How to find the Traits/Ancillaries:
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1. Use Patch File Manager and open up patch.pack (be careful about this file, it is essential to Empire)
2. Expand patch.pack
3. Expand db
4. Look into all the files that begin with either ancillary/ancillaries or trait.
5. These do not specify the in game name of the trait/ancillary, only what the trait/ancillary is stored as in the pack.
6. If you edit the traits/ancillaries here in the DB, then you must edit the corresponding trait in the localisation by the same name and the startpos for every character that had the trait for them to receive the proper effect.



How to Edit Traits/Ancillaries for Startpos
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1) Get esf editor and open the target startpos.

2) Expand this way...

startpos\campaign_startpos\campaign_env\campaign_model\world\faction_array\faction_array\faction\character_array\character_array\character\character_details

3) To change/add/remove a trait, add a trait under TRAITS

4) To change/add/remove an ancillary, add an ancillary under agentancillary

5) Now this is key. If you have a added a trait that affects MANAGEMENT
then you must go to agentattributes.

6) On the 5th agentattributes change the number to whatever you need to. By default, a minister has 2 (3 stars) and so if the minister has the honest attribute, then this int value is 3 (4 stars).

Star System:
-1 is no star in that attribute
0 is 1 star
1 is 2 star
etc.

List of agentattributes:
command_land
command_sea
duelling_pistols
duelling_swords
management
subterfuge
research
zeal
land_defense
land_siege_engineering
morale_land
morale_sea
movement_points_land
trade