age of the warlords is past"
		command = { type = stability value = -2 }
		command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 12 value = 1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 24 value = 1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 90 value = 1 }
		command = { type = clrflag which = Lau_chou }
		command = { type = setflag which = Lau_Keung }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 
	random = yes
	country = u37
	trigger = { 
		flag = Lau_Keung
		owned = { province = 1556 data = -1 }
	}
	name = "Lau Keung's Rebellion"
	desc = "Following the death of Lau Chou and the decline of the Lau family's prestige, Lau Keung began to agitate against the Imperial court in the west. The court, believing that the time of petty rebellions from local warlords had past, was slow to react, giving the rebels the advantage early on."
	date = { year = 1447 }
	offset = 300
	deathdate = { year = 1449 }

	action_a = {
		name = "We were right to not trust the Lau family"
		command = { type = desertion which = 1556 value = 30000 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 1556 value = 20 }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 
	random = no
	country = u38
	trigger = { 
		event = 
		NOT = { war = { country = u38 country = u37 } }
		NOT = { vassal = { country = u38 country = u37 } }
	}
	name = "Unrest in Guizhou"
	desc = "Despite a decade and a half of peace, the situation in the Song court is deteriorating once more as local warlords agitate for greater power. In Guizhou, Lau Keung, the son of the great Lau Chou, is gathering support to challenge the Song emperor. Perhaps we should approach this man and offer our support?"
	date = { year = 1447 }
	offset = 120
	deathdate = { year = 1450 }

	action_a = {
		name = "There will never be a better chance"
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = cash value = -50 }
		command = { type = relation which = u37 value = -200 }
		command = { type = trigger which =  }
		command = { type = badboy value = 2 }
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "Let us no interfere"
		command = { type = relation which = u37 value = 10 }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 
	random = no
	country = u37
	name = "The Western Rebellion Grows"
	desc = "Nanzhao has begun to interfere in our affairs and has been sending its army and supplies to the aid of the rebellion under Lau Keung!"

	action_a = {
		name = "They will pay"
		command = { type = casusbelli which = u38 value = 120 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1566 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1566 }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 
	random = no
	country = u37
	trigger = {
		flag = Lau_Keung
		OR = {
			control = { province = 1556 data = REB }
			control = { province = 1566 data = REB }
			control = { province = 1555 data = REB }
		}
	}
	name = "
	desc = "The inability of the Imperial court to respond to the local crisis emboldened Lau Keung, and after marching into the city of Guizhou, he publicly denounced the divinity of the Emperor. Unfortunately for the court, this move was greeted with enthusiasm from the hundred surnames who tired of rebellions and war."
	date = { year = 1448 }
	offset = 100
	deathdate = { year = 1455 }

	action_a = {
		name = "Instate Lau Keung to his father's post"
		command = { type = setflag which = Lau_chou } #this is effectively the flag for the 'inherited commander' event
		command = { type = DIP which = -1 value = 120 }
		command = { type = MIL which = 1 value = 120 }
		command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 1556 value = -20 }
		command = { type = wakeleader which = 41508 }
		command = { type = centralization value = -2 }
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "Rally the remaining loyal lords"
		command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1555 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1566 }
	}
}


event = {
	id = 643035
	random = no
	country = u37
	trigger = {
		event = 643031
		stability = 2
		NOT = { control = { province = 1555 data = REB } }
		NOT = { control = { province = 1556 data = REB } }
		NOT = { control = { province = 1566 data = REB } }
		NOT = { control = { province = 658 data = REB } }
	}
	name = "Lau keung is Hanged"
	desc = "With the rebellious Lau Keung captured and his army dispersed, the traitor is hanged, his lands taken by the Emperor and his family dishonoured."
	date = { year = 1450 }
	offset = 30
	deathdate = { year = 1470 }

	action_a = {
		name = "Excellent"
		command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
		command = { type = provincetax which = 1556 value = 1 }
		command = { type = DIP which = 1 value = 60 }
		command = { type = MIL which = 1 value = 60 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 12 value = -1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 24 value = -1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 90 value = -1 }
		command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 1556 value = -20 }
		command = { type = clrflag which = Lau_keung }
	}
}
 
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In the restoration event, you have:

date = { day = 12 month = june year = 1563 }

Zhou Zong arrives in 1463.

The Song will have explorers come the end of this period, and that is certainly something to look forward to.

Yes, definitely. I'm hoping Don_Q will put something together for Srivijaya also, since Song's natural target is Indonesia, the Phillipines, and Australia.

As for Lau Keung, after he gets support for Nanzhao I was thinking of making an event where he converts to Islam as an act of defiance. His rebellion, in that case, would lead to a new nation not just a new dynasty. If the player goes along with the Lau's from the beginning, then it would lead to the "shogun" style government.

As you have it here, there's still an option to put Keung in Chou's place AFTER he denounces the Song Emperor; this should be too late. He's committed treason, and not just the raising arms type, so at this point there's no choice but how to deal with him after the war is over.

Also,

The Collapse of the Song Empire

Generally speaking, though we use the word "Emperor" as the translation of Huangdi (皇帝), the word "Empire" is not so commonly used, especially when Tianxia is not unified. It might be better to say "court" or "dynasty" instead of "Empire"; these are from chao2 (朝), which is the word used in Chinese to refer to the various dynasties of China.
 
OK to all.

The Song will also be heading for California ... that is certainly where most players will send their explorer (if they have half a brain ...).
 
The Song will also be heading for California ... that is certainly where most players will send their explorer (if they have half a brain ...).

Well, okay, but the Wei are likely to already be there (not to mention Korea, if they get an explorer in time). The Wei dynasty starts out smaller and weaker than any of its neighbors (Song, Ming, Korea) and should get the headstart on exploration. Therefore, the Song might do better to look south for open pastures.
 
siafu said:
Well, okay, but the Wei are likely to already be there (not to mention Korea, if they get an explorer in time). The Wei dynasty starts out smaller and weaker than any of its neighbors (Song, Ming, Korea) and should get the headstart on exploration. Therefore, the Song might do better to look south for open pastures.


Ah, OK, if you have the Wei going there, that's cool. Now I remember that that's where I sent the Koreans already. I meant that one of the Chinas needs to head for the Inca region.
 
Rhodz said:
I'd like for Korea to try for Alaska/Oregon, but mostly focusing on Amur basin, Kamchatka etc.

Wei is free to go for California, and Song for Inca regions. What do ya reckon?

I suppose that works. I still think that Song should stay a bit closer to home with the phillipines and Australia, but somebody needs to go to the Incas, I guess.
 
I personally feel that the Alaska region is nonesense. It shouldn't even be in the game. It ought to be terra incognita. It's very poor in Interregnum, as it should be in terms of what societies of this tech level could have really extracted from the region. So sending anyone north of Oregan is not viable for the ai.

The ai isn't very brilliant at colonizing, in general. It has no attrition, so its explorers can often do better than the player's as long as they are sent carefully to the correct regions. But they need to be carefully focussed on the valuable sites. In order to match players (especially a solo player) we have to taget them on places like California, where the pickin's are easy and they can be expected to get there before the Europeans.

The Inca region has some valuable property too, including a CoT (as a side note, we need a CoT by event if one of the Asian nations dominates Peru but the CoT has disappeared as only European nations can get the computer-generated ones.)
 
It is true that the ai isn't very good at colonisation beyond the carribean and eastern coast of the americas, when it comes to the pacific powers it could be a good idea to modify travel times over the pacific similiar to agceep, it wouldn't be any work at all as no provinces would be added, In fact you could just copy the agceep, watcha all think? It might make the ai better at colonisation (or not...)
 
Don_Quigleone said:
It is true that the ai isn't very good at colonisation beyond the carribean and eastern coast of the americas, when it comes to the pacific powers it could be a good idea to modify travel times over the pacific similiar to agceep, it wouldn't be any work at all as no provinces would be added, In fact you could just copy the agceep, watcha all think? It might make the ai better at colonisation (or not...)


I didn't know you could do that. I'll investigate how, as it is an excellent idea. I can't copy and paste, because the province.csv is so very different from that of AGCEEP.
 
I have added some events to the Lau keung cycle.

If Rebels control 2 of the three western provinces, Lau Keung has created a new country/dynasty which is u18, Lau Dynasty, released by event from the Song. To not overextend this, we can simply make it that after Lau Keung's death, this state collapses, with 15565 going to nanzhao and the rest to Song.

If Rebels or u18 capture 658 (Song capital) then istead Lau Keung deposes the Song and establishes the Lau dynasty over the Song. We can also have this end following his death, with Zhao Zong creating trouble throughout his time and reestablishing the Song in 1472. Or not, maybe the Lau continue, using the same line as we would have for the Lau 'shoguns'.
 
All they did was change movement times between certain ocean provinces, I'm not sure how they did it, but they did, you could just try using their province .csv and just overwrite all their land entries with interregnums.
 
If Rebels control 2 of the three western provinces, Lau Keung has created a new country/dynasty which is u18, Lau Dynasty, released by event from the Song. To not overextend this, we can simply make it that after Lau Keung's death, this state collapses, with 15565 going to nanzhao and the rest to Song.

Lau Keung should establish the Hui Dynasty; no first emperor ever named their dynasty after their own surname. Since he's going muslim, he would make it the Hui, Islam/Islamic, dynasty.

And by 15565, do you mean 1556 Guizhou? That would make sense.
 
siafu said:
Lau Keung should establish the Hui Dynasty; no first emperor ever named their dynasty after their own surname. Since he's going muslim, he would make it the Hui, Islam/Islamic, dynasty.

And by 15565, do you mean 1556 Guizhou? That would make sense.

Yep 1556, just a typo.

OK.
 
siafu said:
So, the first five Song emperors for the game are:
D A M Reign
Jun Zong 4 3 2 1410-1423
Ding Zong 4 5 3 1423-1430
Gao Zong 7 6 3 1430-1463
Zhou Zong 6 6 4 1463-1471
Fu Zong 5 7 5 1471-1481

Once Fu Zong is murdered, you either get Zhao Hui, or Zhou An as regent for Zhao Fan. So for Zhao Hui, the next few are:

Fo Zu 6 7 8 1481-1500 (Zhao Hui)
Jing Zong 6 7 6 1500-1509
Jin Zong 7 5 6 1509-1528
Chan Zong 5 6 6 1528-1550

For Zhao Fan, the few are:
Zhou An 7 8 4 1481-1496 (Regency)
De Zong 7 9 5 1496-1529 (Zhao Fan)
He Zong 7 5 2 1529-1550
Lue Zong 5 3 3 1550-1552


I don't want to plan out any more just yet as I'm still working on the events that lead up to this; I've already revised what I came up with originally like five times, so I'm going to leave these particular details for later.

The period of 1495ish-1525 should be relatively calm, a minor golden age of development, and coincident with the technological revolution that starts in Wei involving a tech group change.


Can you explain what's happening here with the later monarchs? Who is Fo Zu and why is Zhao Hui's name in brackets after? If Zhou An is a regent forZhao Fan, when does Zhao Fan come of age and take over?
 
Can you explain what's happening here with the later monarchs? Who is Fo Zu and why is Zhao Hui's name in brackets after? If Zhou An is a regent forZhao Fan, when does Zhao Fan come of age and take over?

Zhao Fan and Zhao Hui are the personal names of the people who rule as De Zong and Fo Zu respectively. When the Emperor takes the throne, his personal name is never used-- it even becomes taboo to use the characters for his generation and personal names altogether. Later emperors would change their names to use very obscure characters with the same pronunciation when they acceeded so that the more common characters could still be used by court officials, writers, etc.

So, to spell it out: Zhao Fan is De Zong (virtuous/glorious ancestor) and he comes of age and takes over in 1496. Zhao Hui is Fo Zu (Forefather Buddha) and he takes the throne in 1481 if the player chooses to support him.

Sorry about the confusion.
 
Could we make Lau's dynasty the Wu? I have a flag/shield set for that ... :cool:
 
Here is the current full version of the Lau Keung cycle. Note that although he is a bad general, his stats as a monarch are OK, particularly he has a DIP of 8, because his main skill is to gather loyal people to him and command others, just not on the battlefield.

Code:
#####################
#
#  Lau Keung Cycle
#
#####################

event = {
	id = 643031
	random = yes
	country = u37
	trigger = { 
		flag = Lau_Keung
		owned = { province = 1556 data = -1 }
	}
	name = "Lau Keung's Rebellion"
	desc = "Following the death of Lau Chou and the decline of the Lau family's prestige, Lau Keung began to agitate against the Imperial court in the west. The court, believing that the time of petty rebellions from local warlords had past, was slow to react, giving the rebels the advantage early on."
	date = { year = 1447 }
	offset = 300
	deathdate = { year = 1449 }

	action_a = {
		name = "We were right to not trust the Lau family"
		command = { type = desertion which = 1556 value = 30000 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 1556 value = 20 }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 643032
	random = no
	country = u38
	trigger = { 
		event = 643031
		NOT = { war = { country = u38 country = u37 } }
		NOT = { vassal = { country = u38 country = u37 } }
	}
	name = "Unrest in Guizhou"
	desc = "Despite a decade and a half of peace, the situation in the Song court is deteriorating once more as local warlords agitate for greater power. In Guizhou, Lau Keung, the son of the great Lau Chou, is gathering support to challenge the Song emperor. Perhaps we should approach this man and offer our support?"
	date = { year = 1447 }
	offset = 120
	deathdate = { year = 1450 }

	action_a = {
		name = "There will never be a better chance"
		command = { type = desertion which = -1 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = cash value = -50 }
		command = { type = relation which = u37 value = -200 }
		command = { type = trigger which = 643033 }
		command = { type = badboy value = 2 }
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "Let us no interfere"
		command = { type = relation which = u37 value = 10 }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 643033
	random = no
	country = u37
	name = "The Western Rebellion Grows"
	desc = "Nanzhao has begun to interfere in our affairs and has been sending its army and supplies to the aid of the rebellion under Lau Keung!"

	action_a = {
		name = "They will pay"
		command = { type = casusbelli which = u38 value = 120 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1566 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1566 }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 643034
	random = no
	country = u37
	trigger = {
		flag = Lau_Keung
		OR = {
			control = { province = 1556 data = REB }
			control = { province = 1566 data = REB }
			control = { province = 1555 data = REB }
		}
	}
	name = "Lau Keung Heads East"
	desc = "The inability of the Imperial court to respond to the local crisis emboldened Lau Keung, and after marching into the city of Guizhou, he publicly denounced the divinity of the Emperor. Unfortunately for the court, this move was greeted with enthusiasm from the hundred surnames who tired of rebellions and war."
	date = { year = 1448 }
	offset = 100
	deathdate = { year = 1462 }

	action_a = {
		name = "Rally the remaining loyal lords"
		command = { type = domestic which = aristocracy value = 1 }
		command = { type = domestic which = quality value = -1 }
		command = { type = domestic which = offensive value = -1 }
		command = { type = INF which = -1 value = 9000 }
		command = { type = CAV which = -3 value = 1000 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1556 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1555 }
		command = { type = revolt which = 1566 }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 643035
	random = no
	country = u37
	trigger = {
		flag = Lau_Keung
		event = 643031
		stability = 2
		NOT = { control = { province = 1555 data = REB } }
		NOT = { control = { province = 1556 data = REB } }
		NOT = { control = { province = 1566 data = REB } }
		NOT = { control = { province = 658 data = REB } }
		NOT = { event = 643036 }
		NOT = { event = 643038 }
	}
	name = "Lau keung is Hanged"
	desc = "With the rebellious Lau Keung captured and his army dispersed, the traitor is hanged, his lands taken by the Emperor and his family dishonoured."
	date = { year = 1450 }
	offset = 30
	deathdate = { year = 1462 }

	action_a = {
		name = "Excellent"
		command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
		command = { type = provincetax which = 1556 value = 1 }
		command = { type = DIP which = 1 value = 60 }
		command = { type = MIL which = 1 value = 60 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 12 value = -1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 24 value = -1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 90 value = -1 }
		command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 1556 value = -20 }
		command = { type = clrflag which = Lau_keung }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 643036
	random = no
	country = u37
	trigger = {
		flag = Lau_Keung
		control = { province = 1556 data = REB }
		OR = {
			control = { province = 1566 data = REB }
			control = { province = 1555 data = REB }
		}
		NOT = { control = { province = 658 data = REB } }
		NOT = { event = 643035 }
		NOT = { event = 643038 }
	}
	name = "Lau Keung's Independence"
	desc = "Declaring himself to be the chosen of heaven, Lau Keung has established a dynasty in the western provinces. While we cannot possibly recognize him as our equal, this may earn us some small respite from his rebellion,"
	date = { year = 1450 }
	offset = 30
	deathdate = { year = 1462 }

	action_a = {
		name = "We shall refer to him as the western dog"
		command = { type = independence which = u18 } #Wu Dynasty
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 12 value = -1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 24 value = -1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 90 value = -1 }
		command = { type = clrflag which = Lau_keung }
		command = { type = trigger which = 643037 }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 643038
	random = no
	country = u18
	name = "AI_Event"
	desc = "OK"
	
	action_a = {
		name = "OK"
		command = { type = breakvassal which = u37 }
		command = { type = religion which = sunni }
		command = { type = relation which = u37 value = -400 }
		command = { type = INF which = -2 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = CAV which = -2 value = 10000 }
		command = { type = cash value = 200 }
		command = { type = diplomats value = 1 }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 643039
	random = no
	country = u37
	trigger = {
		flag = Lau_Keung
		NOT = { exists = u18 }
		OR = {
			control = { province = 658 data = REB }
			AND = {
				control = { province = 1556 data = REB }
				OR = {
					AND = {
						control = { province = 657 data = REB }
						control = { province = 659 data = REB }
					}
					AND = {
						control = { province = 657 data = REB }
						control = { province = 661 data = REB }
					}
					AND = {
						control = { province = 661 data = REB }
						control = { province = 659 data = REB }
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	name = "Lau Keung Victorious"
	desc = "The Song have failed heaven. Lau Keung now marches victorious into the sacred gardens of the capital and has proclaimed himself emperor."
	date = { year = 1450 }
	offset = 30
	deathdate = { year = 1463 }

	action_a = {
		name = "Hail the new emperor"
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 12 value = 3 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 24 value = 1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 36 value = 1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 48 value = 1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 120 value = 1 }
		command = { type = stability value = 3 }
		command = { type = domestic which = offensive value = 1 }
		command = { type = domestic which = land value = 1 }
		command = { type = domestic which = quality value = 1 }
		command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = 1 }
		command = { type = wakemonarch which = 43506 }
		command = { type = sleepmonarch which = 43505 }
		command = { type = flagname which = Lau }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 643040
	random = no
	country = u37
	trigger = { 
		event = 643039
		NOT = { event = 643041 }
	}
	name = "The Death of Lau Keung"
	desc = "The false emperor has been deposed upon his death. Having no male heirs is surely proof that the gods did not intend him to rule, and his image shall be expunged from every surface upon which he arrogantly carved it. Fu Zong has returned in glory to the throne!"
	date = { day = 24 month = september year = 1472 }
	
	action_a = {
		name = "The heavens are pleased"
		command = { type = wakemonarch which = 43505 }
		command = { type = stability value = 1 }
		command = { type = revoltrisk which = 60 value = -1 }
		command = { type = domestic which = land value = -1 }
		command = { type = domestic which = centralization value = -1 }
		command = { type = domestic which = offensive value = -1 }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 643041
	random = no
	country = u18
	trigger = { NOT = { event = 643040 } } #just in case ...
	name = "AI_Event"
	desc = "OK"
	date = { day = 23 month = september year = 1472 }
	
	action_a = {
		name = "OK"
		command = { type = secedeprovince which = u38 value = 1556 }
		command = { type = trigger which = 643042 }
	}
}

event = {
	id = 643042
	random = no
	country = u37
	name = "Lau Keung is Dead"
	desc = "The traitor Lau Keung has died and his petty kingdom has collapsed! The Western governor has marched unopposed into Hunan and Wenshan provinces, but Nanzhao has claimed our former province of Guizhou and the governor seeks the advice of the emperor on how to proceed."
	
	action_a = {
		name = "Let us have peace in the west for now"
		command = { type = inherit which = u18 }
	}
	action_b = {
		name = "These hui will not have Guizhou"
		command = { type = inherit which = u18 }
		command = { type = casusbelli which = u38 value = 6 }
		command = { type = war which = u38 }
	}
}