Field training doesnt work?

[defendurname]

Hey ive got a few young people and when they graduate from military education in a castle i can send them off to field training. According to the handbook i need to have them beside a high stat general but NOT in the army for the person to gain stats but my young son doesnt get any stats? He gets stats for fighting battles but none for simply hanging around my general...is this normal? My general has 10 command, 8 chivalry, 10 loyalty and 6 piety...surely SOME of that should rub off on the son shouldnt it?

[Aszrayel]

There is a % chance(albeit small) they will learn something each turn...it isn't guaranteed. The most I've had someone learn from another general (had everything maxed except piety which there was 2 missing) was a +1 to one of these. Personally I think that the higher the stats of the general compared to those of the general learning then there should be a greater chance but believe this has to do with coding (mainly the crappy coding from CA from rushing the game out and hardcoded stuff?).

[Darviathar]

I concluded this after repeated attempts at field training during a long game. I just ignore field training now. 26 is too long to wait to really use your general anyhow, given that they usually get the "middle aged" trait by then.

[Aszrayel]

Have you tried editing the desc_campaign_db file? In this file you can change when people "come of age", how long they live, the latest they can marry, etc. in the "family tree" part of it. Here is what it looks like by default:

<family_tree>
<max_age uint="120"/>
<max_age_for_marriage_for_male uint="50"/>
<max_age_for_marriage_for_female uint="40"/>
<max_age_before_death uint="121"/>
<max_age_of_child uint="10"/>
<old_age uint="30"/>
<age_of_manhood uint="16"/>
<daughters_age_of_consent uint="14"/>
<daughters_retirement_age uint="45"/>
<age_difference_min int="-10"/>
<age_difference_max int="30"/>
<parent_to_child_min_age_diff uint="12"/>
<min_adoption_age uint="20"/>
<max_adoption_age uint="30"/>
<max_age_for_conception uint="50"/>
<age_of_manhood_close uint="14"/>
<max_number_of_children uint="4"/>
</family_tree>

Here is what I edited mine to look like:

<max_age uint="90"/>
<max_age_for_marriage_for_male uint="50"/>
<max_age_for_marriage_for_female uint="40"/>
<max_age_before_death uint="91"/>
<max_age_of_child uint="10"/>
<old_age uint="50"/>
<age_of_manhood uint="12"/>
<daughters_age_of_consent uint="12"/>
<daughters_retirement_age uint="45"/>
<age_difference_min int="-10"/>
<age_difference_max int="10"/>
<parent_to_child_min_age_diff uint="12"/>
<min_adoption_age uint="12"/>
<max_adoption_age uint="25"/>
<max_age_for_conception uint="60"/>
<age_of_manhood_close uint="12"/>
<max_number_of_children uint="4"/>

Do not though change the last line past 4. I believe any number past 4 people have experienced CTDs.

[Exalion]

Aw. No more than 4 kids? I found that to be kinda bogus. One of my best generals is highly fertile and has a fertile wife, yet because I adopted two guys, I only got two girls from him. How lame!

Guess I'll stop adopting so many people. XD.

Anyways, yeah. The whole 'coming of age at 16, then spending 4 years learning how to govern or be a general' was kinda lame. Glad I know how to make up for it now! Thanks Aszrayel.

[missu]

you can set
<max_number_of_children uint="4"/>
to a higher number without ctd, the only problem is that the additional kids don't show up in the family tree...

[King Yngvar]

<age_difference_min int="-10"/>
<age_difference_max int="10"/>

Now what does these mean?

And this?

<max_age_of_child uint="10"/>