Family Tree - Noob Modder Questions

[Starkdude]

Hi, I'm new to modding so at the moment, I'm sticking to some of the easier stuff like editting names and family trees.

Is there a cap on the number of family members that a person can have? I was tinkering around with the Stark family tree trying to alter the ages of Bran and Rickon and add Arya and Sansa to the tree (yes I know they are both basically lost to the family in the novels - so to speak), but there seems to be alot of issue with having more than 4 children.

Is there some way to change that or is that a game limitation?

Also, what picture file is it that adds the ancilary pics? (It's probably in that giant manual link I just haven't gotten to it yet!!!) I'd like to add ancilary titles for ALL for of the locations (basing this off the .53 vanilla), but I was going to start with White Harbor, Torrhen's Square, and Deepwood Motte (Manderly, Tallhart, and Glover sigils), just to see how I do. I just haven't figured out where to load the graphics yet.

[Kiliç Alì]

1 - Four children is a game limitation,
2 - Ancillaries are defined in export_descr_ancillaries.txt and \text\descr_ancillaries.txt
3 - The pictures folder is data\ui\ancillaries. The files are .tga, so you'll need a specific software to print them (google GIMP, it is free). Bsically, the UI folder regards 2D arts, like ancillaries, portraits, event picture and stuff.

5 - for any modding question, it's better to ask in the Mod Workshop; it is full of people who can answer to you. here the link:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=272

I wish you good work

[Starkdude]

Well tested it out...that 4 person cap is annoying, but I was able to go in there create Sansa and then editted the ages of four kids to reflect the novel a little better (Robb, 15, Sansa, 12, Bran, 8, Rickon, 3). Interestingly enough I found a section that talked about letting me designate Bran as the heir even though he was underage, which I had previously thought to be not possible.

When I first swapped their ages, the game defaulted to have Jon Umber become the heir (still not sure why, since he doesn't have the 'heir' tag in the script), but I just changed Bran's script to 'current_heir' and I now have an 8 year old designated as heir.

Just to test it out and see how it would work if Robb was killed prematurely, I sent him on a personal mission to retake Riverrun from Tywin. Needless to say, Tywin gave him a Red Wedding welcome. I half-expected the game to CTD when Bran became ruler, but it worked and I now have a 9-year old boy king (no heir though).

Also, I shifted Luwin and Summer over to Rodrik Cassel, to compensate for Bran being under age. I'll work on making those transferable so they can be passed on when he grows up.

I'll post pics when I get the ancillaries working correctly.

Thanks again for the help, Kilic.