Adjusting how fast generals age?

[GonderFan]

I'm loving 3.2 (+mos), but note that aging is pretty slow. It looks to be a 12-month/turn cycle for a general to age up. I enjoy establishing family lines, and that's very difficult with such slow aging in the game so I'm trying to tweak it.

I did some research and went into the game files (detailed below). My changes have managed to make it so that seasons go Summer-Summer-Summer-Winter (repeat). And that every four turns the game year goes up. But now NO ONE is aging. Years and seasons go by as planned, but even after 12 turns, no age increase, much less after the expected 4 turns.

I'm not sure what I did wrong. Any help would be appreciated!!!

Location of changes: data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/

I made two changes:

(1) descr_strat;

I set "timescale 0.25"

(2) campaign_script, I edited down to:


"monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal ; set the season for each month
if I_CompareCounter month == 1 ;January
console_command season summer
end_if

if I_CompareCounter month == 2 ;February
console_command season summer
end_if

if I_CompareCounter month == 3 ;March
console_command season summer
end_if

if I_CompareCounter month == 4 ;April
console_command season winter
end_if


inc_counter month 1 ;advance the month
if I_CompareCounter month == 5 ;start a new year
set_counter month 1
end_if
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType slave
and I_CompareCounter month < 4
console_command season summer
end_monitor

[GonderFan]

Okay, so I think I've solved the issue. I'll just post my finding for anyone that may stumble upon this post in the future through google or forum searching.


Age and appear to be completely disparate. So adjusting the "timescale" changes how fast the calendar years change i.e. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, but do not directly impact aging at all.


Rather, aging appears to occur when a season changes. Seems like it's the Winter-> Summer that causes people to age up. My issue was resolved by removing the final part of the script:


monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType slave
and I_CompareCounter month < 4
console_command season summer
end_monitor


Which I initially modified by changing the "12" to a "4". It seems as though the goal here is allowing multiple winters without causing years to go by. Which would be important in 3.2's 12 month calendar year. Removing that portion of the script causes aging to occur normally under four seasons.


I suppose a side trick here would be that modifying that last portion of the script would also allow people to disable aging entirely.


Anyways, hope this helps someone in the future.

[Withwnar]

For the record, vanilla TATW has 4 turns per year as you have done. You could have just used its season script and timescale.

[Lord Baal]

And now you have elves and dwarves with human lifespans...

[GonderFan]

And now you have elves and dwarves with human lifespans...

Eh. I usually play as Eriador -> Arnor anyways. So it's unlikely any of them (elf, dwarves, or otherwise) are making it to old age anyways. Once I seat as high king it's time to reclaim all that which is rightfully mine.