How to create a new family member or general

[Seleukos]

First you need to copy a members information to get started.

character	Aristarchus, named character, heir, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 40, , x 241, y 53 
traits Aesthetic 2, GoodAdministrator 2, Intelligent 3, Embezzler 1
ancillaries exotic_slave, biographer
army
unit		greek general's guard cavalry early				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

Go into the names.txt file in the main data folder. Pick a name that goes with the faction and place it in the 'character __________, named character' part. I choose Tigranes.

It should now look like this:

character	Tigranes, named character, heir, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 40, , x 241, y 53 
traits Aesthetic 2, GoodAdministrator 2, Intelligent 3, Embezzler 1
ancillaries exotic_slave, biographer
army
unit		greek general's guard cavalry early				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

Move the character off the tile the origional is on.

subterfuge 0, age 40, , x 241, y 53

Change that to:

subterfuge 0, age 40, , x 241, y 54

You can move him to where you want him afterwards.

Now go down to this section:

character_record		Cleitos, 	male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 14, alive, never_a_leader
character_record		Gyras, 	male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 9, alive, never_a_leader
character_record		Kassandros, 	male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 4, alive, never_a_leader
character_record		Zeuxis, 	male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 10, alive, never_a_leader
character_record		Alkmena, 	female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 58, alive, never_a_leader
character_record		Aspasia, 	female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 30, alive, never_a_leader
character_record		Parthenope, 	female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 28, alive, never_a_leader
character_record		Athena, 	female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 24, alive, never_a_leader
character_record		Dione, 	female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 24, alive, never_a_leader
character_record		Helike, 	female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 8, alive, never_a_leader
character_record		Orthia, 	female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 2, alive, never_a_leader

relative 	Antiochus, 	Alkmena,		Aristarchus,	Alexander,	Demetrius,	Dione,	end
relative 	Aristarchus, 	Aspasia,		Cleitos,	Zeuxis,	end
relative 	Alexander, 	Parthenope,		Gyras,	Helike,	end
relative 	Demetrius, 	Athena,		Kassandros,	Orthia,	end

Make a new relative line and place Tigranes at the head of the line.

relative 	Tigranes, 	end

Go back to the names file and choose a female name not already used and make a new character record for her. I choose Sophia. Give here an appropriate age according to her to be husband. 39 would suit.

character_record		Sophia, 	female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 39, alive, never_a_leader

Now place her after her husband.

relative 	Tigranes, 	Sophia,        end

Now you may want to have them have a son and daughter. Follow the same directions for the wife. Make sure the son is not over the age of 16 or you may have to make a new character for him. Make sure the relative list goes from oldest to youngest.

To add another simple general, copy and paste one, go to names.txt and find a suitable name that has not been used. Make sure to change the coordinates respectfully.

Enjoy! :original:

[Gaius Iulius Casar]

K I understand that but I have another question . How is possible to add a daughter in the family tree so that he is married with a man that didnt have the same name as the others ?
for example : I want to add a daughter named Marcia as the 4th child of the Juliiīs . (Leader Flavius) Ok it works ) Now i want that this daughter is married with a general named Caius_Julius Caesar.
(I add the names in the descr_names , Names , names _lookup correctly). I add the general into the descr_strat and is working. but when i type the relative line i got always an err_message.
When i try to type in so : relative Marcia, Caius_Julius Caesar, end , he gives me the error that he could not find a character record for Marcia (Ok I think because he Think then Marcia is male and a male charcter named marcia didnt existing) but when i try to put in so :relative Caius_Julius Caesar, Marcia, end i got the error message in this line (1433) that is this new relative line with couldnt find spouse Marcia. (I didnt get a CTD but in the family tree Marcia (4th child of the Leader) is not married with Caius. How can i get this to solve ?
Or How is possible to put in the Caius_Julius Caesar as a adopt child of Flavius. Because i Try it also but it not works. In the family tree Caius_Julius Caesar appears with the Name Caius_Julius Julius ??

[Seleukos]

relative Caius_Julius Caesar, Marcia, end

That is how it should look. Make sure there is no semi-colon and the male should be first. I would always assign them a daughter or son of their own aswell.

[Gaius Iulius Casar]

Nope it doesnt works . here is the file so that i put it in

character_record Amulius Julius, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 13, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Manius Julius, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 10, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Decius Julius, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 7, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Marcus Julius, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 3, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Gaius_Julius Caesar, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 0, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Faustina, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 48, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Poppaea, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 29, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Alypia, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 29, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Claudia, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 28, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Marcia, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 26, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Fadia, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 13, alive, never_a_leader




relative Flavius Julius, Faustina, Lucius Julius, Quintus Julius, Vibius Julius, Marcia, end
relative Lucius Julius, Poppaea, Fadia, Decius Julius, Marcus Julius, end
relative Quintus Julius, Alypia, Amulius Julius, end
relative Vibius Julius, Claudia, Manius Julius, end
relative Caius_Julius Caesar, Marcia, Gaius_Julius Caesar, end

But i get the error :
Script error in Descr_strat.txt at line 1436 , column 39 . Couldnīt find spouse Marcia

This line is the relative line that i put it in so as you say. So plz Help

[Seleukos]

character_record Gaius_Julius Caesar, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 0, alive, never_a_leader

I dont think you can have any family member at age of 0.

[Gaius Iulius Casar]

That works . I tried that with Marcus Julius I change the age from 3 to 0 and it works thats not the failure. It must be something but I dont know what he means with spouse

[Gaius Iulius Casar]

You give also CWN support for this error in the descr_strat tutorial thread but (read post 9-12) cwn didnt say how he solve it (or not)

[caligula_41]

I did it perfect...the game runs but when i try to launch rome it goes back to my desk top(rome is where i did the extra char-)all the other factions work but it will not run Rome,whys this.I checked 5 times to make sure everything was in the right place....can u help?

[caligula_41]

i used my name as a test...this is what it looks like...whats wrong?

character Chris Porter, named character, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 25, , x 102, y 69
traits PoliticsSkill 2, GoodAdministrator 2, MathematicsSkill 1
ancillaries merchant
army
unit roman generals guard cavalry early exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman velite exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman velite exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

character_record Chris Porter, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 25, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Amulius Coruncanius, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 25, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Manius Aemilius, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 10, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Decius Laevinus, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 7, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Marcus Laevinus, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 3, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Faustina, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 48, alive, never_a_leader
character_record Poppaea, female, command 0, influence 0, management 0,

[Malrubius]

Nope it doesnt works . here is the file so that i put it in



But i get the error :
Script error in Descr_strat.txt at line 1436 , column 39 . Couldnīt find spouse Marcia

This line is the relative line that i put it in so as you say. So plz Help

How old is Vibius Julius? Marcia is 26, so he must be older than that. Also, where's her husband?

Which line, exactly, is 1436?
"Script error in Descr_strat.txt at line 1436 , column 39 . Couldnīt find spouse Marcia".


For adult males you have here:

character_record Amulius Coruncanius, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 25, alive, never_a_leader

You actually set them up on the map, don't list them with the women and children. Like so:

character	Amulius Coruncanius, named character, heir, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 25, , x 241, y 53 
traits Aesthetic 2, GoodAdministrator 2, Intelligent 3, Embezzler 1

Caius_Julius Caesar needs to be on the map like this, too, since he's Marcia's husband and presumably older than 15.

[Gaius Iulius Casar]

How old is Vibius Julius? Marcia is 26, so he must be older than that. Also, where's her husband?

Which line, exactly, is 1436?
"Script error in Descr_strat.txt at line 1436 , column 39 . Couldnīt find spouse Marcia".


For adult males you have here:

Code:

character_record Amulius Coruncanius, male, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 25, alive, never_a_leader

You actually set them up on the map, don't list them with the women and children. Like so:

Code:

character Amulius Coruncanius, named character, heir, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 25, , x 241, y 53
traits Aesthetic 2, GoodAdministrator 2, Intelligent 3, Embezzler 1

Caius_Julius Caesar needs to be on the map like this, too, since he's Marcia's husband and presumably older than 15.

So Malrubius Vibius Julius is 28 and older than Marcia so thats correct

For Adult males is never a character record line in the descr_strat file. Thats also the failure of Caligula . he must delete the character record line for his general
than works because a mature men (general or gouverneur always can be a leader)
Also Caligula make sure you put names and surnames correctly added in the other names files ????

Because it must works the only thing that didnt functioning is that the new general dont appear in the family tree.
That the problem that i have at the time

@malrubius

The line 1436 is my new added relative line this one :

relative Caius_Julius Caesar, Marcia, Gaius_Julius Caesar, end

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[Malrubius]

You need to add Caius like so:

character Caius_Julius Caesar, named character, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 25, , x 240, y 53

So he'll be on the map.

[Mirage]

ok does this only work with a certain version of RTW? I searched for all files with the name "names" in it in the RTW folder, checked them all, and they all just contained lists of names, nothing like what you posted. Any help appreciated! thanks!

[caligula_41]

ok Gaius Casar i get it bout the never can be a leader...ok what other file besides the descr_strat file and the name text do i need to add my new char- name at?

[Dr Fox]

@ caligula_41 well there are two files in the data folder descr_names and descr_names_lookup and then the names.txt file in the text folder in the data folder

@mirage the parts of the file posted are in the descr_strat file in data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign if you scroll down to the end of each of the factions you will find the parts of the file which are like the parts posted

[Mirage]

First of all, thank you Dr. Fox. I did as directed, but the general did not appear on the map. do you have to start a new campaign for the changes to the file to take affect? all of the generals in the file were not on the map, and vice versa. I feel like an idiot lol. Thank you!

[Dr Fox]

yeh you have to start a new campaign as the descr_start is only read at the beginning of each campaign

[Mirage]

Thank you again! sry, but another question. Is it safe to make all the kids have 10 command and all so that when they come of age they'll be 10 star'd too, and if so, would those kid's kid's be good commanders right away as well? thanks!

[Gaius Iulius Casar]

The line is added Malrubius plz read the posts above. The error is still there. but is not working. the only solution that i know is to change all the julii family members into Caesar unstead Julius then it works .Its not a solution because you didnt have the julius family anymore . But I want to build a family tree with 2 different character names that have for example Julius and Caesar or Caesar and Marius .it must works because it can be also possible in the campaign when you play to have it but nobody can give me a answer of the question what he means with the error : #Couldnt find spouse Marcia ??
All the other "normally" failures that appears are checked out. I didnt forget anything in the other files i have a good support from dr fox . but he also didnt knows what this spouse error means
And that is the question to SELEUKOS because he write the tutorial so i think when somebody knows what that mean than he.

[Dr Fox]

I believe i solved your dilema gaius iulius caesar i was looking through old rtr files when i realised that they had different surnames for all of their people what they do is they dont give the factiuon leader a surname so the computer can find the spouse here is the code i used to get gaius_julius Caesar into the campaign

relative Flavius, Faustina, Poppaea, Alypia, Claudia, Marcella, end
relative Lucius Caesar, Poppaea, Gaius_Julius Caesar, Marcus Caesar, end
relative Quintus Julius, Alypia, Amulius Julius, Fadia, end
relative Vibius Julius, Claudia, Manius Julius, end