Making dead family members

[Boz]

I think that this have already been said, but I can't find it, so here it goes;

I want to make that the leader of a faction have a brother and that the brother is the heir. Appart from making de brother a son of leader, is there someway to making a dead father? I think some mods have it.

[Hannibal Smith]

Easiest way is just with a campaign script. Add something like

script
Kill.txt

to your descr_strat.txt
Then in a text file in your campaign dir add

campaign_wait 5
console_command kill_character "Acaeus of_Mycenae"
end_script

The min you start your campaign the character will die and whoever was next in the descr_strat will be leader.

[Boz]

Thank you very much, Hannibal. It has worked perfectly.

[HouseOfHam]

Isn't there a way to mark them as dead in descr_strat.txt?

[Hannibal Smith]

Causes a CTD when you look at the family tree. Gotta use a script

[DaVinci]

Camp script example for this item

Extra file:

script

dismiss_advice
advance_advice_thread Instruct_Script_Startup

;************************************
; kill dead members of family trees *
;************************************

;Sicily
console_command kill_character "Tancredi"

;France
console_command kill_character "R0bert Capet"
console_command kill_character "Henri Capet"

;Hungary
console_command kill_character "Vazul Arpad"
console_command kill_character "Andras Arpad"
console_command kill_character "Bela Arpad"

;Poland
console_command kill_character "Kazimierz Piast"

;Aragon
console_command kill_character "Ramiro Navarra"

;Castille
console_command kill_character "Fernando Navarra"

;Byzantium
console_command kill_character "Romanos"

;HRE
console_command kill_character "'Heinrich"

end_script

Now you need to add at the end of descr_strat the following code:

script
chivalry_startup_script.txt

... while the bold code must be the file name of the camp script located in the campaignfolder besides descr_strat.

The result or purpose is that you'll see these characters as dead dynasty founders at the top of the family tree at the start of the game.

Requirements:
- Characters must be coded in the respective factions in descr_strat as usual like other characters (coordinates)
- Must be married, means, must have a coded woman in the family tree
- Must be coded proper in the family tree either as father of the leader or father of the women who are married to the leader and heir and other starting characters.

[Kylan271]

Is it not easier to send the Father on a suicide mission? The scripting is informative nether the less. I did not know this could be done?