Downloads: Mentor Mod

Mentor Mod - created by fahrenheit

Current Version: 1.2

Note - For this to work your young general MUST not be a governerotherwise it will not work. Due to some errors, there is no increase in dread. This only works for family members, it wont work for priests or princecess's. This side mod is best played on atleast a 1 turn per year game or smaller (2 turns per year).
The whole purpose of this is to get a good kickoff start with your young generals. I was really tired of having a great general or chivalrous general grow to old to do campaign and have him waste all of his talent by dying. So now if you have a very old "great" general then if you wish you can pass on some of his attributes to a younger, more impressionable family member. Basically you keep a young general with a governer that has a high level
of a certain attribute (command, chiv, piety) and that young general will start to gain in whatever that governer has a high level of.

Gameplay hints: Always keep the general you want to pass on traits as the governer, otherwise it wont work.
When your family member comes of age, immedietly move him towards the settlement the governer is in. After a certain amount of time your general cant learn anything.
If your general has a good student or above, and he doesnt immedietly learn anything, dont worry. Some of these take time, and its not 100% certain he will get anything.

Version 1.2 Features:
Added the "intelligence" option for adopted and betrothed generals.
Tweaked the length that a general can learn any of the concepts.

Version 1.0 Features:
5 possible "intelligence" traits that any general gets when he comes of age, which include:
- Horrible Student
- Bad Student
- Mediocre Student
- Good Student
- Excellent Student
Each trait determines the chance of the general learning command, chivalry, and piety from the governer he is with.
A general can learn either command, chivalry, or piety concepts from the governer the general is with. Although he can only learn under certain conditions:
- The governer has atleast a level 4 in any of the categories
- The new general is in the settlement with the governer at the end of a turn
- The new general is anywhere from 16-23 years old (depending upon how many years per turn your game is)
- The general has atleast an intelligence trait better than Horrible Student. Obviously the better the student the higher chance he has to gain the concepts.
A general can gain two levels of each attribute (com,chiv,piety) either "Has a concept of" or "Has a good idea".
"Has a concept of" will award the general two stats for said attribute, while a good idea awards 5 stats.
The good idea is really good trait, but its harder to get and requires the such:
- The governer has atleast a level 8 in any of the attribute.
- The general already has a "concept of".
- The chances of getting the good idea decrease, a bad student has pretty much no chance of getting it.
- The time taken to learn it is longer, so until your general becomes 22 or 23 you should wait for it.

To Install:
Replace the mod files over your own. export_descr_character_traits, export_descr_VnVs_enums can be found in your data folder. export_VnVs can be found in your text folder, which is in your data folder.

****If you have the vanilla setup, you need to convert export_vnvs.txt.strings to a regular .txt file. I am sure you might need to setup your mod using the batch
file technique. Here are a few good places to learn how to do this:
http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=75229 - How to convert your .txt.strings to a regular .txt
http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Main_Page - A wiki where you can search anything concerning twcenter and modding****

If you have the vanilla 1.2 setup installed on your comp, you can replace the files (with the exception of export_vnvs.txt) right over your own. If you have a mod that changed these files, open up the Modders File folder and add the text manually to your mod.
If you dont know how to do that, you can either ask someone for help or hope the mod you have will incorperate it into the mod.

----===== Modder Note ====-----
This mod will work with just about any mod, as it adds traits and triggers instead of changing them. (With the exception of the Intelligence trait) But if you
wish to add this feature to your mod, it is free to use. Please credit/link me though.

Any errors, CTD's, or suggestions should be PMed to me at
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php
My account name is fahrenheit