Looking for mod to slow down/stop aging, or how to create it myself

[melisande]

I'm wondering has anyone made a mod that completely stops a character from aging over 18? I know there's the mod Young and Beautiful, which stops aging until 45, but I'd like to go further than that and just have everyone stick at between 18-25. Basically playing with immortality without the the drawback of the game slowing to a crawl when one char has 100+ children. 

 

Young and Beautiful edits a lot of genes, so I'm not sure if copying that is the way for a complete novice. I see something like 
age_preset_aging_primary = {
        mode = multiply
        curve = {
            { 0.0 0.0 }
            { 0.25 0.0 }
            { 0.45 0.2 }
            { 0.75 1.0 }
        }
    }

and I imagine the first number is at least the age when the effect starts, but there are so many variables here. (there are at least 6 other variables with aging in the name, let alone any other genes that call to that) 

Editing in a version of the immortal trait without immortality doesn't seem like it'd work since while it has a flag, there is a note saying the flags don't do anything, like would flag = immortal_visuals work? I don't see anything tied to that in the game files. 

[Karkhel]

1 hour ago, melisande said:

I'm wondering has anyone made a mod that completely stops a character from aging over 18? I know there's the mod Young and Beautiful, which stops aging until 45, but I'd like to go further than that and just have everyone stick at between 18-25. Basically playing with immortality without the the drawback of the game slowing to a crawl when one char has 100+ children. 

 

Deviant's mask has quest for immortality and not aging, maybe look through that code? Most likely it's gonna be flagged only for female landed rulers if that helps finding it. But easier solution would be to just add immortal trait, if you say there might be a flag aside from just trait maybe do it with a cheat mod like zhuge cheat mod? I never used it but I'm pretty sure immortal stops aging and there is a mod here to penalize player fertility if that is an issue (can change the settings mid game, but not sure if you can install the mod itself mid game) https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/15278-carnal-consequences/

Hasn't been updated in a bit but its working for me, except some modded events might have static pregnancy chance instead of using your char's.

[melisande]

1 hour ago, Karkhel said:

Deviant's mask has quest for immortality and not aging, maybe look through that code? Most likely it's gonna be flagged only for female landed rulers if that helps finding it. But easier solution would be to just add immortal trait, if you say there might be a flag aside from just trait maybe do it with a cheat mod like zhuge cheat mod? I never used it but I'm pretty sure immortal stops aging and there is a mod here to penalize player fertility if that is an issue (can change the settings mid game, but not sure if you can install the mod itself mid game) https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/15278-carnal-consequences/

Hasn't been updated in a bit but its working for me, except some modded events might have static pregnancy chance instead of using your char's.

I saw in there that they do snip off some flags with their variants of the immortal trait, so I'll give that a shot by making a trait with just flag = immortal_visuals. I'd like to avoid actual immortality, even with fertility penalty, mainly for stability reasons, and I don't mind dealing with succession. I just want to always look hot tbh. The other avenue I'm looking into is that there is a forced_portrait_age_index = function, though I'm not certain on what it calls. I thought it'd just be age, so forced_portrait_age_index =18, but the one example I have is forced_portrait_age_index = 4, and I can't find what the 4 is referring to, but I don't think it's that they want everyone to look 4 years old.