Removing core buildings

[Hellvard]

Can I remove core_castle_building tree entirely from edb file? I think I saw a mod with only one settlement type but I don't remember how it was achieved. Will game work without it or is it hardcoded?

[paleologos]

It is possible.
You need to find the file that describes the initial sore buildings at the start of the campaign and replace castles with cities.
And you need to remove the castle lines from the EDB and the convert-to-castle lines.

[Hellvard]

Great to hear that And settlement level is hardcoded to only 6 I assume?

[paleologos]

I think so.

[Iron Aquilifer]

I remember reading that you need core_castle core_city, port, an castle_port chains in the EDB. It is just that you don’t need to use both in-game (as in “cancel out” conversion)


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[Hellvard]

Oh you're right, I have read about it quite a time ago and I forgot this

[QuintusSertorius]

If you want to "remove" them, as in make them stop appearing, give them a fictitious event_counter. Doesn't matter what it is, as long as it's never going to be fulfilled. It'll never appear in a building roster as an option, and you don't have to break the game trying to remove the required buildings either.

[Gigantus]

The EDB needs to have the 4 core building trees present. If you use\enable all of them is another thing altogether. You will need to use at least one wall tree for the game to work.

descr_settlement_db has a setting that disables display of the 'castle' entries in the building browser - if you plan to use only settlements then set it to false: <show_building_browser_castles bool="true"/>

[Hellvard]

Thanks And another question: If I recall correctly, in RTW when city reached next level, we had to build administration buildings first, only then we could upgrade city walls. I wonder if it's possible to achive in M2?

[QuintusSertorius]

Thanks And another question: If I recall correctly, in RTW when city reached next level, we had to build administration buildings first, only then we could upgrade city walls. I wonder if it's possible to achive in M2?

Easy, though you'll need a lot of lines in your upgrade paths, since it will be one per faction; unless they all use the same administration buildings.

[Titus le Chmakus]

Thanks And another question: If I recall correctly, in RTW when city reached next level, we had to build administration buildings first, only then we could upgrade city walls. I wonder if it's possible to achive in M2?

?? Are you sure of that ? I don't remember it ...

Anyway it does not matter, you just have to put a condition in your EDB line.

building core_building
{
    levels wooden_pallisade wooden_wall stone_wall large_stone_wall huge_stone_wall 
    {
        wooden_pallisade city requires factions { portugal, normans, turks, timurids, denmark, aztecs, hre, mongols, scotland, venice, france, egypt, milan, england, spain, papal_states, poland, hungary, russia, byzantium, moors, sicily, saxons, slave, }
        {
            capability
            {
                wall_level 0
                tower_level 1
                free_upkeep bonus 2
                recruitment_slots 1
            }
            material wooden
            construction  2 
            cost  600 
            settlement_min village
            upgrades
            {
                wooden_wall
            }
        }
        wooden_wall city requires factions { portugal, normans, turks, timurids, denmark, aztecs, hre, mongols, scotland, venice, france, egypt, milan, england, spain, papal_states, poland, hungary, russia, byzantium, moors, sicily, saxons, slave, }  and building_present_min_level taverns brothel
        {
            capability
            {
                wall_level 1
                gate_strength 1
                tower_level 1
                free_upkeep bonus 3
                recruitment_slots 1
            }
            material wooden
            construction  4 
            cost  1200 
            settlement_min town
            upgrades
            {
                stone_wall
            }
        }
        stone_wall city requires factions { portugal, normans, turks, timurids, denmark, aztecs, hre, mongols, scotland, venice, france, egypt, milan, england, spain, papal_states, poland, hungary, russia, byzantium, moors, sicily, saxons, slave, } and building_present_min_level taverns inn
        {
            capability
            {
                wall_level 2
                tower_level 1
                gate_strength 1
                gate_defences 2
                free_upkeep bonus 4
                recruitment_slots 1
            }
            material stone
            construction  8 
            cost  2400 
            settlement_min large_town
            upgrades
            {
                large_stone_wall
            }
        }
        large_stone_wall city requires factions { portugal, normans, turks, timurids, denmark, aztecs, hre, mongols, scotland, venice, france, egypt, milan, england, spain, papal_states, poland, hungary, russia, byzantium, moors, sicily, saxons, slave, }  and building_present_min_level taverns tavern
        {
            capability
            {
                wall_level 3
                tower_level 1
                gate_strength 2
                gate_defences 2
                free_upkeep bonus 5
                recruitment_slots 1
            }
            material stone
            construction  12 
            cost  4800 
            settlement_min city
            upgrades
            {
                huge_stone_wall
            }
        }
        huge_stone_wall city requires factions { portugal, normans, turks, timurids, denmark, aztecs, hre, mongols, scotland, venice, france, egypt, milan, england, spain, papal_states, poland, hungary, russia, byzantium, moors, sicily, saxons, slave, } and building_present_min_level taverns coaching_house
        {
            capability
            {
                wall_level 4
                tower_level 1
                gate_strength 2
                gate_defences 2
                free_upkeep bonus 6
                recruitment_slots 1
            }
            material stone
            construction  15
            cost  9600 
            settlement_min large_city
            upgrades
            {
            }
        }
    }
    plugins 
    {
    }
}

Of course, its a joke (though I like taverns as administration building ), you have to replace the taverns by the building you want, but it has to be the tree name + building name in :

and building_present_min_level taverns brothel 

This would avoid using tons of building slots as Quintus said ... But you could still be able to name that administration building by culture. Or maybe you could use the city_hall tree ?

[QuintusSertorius]

I wasn't talking about using lots of building slots, but upgrade lines. But that was based on the assumption different factions/cultures might be using different administration buildings (as is the case in EBII, where every faction has it's own administration tree). That obviously doesn't apply to mods that use the same buildings for everyone.

[Titus le Chmakus]

Yeah well as in EB2 ok, it is very complicated, but in most mods, a 9 lines building tree is more than enough