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Co-Emperors and Symbasileis (HIP Only)

Kurthakon the creator of this mod has passed away in real life.
To honor his memory please continue his legacy and please credit him, from his sister.


This is merely a HIP (Frosty3) compatibility version of bighungryjames' Co-Emperors and Symbasileuses for Byzantine Emperors.

ONLY use this version if you are playing with the Historical Immersion Project's EMF submod enabled. EMF is always enabled by default when you install HIP.

Also, it's recommended to use the CPRplus module as well.
You might experience issues with the portraits otherwise if you don't use the CPRplus module.

If you are curious on what this mod does you should check the original mod's description on what it does here.

In short it adds a minor title (Co-Emperor) to the Byzantine/Roman Empire that you can give to whoever you want to succeed your character as Emperor. The Co-Emperor or Symbasileus will make the holder a council voter and will improve the holder's chances on getting elected as Emperor.
Also, all children born after the appointment to Co-Emperor will be considered as born in the purple.

• You can now appoint your Co-Emperors to the commander title even when they are not landed.
  
• Now your Co-Emperors will give you a slight buff to vassal limit via a special type of law, up to a maximum bonus of 10 depending on how many Co-Emperors you have appointed.
  
• Nerfed the monthly salary of Co-Emperors down to a more sane level, which is much closer to the monthly salary provided by other jobs and minor titles.

• You can now appoint up to three Co-Emperors simultaneously, though only the first Co-Emperor you appoint will become Co-Ruler and gain a council seat.
  
• Added "Favor Co-Emperor" mechanic which will allow you to choose or replace which Co-Emperor you want to be Co-Ruler. The Co-Ruler is now meant to represent the one Co-Emperor you want to succeed you as senior Emperor. The Co-Ruler will gain a slight advantage in the succession voting compared to the other Co-Emperors.
  The Co-Ruler cannot take up a traditional seat on the council (Chancellor, Marshal, Steward etc.) without giving up his position as Co-Ruler.
  
• Your Co-Emperors will now start to use Imperial Regalia (crown and royal clothes) after their appointment.

There're some other minor changes from bighungryjames' original version, most of these changes is mostly just cosmetics in the form of localization changes.

Only use with HIP (Frosty3). Co-Emperors and Symbasileis (HIP Only) is unfortunately no longer compatible with Frosty2.

Will conflict with any submod that edits the EMF file "\common\succession_voting\emf_byzantine_elective_succession_voting.txt".

You can find a direct link to a zipped version of Co-Emperors and Symbasileis (HIP Only) here.[1drv.ms]
- Just unzip it in your CK2 mod folder in Documents.

Co-Emperors and Symbasileis (HIP Only) unfortunately alters the checksum out of necessity, so this mod is NOT achievement friendly.

Please leave a post in the discussion forum if you discover a bug, or have any suggestions on any improvements I could make.

If the mod won't download or update properly for you, try to subscribe to the mod while the game launcher is running, or alternatively while the game is already loaded up to the main menu.

All credit goes to bighungryjames for making this mod. He generously gave permission to someone in the community to make a compatibility version as long as he's credited for it.

I was inspired by Zeto e Basilisses[forum.paradoxplaza.com] to add in the option to have three Co-Emperors. While my implementation of it is completely different code wise, it was Lysistrata's initial idea. Also, the ability for Co-Emperors to wear Imperial Regelia comes all from Lysistrata as well.