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    Default Inherited surnames

    Okay, based on raziel_eire's findings on inherited surnames, here is my current code:

    Code:
    character_record		Robert_i Robertiens, 	male, age 78, dead 301, never_a_leader
    character_record		Be#atrix de_Vermandois, 	female, age 78, dead 293, never_a_leader
    character_record		Hugues_i Capet, 	male, age 74, dead 268, never_a_leader
    character_record		Hedwige de_Saxe, 	female, age 74, dead 259, never_a_leader
    character_record		Hugues_ii Capet, 	male, age 70, dead 228, past_leader
    character_record		Adelais de_Poitou, 	female, age 70, dead 220, never_a_leader
    character_record		Robert_ii Capet, 	male, age 66, dead 193, past_leader
    character_record		Constance_ii d_Arles, 	female, age 66, dead 192, never_a_leader
    character_record		Robert_a Capet, 	male, age 60, dead 148, never_a_leader
    character_record		Eudes_iii Capet, 	male, age 58, dead 165, never_a_leader
    character_record		Henri_i Capet, 	male, age 62, dead 164, past_leader
    character_record		Anne de_Kiev, 	female, age 62, dead 146, never_a_leader
    character_record		Philippe Capet, 	male, age 58, dead 116, past_leader
    character_record		Berthe de_Hollande, 	female, age 58, dead 131, never_a_leader
    character_record		Robert_b Capet, 	male, age 56, dead 161, never_a_leader
    character_record		Hugues Capet, 	male, age 54, dead 122, never_a_leader
    character_record		Constance_i, 	female, age 56, dead 98, never_a_leader
    character_record		Bohemond de_Tarente, 	male, age 59, dead 113, never_a_leader
    character_record		Henri_ii Capet, 	male, age 2, dead 141, never_a_leader
    character_record		Louis_vi Capet, 	male, age 54, dead 87, past_leader
    character_record		Ade#laide de_Maurienne, 	female, age 54, dead 70, never_a_leader
    character_record		Louis_vii Capet, 	male, age 50, dead 44, past_leader
    character_record		Alix_i de_Blois, 	female, age 50, dead 18, never_a_leader
    character_record		Pierre Capet, 	male, age 45, dead 41, never_a_leader
    character_record		Elisabeth de_Courtenay, 	female, age 45, dead 19, never_a_leader
    character_record		Pierre_ii Capet, 	male, age 43, dead 5, never_a_leader
    character_record		Constance, 	female, age 43, dead 47, never_a_leader
    character_record		Eustache de_Blois, 	male, age 22, dead 71, never_a_leader
    character_record		Philippe_i Capet, 	male, age 51, dead 93, past_leader
    character_record		Ingeborg, 	female, age 50, alive, never_a_leader
    character_record		Philippe_ii Capet, 	male, age 45, dead 1, past_leader
    character_record		Agne#s, 	female, age 43, dead 4, never_a_leader
    character_record		Marie, 	female, age 27, alive, never_a_leader
    character_record		Blanche de_Castille, 	female, age 36, alive, never_a_leader
    character_record		Louis_ix Capet, 	male, age 10, alive, current_heir
    
    relative 	Louis_viii Capet,	Blanche de_Castille,	Louis_ix Capet,	end
    relative 	Philippe_ii Capet,	Ingeborg,	Louis_viii Capet,	Marie,	end
    relative	Louis_vii Capet,	Alix_i de_Blois,	Philippe_ii Capet,	Agne#s,	end
    relative	Pierre Capet,	Elisabeth de_Courtenay,	Pierre_ii Capet,	end
    relative	Louis_vi Capet,	Ade#laide de_Maurienne,	Philippe_i Capet,	Louis_vii Capet,	Pierre Capet,	Constance,	end
    relative	Eustache de_Blois,	Constance Capet,	end
    relative	Henri de_Brabant,	Marie Capet,	end
    relative	Philippe Capet,	Berthe de_Hollande,	Constance_i,	Louis_vi Capet,	Henri_ii Capet,	end
    relative	Bohemond de_Tarente,	Constance_i Capet,	end
    relative	Henri_i Capet,	Anne de_Kiev,	Philippe Capet,	Robert_b Capet,	Hugues Capet,	end
    relative	Robert_ii Capet,	Constance_ii d_Arles,	Henri_i Capet,	Robert_a Capet,	Eudes_iii Capet,	end
    relative	Hugues_ii Capet,	Adelais de_Poitou,	Robert_ii Capet,	end
    relative	Hugues_i Capet,	Hedwige de_Saxe,	Hugues_ii Capet,	end
    relative	Robert_i Robertiens,	Be#atrix de_Vermandois,	Hugues_i Capet,	end
    Now, I have one simple question, but it is rather important - only the first two generations will have the Robertiens surname, and starting with Hugues Capet (the first Capetian king), I want the surname Capet. Because the Robertiens are sooooooo far back in the family tree, am I safe in assuming any new children will always be named Capet or whatever else I need their surname to be? Or will little Robertiens pop up everywhere post 1224?

    At the moment, omitted the past_leader on Hugues_ii Capet confirms his surname as Capet, and his predecessors as Robertiens (I won't label them as past leaders since they didn't use king in their title, and the game lists past leaders as former kings), and everyone else below is also a Capet.

    EDIT: And yes, this is a very large family tree. Going back to Robert 'le Fort'...although I probably can't have that label on him (or can I?).
    Last edited by Kaidonni; May 26, 2012 at 04:38 PM.

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    Default Re: Inherited surnames

    Surnames of new (unscripted) family tree are based directed on the parent's surname, so that shouldn't be a problem.
    One question however: the first names underneath contain special characters (non ASCII code), does the actual name display correctly?

    Be#atrix de_Vermandois
    Ade#laide de_Maurienne
    Agne#s










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    Default Re: Inherited surnames

    Thanks, it doesn't hurt to make sure. Don't want to go through all that work for nothing. I sort of binged on the top two generations of the tree last night just to see how the defined surnames worked, hoping I'd done it correctly.

    And about those three names - they do appear correctly in-game. They have an accented symbol (é in all three cases).
    Last edited by Kaidonni; May 27, 2012 at 04:23 AM.

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