Characters generation

[IohannesIohannium]

Output in /common/history/characters/[TAG] - [Country].txt, inside a big CHARACTERS = { c:[TAG] = { ... } } double-bracket. Each entry has such syntax: create_character = {

            first_name = [localized string]
            last_name = [localized string]
            [ruler/heir/is_admiral/is_general/politician] = yes
            noble = [yes/no] # No idea how to get this from EU4 mechanics yet
            birth_date = [yyyy.mm.dd]
            culture=cu:[character's culture, we should default to country's primary if unknown]
            interest_group = random
            traits = {
                [...]
            }
            on_created = { # This to be output if the character is married
                set_variable = is_married
            }
        }   

Politician should be used to convert all advisors of a country from EU4

[gawquon]

anyone can have the field ideology = random (Only matters if they are/become an IG leader)

generals/admirals have the additional fields of

hq = [strategic_region]
commander_rank = [rank]

[gawquon]

For large countries, all generals should not be in the same strategic region. They would be unable to command troops from other regions and would split the troops that are in one region. Until a military rework is done generals also can not move hqs in game. Retiring existing generals costs IG support, so the player or AI can't just easily fix this by firing some and hiring new ones.

[Zemurin]

In my current test runs (as of 1.2.7) , the game itself uniformly distributes starting unassigned generals to all available HQs at game start. So, for now and possibly for the future too, we're ok on this issue.