Hidden traits

[~Seleukos.I.Nikator~]

Hey there!

I've been playing 1-turn campaign with Macedon (RS 2.6) and after approximately 30 turns I noticed that the cost of all buildings had suspiciously increased. The base cost remained the same, but instead of getting bonuses from traits such as hard_worker, draughtsman, intelligent, superior_builder, etc., the effect was entirely reversed and I was receiving some penalties. First I though it's got to be a bug, started browsing the forum but to no avail. The strange thing was that at the beginning of the campaign everything was normal and then gradually it became all messed up. I checked thus export_descr_character_traits but still the effects of all the traits mentioned above looked as they should. After that, however, I stumbled upon these lines

Trait Expansion_Control_Trait
Characters family
Hidden
NoGoingBackLevel 6
AntiTraits Expansion_Control_Anti_Trait

Level Too_Much_Money
Description Too_Much_Money_desc
EffectsDescription Too_Much_Money_effects_desc
Threshold 4

Effect Construction -5

Level Too_Much_Money2
Description Too_Much_Money2_desc
EffectsDescription Too_Much_Money2_effects_desc
Threshold 8

Effect Construction -10

Level Too_Much_Money3
Description Too_Much_Money3_desc
EffectsDescription Too_Much_Money3_effects_desc
Threshold 12

Effect Construction -15

Level Too_Much_Money4
Description Too_Much_Money4_desc
EffectsDescription Too_Much_Money4_effects_desc
Threshold 16

Effect Construction -20

Level Too_Much_Money5
Description Too_Much_Money5_desc
EffectsDescription Too_Much_Money5_effects_desc
Threshold 20

Effect Construction -30

Trait Variable_Cost_Trait
Characters family
Hidden
NoGoingBackLevel 6
AntiTraits Variable_Cost_Anti_Trait

Level Too_Much_Money
Description Too_Much_Money_desc
EffectsDescription Too_Much_Money_effects_desc
Threshold 4

Effect Construction -10
Effect TrainingUnits -10

Level Too_Much_Money2
Description Too_Much_Money2_desc
EffectsDescription Too_Much_Money2_effects_desc
Threshold 8

Effect Construction -20
Effect TrainingUnits -20

Level Too_Much_Money3
Description Too_Much_Money3_desc
EffectsDescription Too_Much_Money3_effects_desc
Threshold 12

Effect Construction -30
Effect TrainingUnits -30

Level Too_Much_Money4
Description Too_Much_Money4_desc
EffectsDescription Too_Much_Money4_effects_desc
Threshold 16

Effect Construction -40
Effect TrainingUnits -40

Level Too_Much_Money5
Description Too_Much_Money5_desc
EffectsDescription Too_Much_Money5_effects_desc
Threshold 20

Effect Construction -50
Effect TrainingUnits -50

It looks to me like there are some hidden traits out there that get triggered once you become richer and more powerful.

That's I guess the reason why building has become more expensive in my campaign, even though at the first sight there is no reasonable explanation for it.

I've found, though, very little information concerning these hidden traits. Does anybody know something more about them?

How exactly these traits work and what triggers them?

[Alavaria]

Just look below at the bottom of the same text file you were looking at:

Trigger Money_Control_Macedonia
    WhenToTest CharacterTurnEnd

    Condition EndedInSettlement
          and FactionType macedon
;          and not FactionIsLocal
;          and I_TurnNumber < 200
          and I_NumberOfSettlements macedon > 12
          and Trait Expansion_Control_Trait < 3

    Affects Expansion_Control_Trait  1  Chance  100



Trigger Money_Control2_Macedonia
    WhenToTest CharacterTurnEnd

    Condition EndedInSettlement
          and FactionType macedon
;          and not FactionIsLocal
;          and I_TurnNumber > 200
          and I_NumberOfSettlements macedon > 15
          and Trait Expansion_Control_Trait > 2
          and Trait Expansion_Control_Trait < 5

    Affects Expansion_Control_Trait  1  Chance  100

If you're macedon and have more than 12 settlements... it goes up to 3.
More than 15, it goes up to 5.

[ur-Lord Tedric]

It's just inflation.

[Alavaria]

Basically you can cure the "inflation" by taking your governor out of the settlement, queuing up the buildings, and then putting him back in.

Governors do increase the taxes settlements pay, so it's nice. Just remember they're apparently unable to sign building permits effectively.