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New cultures, innovations and eras can easily be added into the game using the highly modular design which the game offers.This article covers every subfolder of common/culture.

Culture Groups[edit | edit source]

Each culture belongs to a culture group.

name_of_culture_group = {graphical_cultures = {first_culture_group_coa_gfxsecond_culture_group_coa_gfxculture_group_building_gfxculture_group_clothing_gfxculture_group_unit_gfx}mercenary_names = {{ name = "mercenary_company_name1" coat_of_arms = "mercenary_company_coa1" }{ name = "mercenary_company_name2" coat_of_arms = "mercenary_company_coa2" }...}first_culture = {...}second_culture = {...}}

Below is a list of all parameters that can be set for culture groups.

mercenary_names = {{ name = "mercenary_company_ghilman" coat_of_arms = "mc_ghilman" }}

Cultures[edit | edit source]

Each culture belongs to a culture group.

name_of_culture_group = {...first_culture = {# graphical_cultures = { ... }mercenary_names = {# Names and CoAs that can be used by mercenaries of this culture{ name = "mercenary_company_name1" coat_of_arms = "mercenary_company_coa1" }{ name = "mercenary_company_name2" coat_of_arms = "mercenary_company_coa2" }...}color = { 1 0.5 0.2 }# The color of the culture, used e.g. on the map heritage = heritage_name # Name of the heritage the culture belongs to, used to group culturescharacter_modifier = {# Modifier effects on all characters of the culturediplomacy = 1}male_names = {10 = {// The weight for this group of names, the higher, the more common the name iscommonNameA commonNameB_baseA commonNameC commonNameD_baseA// A list of names, nameX_baseY means that nameX is a variant of a base name baseY (e.g. John_John Jan_John Ian_John)}1 = {rareNameA rareNameB}}female_names = {// Names can also be defined as a single list with no weightsnameA_baseB nameB nameC_baseB}dynasty_names = {// Dynasty name list, similar to male_names/female_names, just without weights{ dynnp_von dynn_Pommern }// but it supports defining prefixes in addition to base names. The {} are required then{ dynn_Orsini }// prefixes are optionaldynn_Fournier// and so are the {} when not using a prefix}dynasty_of_location_prefix = "dynnp_von" // when generating a dynasty name based on a title, add this prefix# Chance of male children being named after their paternal or maternal grandfather, or their father. Sum must not exceed 100.pat_grf_name_chance = 50mat_grf_name_chance = 5father_name_chance = 10# Chance of female children being named after their paternal or maternal grandmother, or their mother. Sum must not exceed 100.pat_grm_name_chance = 10mat_grm_name_chance = 50mother_name_chance = 5# Patronyms. Names after the primary parent. Can use both prefix and suffix together ("McDavidson"). _vowel is used for when the parent's name starts with a vowel.patronym_prefix_male = "dynnpat_pre_mac"patronym_prefix_male_vowel = "dynnpat_pre_vow_mag"patronym_prefix_female = "dynnpat_pre_nic"patronym_prefix_female_vowel = "dynnpat_pre_vow_nig"patronym_suffix_male = "dynnpat_suf_son"patronym_suffix_female = "dynnpat_suf_sdaughter"# Patronyms will display in names if:# - the Character's culture has "always_use_patronym = yes", or# - the Character's government has "always_use_patronym = yes", or# - the Character's Liege's government has "always_use_patronym = yes"# Default is no.always_use_patronym = yesethnicities = {10 = german// The weight says how common the ethnicity is within the culture10 = caucasian}}second_culture = {...}}

Below is a list of all parameters that can be set for cultures.

mercenary_names = {{ name = "mercenary_company_1" coat_of_arms = "coa_1" }}

character_modifier = { diplomacy = 1}

cadet_dynasty_names = { "dynasty_loc" "dynasty2_loc"}

dynasty_names = { "dynasty_loc" "dynasty2_loc"}

male_names = { male_name_1 male-name-2 maleName3 "Male Name 4"}

female_names = { female_name_1 female-name-2 femaleName3 "Female Name 4"}

pat_grf_name_chance = 50 #50% chance of being named after Paternal Grandfathermat_grf_name_chance = 5 #5% chance of being named after Maternal Grandfatherfather_name_chance = 10 #10% chance of being named after Father

pat_grm_name_chance = 10 #10% chance of being named after Paternal Grandmothermat_grm_name_chance = 50 #50% chance of being named after Maternal Grandmothermother_name_chance = 5 #5% chance of being named after Mother

ethnicities = { 10 = ethnicity_1 5 = ethnicity_2 #Half as common as ethnicity 1}

Culture group ID[edit | edit source]

Culture groups have an internal ID used within the game files. To get a culture group's ID from its in-game name:

1. Turn all letters into lowercase (A...Z->a...z).
2. Replace spaces ( ) and hyphens (-) with underscores (_).
3. Add _group to the end.

Groups that do not follow the convention above have been listed in this table:

Culture ID[edit | edit source]

Similar to the above, each culture has an internal ID. To get a culture's ID from its in-game name:

1. Turn all letters into lowercase (A...Z->a...z).
2. Remove any diacritics from letters, including accents (á->a) and umlauts/diaereses (ü->u).

Cultures that do not fit this pattern have been listed below:

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