Are Admirals Bugged up?

[Steward Denethor II]

Long before I started going on these forums I noticed a strange bug, whenever my admirals would attack they would have 0 stars. But after the battle, they would get their stars back. Strange, I thought, but I never did anything about it, not knowing how. Recently, my cousin was doing a game on S.S. and his admiral got a Chivalrous Knight. I don't know if he noticed but even though his Admiral was a fine Officer, when the fleet attacked, the command star of the Admiral showed only one star, later, when the battle screen was not showing, 3 stars were displayed. I know he didn't get a trait from the battle. Does the auto resolve take into account the Traits even though their stars don't show? Or are admirals basically useless. I think changing Naval Command to simple command would fix the issue in the export_descr_character_traits file but I am no great modder so I could be wrong.

[Aeratus]

Does SS have admiral traits that lowers his command while attacking?

In Vanilla, for example, the "BadAttacker" trait lowers the general's command while attacking. The command would be lowered when the general initiates the battle, but would return to normal when he is out of combat. Similarly, there are traits that lower or increase command while defending.

[honguqia]

I have no idea what to make of this.

[Dr. Conquest]

I was thinking on the same lines as Aeratus, but he beat me to it. The effective number of command stars can change according to the circumstances, as dictated by some of the more dynamic traits a character has. Try attacking an army with a general who has the 'night fighter' trait. If you choose the option to fight at night he will temporarily gain another command star, but it will not still be there after the battle.

[Steward Denethor II]

​This is really weird. I know what you guys are talking about but it is not the case. The admiral has no traits that effect attack or defense. I could upload some screenshots for proof if you care at all. It just seems to me that Naval Command either has no effect or simply doesn't show, at least for me. But if I change Naval Command in the export_descr_character_traits file to just regular command then it should solve the bug for me.

Does no one else have that problem?

[YorkshireGamer]

Yup, probably just bad traits.