BYZANTIUM (Politeia ton Rhomaion)

[Giorgios]

Is there an easy/simple way to change the titles of agents in the game for individual factions, or is this tricky? I seem to remember EB2 calls their Roman spies "exploratores" or somesuch, and on that basis I was going to try renaming Byzantine merchants "Kommerkarioi"- can it be done?

[Jurand of Cracow]

very easy - in expanded.txt change the line {EMT_BYZANTIUM_SPY}

post the file here so that I can change it as well.

I've included your description of Romaioi as well. use \n\n not \n\ (this produces error)

[Giorgios]

Great. I'm trying to get changed titles for the other agents too. Bishops should be "Episkopos".

[Lifthrasir]

Remember to delete the related .strings.bin file to let the game regenerate one updated with your changes

[Giorgios]

Will do! I assume any such changes won't be savegame compatible?

[Jurand of Cracow]

Will do! I assume any such changes won't be savegame compatible?

I think they should be.

[Lifthrasir]

Text changes are save game compatible

[paleologos]

So, I take it the "Spatharii tou Vasileos" are replaced by the Vestiaritai.
I notice certain troop types that were present in CBUR are not here.
I will certainly miss the javelin armed light cavalry.
The other thing that I believe should be there is a moderately barded heavy cavalry.
This roster takes the ERE army from unprotected horses directly to Kataphract ones.

Anyway, that's just my opinion,

[Lifthrasir]

You can not make upgrades on horses without using a slot for the unit in the EDU unfortunately.
For now, it stays that way. If we managed to get free slots unused in the future, we may consider that option

[kostic]

There is an alternative that I use in my sub-mod:
make an EDU for each period in which we attribute horses compatible with historical credibility.
However, this requires a little manipulation every period.

[Lifthrasir]

Are you using a .batch file?

[kostic]

I don't know what a .batch is ...

No, I do not use a .batch because I have no computer skills and work with DOS.
My method is very simple and it is explained here: KCC0.9.4

[Lifthrasir]

A .batch file allows you to do automatically what you do in your mod.
I don't like that kind of things because you need to exit the game, make the change and restart the game.

[Giorgios]

As promised... some useful Byzantine text for the next build!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

{town_hall_greek}House of the Krites
{town_hall_greek_desc}Though most peasants would consider the imperial authorities to be a royal pain in the backside, the reality is that without Rōmanía’s centralised administration, the empire would have fallen long ago. This building serves as the headquarters of the Krites, or local judge. From here, the local Praktika, the land taxation register, is administered. As a trained specialist in Roman law, the Krites is also responsible for ensuring the settlement and its hinterland is run with some sense of order, something even the peasants would begrudgingly admit they need.
{town_hall_greek_desc_short}The local Krites (judge) helps maintain law and order, as well as reducing squalor.

{council_chambers_greek}House of the Strategos
{council_chambers_greek_desc}As this town develops in military importance, it has become the headquarters of the local Strategos or general. The Strategos brings with him more money and military strength from Constantinople, to better enforce the decisions of the Krites and his local administrators like the epoptai who run the land register, and the hated dioiketai who collect taxes. A well oiled imperial civil service in this region also allows for more public works to improve health and sanisation.
{council_chambers_greek_desc_short}The local Strategos (general) helps to maintain law and order, as well as reducing squalor.

{city_hall_greek}Headquarters of the Doux
{city_hall_greek_desc}This town is blossoming into the major regional settlement, and has become the headquarters of the local Doux or Duke, a senior regional military commander who commands several Strategoi. Though its primary role is still to serve as a court of law and to collect tax, if it didn’t provide a home to the Empire’s various civil departments, the entire place would probably degenerate into fetid squalor.
{city_hall_greek_desc_short}The headquarters of the Doux does much to maintain law and order, as well as reduce urban squalor.

{mayors_palace_greek}Imperial Palace
{mayors_palace_greek_desc}An Imperial Palace represents the final frontier in terms of ensuring that the people of a great city don’t forget just who is in charge. This region has become so important that the Emperor has placed its administration under the control of a direct family member, who may bear the title Despot or Kaisar (Caesar). From the palace, the interests of Rōmanía can be directly maintained.
{mayors_palace_greek_desc_short}An Imperial Palace does wonders to help maintain law and order, and also reduces squalor considerably.

[6NUM]

can't wait to play the byzantines when the next version is out The new models look gorgeous!

SSHIP is such a nice mod, thank you all so much for your dedicated work!

[Jurand of Cracow]

Actually, Byzantium will see a few changes to the starting situation, eg. on resources:

; WALLACHIA - Severin_Provinceresource timber, 256, 168 ; supplied to the the City (also in Tarnovo, so rightly no trade there)
resource elephants, 274, 169 ; cattle by the nomads


; SOUTHER BULGARIA - Sredets_Province
resource iron, 241, 153 ; metals from the mountains
resource camels, 263, 150 ; honey from the woods


; NORHTERN BULGARIA - Tarnovo_Province
resource timber, 274, 158 ; supplied to the the City
resource furs, 255, 156 ; hides supplied to the the City


; THRACE - Adrianople_Province
resource marble, 261, 144 ; marble transported to the City
resource grain, 265, 141 ; Thracia was the main supplier of grain to the City
resource fish, 268, 137 ; fish in the Aegean


; CONSTANTINOPLE - Constantinople_Province
resource tin, 286, 141 ; other luxury good produced in the City (placed in Bosphorus)
resource tin, 286, 141
resource chocolate, 281, 144 ; glass industry around the city
resource textiles, 278, 145 ; brocage industry the City was famous for
resource textiles, 278, 145
resource silk, 276, 143 ; silk production developed around the city market


; MACEDONIA - Thessalonica_Province
resource silver, 251, 141 ; metals in the Pangaion mountains (gold was in the ancient times, maybe it should be also in MA)
resource chocolate, 240, 138 ; glass produced in Thessalonica
resource wine, 240, 129 ; wine from Thessaly region
resource silk, 244, 123 ; silk center around Thebes


; MOREA - Corinth_Province
resource wine, 242, 112 ; wine in Monemvasia
resource ivory, 234, 117 ; olives next to Koron
resource silk, 243, 117 ; silk center around Corinth


; EPIRUS - Arta_Province
resource timber, 223, 133 ; wood from Epirus
resource fish, 230, 122 ; fish from the Ionian islands and the coast


; ALBANIA - Durazzo_Province
resource fish, 217, 139 ; fish from the coast
resource wool, 221, 144 ; sheep from the Albanian highlanders


;=========================================================================================================== Byzantine Anatolia


; CYPRUS - Lefkosia_Province
; throughout MA Cypros was the leading producer of sugar for the West. Continues the copper mining as it was in the Ancient time (perhaps to a lesser extent)
resource sugar, 320, 99 ; sugar in the Nicosia Valley
resource wine, 316, 97 ; wine from the hills
resource iron, 313, 96 ; copper in the Trodoos Mts.
resource fish, 322, 101 ; to prevent Crimea importing this resource...


; CRETE - Chandax_Province
; the classical Mediterranean triad
resource wine, 251, 100 ; wine from the western part of the island
resource ivory, 260, 99 ; oil from the eastern part of the island
resource grain, 265, 99 ; Crete was the granary of Venice in the late MA; the Mesara Valley was very feritile (if pic of grain changed, then swith oil and grain positions)


; BITHYNIA - Nicaea_Province
; with 3 unique resources this is a possible trading destination (after the City) of weaker provinces with sea-export buildings
resource cotton, 290, 140 ; cotton production developed for the textile industry in the City
resource dogs, 276, 135 ; fruits were produced for the urban markets
resource chocolate, 280, 135 ; glass industry was famours especially in the Ottoman times (Iznik tiles are still to be seen in the Istanbul archeo museum)


; IONIAN COAST - Smyrna_Province
; with 5 resources this is a major trading partner of all provinces accross the sea
resource marble, 279, 128 ; marble from the mountains
resource dyes, 267, 124 ; alum from Fokaia
resource coal, 265, 123 ; mastic from Chios
resource fish, 280, 112 ; fish from all the Ionian coast
resource wine, 285, 124 ; wine form all the valleys


; PAMPHYLIA - Attaleia_Province
; other possible resources: grain (on the plain, but oil is better: on the slopes), timber (it was the region with production of ships)
resource wine, 295, 115 ; wine from the hills
resource ivory, 302, 112 ; oil from the very feritile lowland


; PAPHLAGONIA - Sinop_Province
; other possible resources: timber (it was the region with production of ships)
resource fish, 309, 146 ; fish from Amissos


; PONTOS - Trebizond_Province
; in the 14c it was one of the gates for the oriental spices, but only briefly. Actually, it's to be checked if the resources are historically ok.
resource silver, 346, 140
resource marble, 372, 142


;=========================================================================================================== Rum Anatolia


; GALATIA - Angora_Province
resource wool, 296, 123 ; wool from the Turkic herders living in the hills
resource timber, 319, 139 ; timber from the mountains


;Konya_Province
resource tin, 312, 120 ; luxury good produced in the capital of Konya
resource textiles, 316, 122 ; textiles (eg. carpets) produced in the capital region
resource furs, 317, 144 ; hides from the (semi)nomadic Turkomans
resource wool, 315, 115 ; wool from the (semi)nomadic Turkomans


;Caesarea_Province
resource tin, 331, 123
resource camels, 338, 125
resource marble, 326, 122


;Sives_Province
resource iron, 331, 138
resource ivory, 325, 129 ; oil


; CRIMEA - Chersonesos_Province
resource wine, 322, 166 ; wine from the hills around the city
resource grain, 329, 170 ; at times Crimeas provided 1/3 grain to Genoa
resource tobacco, 335, 171 ; Crimea was famous of salines

[6NUM]

Hey there!
I can't wait for the 0.97 !!! As I will definitely start with ERE - the overhauled units by nikossaiz will be included in the upcoming version? (though I know its not finished yet - nothing is written about the updated ERE roaster in the released 0.97 preview)

Regards

[kostic]

The idea is to make version 0.9.7 stable. Then, and only then, will the units of Nikossaiz be integrated. It will be with version 0.9.8.

[Jurand of Cracow]

In the next patch (E) to v. 097 there'll be a special mechanism for the ERE - The Paleologian Renaissance.

If the Byzantines have lost Constantinople (this may happen to eg. jihad) but held Nikaia, and later they re-conquered Constantinople, and they have built 5 Ikoners Studios (in large cities), the event will fire and the Ikonerst Studios will provide more public order than before, making it easier to keep the cities under control.

    ;------------------- Byzantine Renaissance ---------------------------------
	; important: this part of script should be before part that resets counter FL_is_crowned_ruler


    monitor_event SettlementTurnStart SettlementName Constantinople
        and I_TurnNumber > 50
  		and I_CompareCounter ai_ec_id < 17								; Byzantium lost Constantinople
  		and I_CompareCounter ai_ec_id > 17								
  		and I_CompareCounter ai_ec_id > 1								; but not to a rebellion
  		and I_SettlementOwner Nicaea = byzantium						; and it holds Nikaia


			historic_event BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_ALLOWED				; next part of script may fire
			terminate_monitor
			
    end_monitor
	
    monitor_event SettlementTurnStart SettlementName Constantinople
	
		if I_EventCounter BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_ALLOWED = 1				; Constantinople has been lost before
  		and I_CompareCounter ai_ec_id = 17								; Constantinople is Byzantine
        and I_CompareCounter number_ikoner_studio_built > 4				; art was supported in the meanwhile
        and EventCounter FL_is_crowned_ruler = 1						; emperor is crowned
		
			historic_event BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_STARTED				; benefits of Ikoner Studios will be higher (defined in EDB)
			terminate_monitor
		end_if


		if I_TurnNumber > 250											; fall-back in case Constantinople was not lost
  		and I_CompareCounter ai_ec_id = 17		


			historic_event BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_STARTED factions { byzantium, }
			terminate_monitor
		end_if
			
    end_monitor

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building icon_art
{
  levels ikoner_studio master_ikoner_studio
  {
    ikoner_studio city requires factions { greek, russia, kievan_rus, }
    {
      capability
      {
        trade_base_income_bonus bonus 1
        
        religion_level bonus 1 requires factions { byzantium, serbia, georgia, } and not event_counter strictly_religious 1
        religion_level bonus 2 requires factions { byzantium, serbia, georgia, } and event_counter strictly_religious 1
        
        happiness_bonus bonus 1  requires factions { byzantium, } and not event_counter anna_comnena 1
        happiness_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { byzantium, } and event_counter anna_comnena 1 and not event_counter BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_STARTED 1   
        happiness_bonus bonus 3  requires factions { byzantium, } and event_counter BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_STARTED 1   
        happiness_bonus bonus 1  requires factions { serbia, } and event_counter anna_comnena 1  
        happiness_bonus bonus 1  requires factions { georgia, } and event_counter GEORGIAN_GOLDEN_AGE 1 and not event_counter GEORGIAN_REVIVAL 1        
        happiness_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { georgia, } and event_counter GEORGIAN_REVIVAL 1    
        happiness_bonus bonus 1  requires factions { russia, kievan_rus, } and not event_counter EUPHROSYNE 1  
        happiness_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { russia, kievan_rus, } and event_counter EUPHROSYNE 1  
      }
      material stone
      construction  5
      cost  4800
      settlement_min large_city
      upgrades
      {
        master_ikoner_studio
      }
    }
    master_ikoner_studio city requires factions { greek, } or factions { russia, kievan_rus, } and event_counter EUPHROSYNE 1 
    {
      capability
      {
        trade_base_income_bonus bonus 2
        
        religion_level bonus 2 requires factions { byzantium, serbia, georgia, } and not event_counter strictly_religious 1
        religion_level bonus 3 requires factions { byzantium, serbia, georgia, } and event_counter strictly_religious 1
        
        happiness_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { byzantium, } and not event_counter anna_comnena 1
        happiness_bonus bonus 3  requires factions { byzantium, } and event_counter anna_comnena 1 and not event_counter BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_STARTED 1   
        happiness_bonus bonus 5  requires factions { byzantium, } and event_counter BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_STARTED 1   
        happiness_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { serbia, } and event_counter anna_comnena 1  
        happiness_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { georgia, } and event_counter GEORGIAN_GOLDEN_AGE 1 and not event_counter GEORGIAN_REVIVAL 1        
        happiness_bonus bonus 3  requires factions { georgia, } and event_counter GEORGIAN_REVIVAL 1    
        happiness_bonus bonus 2  requires factions { russia, kievan_rus, } and not event_counter EUPHROSYNE 1  
        happiness_bonus bonus 3  requires factions { russia, kievan_rus, } and event_counter EUPHROSYNE 1  
      }
      material stone
      construction  8
      cost  9600
      settlement_min huge_city
      upgrades
      {
      }
    }
  }

{BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_ALLOWED_TITLE}Byzantine Art in Transition{BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_ALLOWED_BODY}Centuries of continuous Roman political tradition and Hellenistic civilization underwent a crisis in 1204 with the sacking of Constantinople by the Venetian and French knights of the Fourth Crusade. During their half-century of exile, the last great flowing of Anatolian Hellenism began. As Nicaea emerged as the center of opposition under the Laskaris emperors, it spawned a renaissance, attracting scholars, poets, and artists from across the Byzantine world. A glittering court emerged as the dispossessed intelligentsia found in the Hellenic side of their traditions a pride and identity unsullied by association with the hated "latin" enemy. After the recapture of the capital in 1261 the Renaissance started to blossom in the whole empire./n/nSTRATEGY: To start the pan-empire Renaissance of arts, Byzantium must re-capture the great city of Constantinople, the emperor must be crowned, and the faction must build at least 5 Ikoner Studios. Once it happens, Byzantium the Ikoners Studiow will start providing higher public order benefits.


{BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_STARTED_TITLE}The Byzantine Renaissance
{BYZANTINE_RENAISSANCE_STARTED_BODY}With the recapture of the capital in later 13th century, Byzantine artists developed a new interest in landscapes and pastoral scenes, and the traditional mosaic-work (of which the Chora Church in Constantinople is the finest extant example) gradually gave way to detailed cycles of narrative frescoes (as evidenced in a large group of Mystras churches). The icons, which became a favoured medium for artistic expression, were characterized by a less austere attitude, new appreciation for purely decorative qualities of painting and meticulous attention to details, earning the popular name of the Paleologan Mannerism for the period in general./n/nIMPACT ON GAMEPLAY: Ikoners Studios provide higher public order.

[Giorgios]

Like it!

I know this is something we discussed previously. I'm playing an EB2 campaign with the Seleukids, where your FL is encouraged to spend as many winter turns as possible in Seleukeia to celebrate the Akitu festival, with public order penalties in the Mesopotamian provinces if the festival is missed too often. Could the script be replicated to encourage you to keep your FL regularly in Constantinople to preside over the major court events of the year?