Scripted trigger · All Under Heaven files

is_merit_based_official

is_merit_based_official = yes

game/common/scripted_triggers/10_tgp_triggers.txt, line 934 (17 lines). No parameters.

is_merit_based_official is a scripted trigger in Crusader Kings III, in the All Under Heaven files, written at line 934 of its file. It takes no parameters: is_merit_based_official = yes (or no). The game's script calls it in 1 place, among them The Prelude (event coronation_events.0200). Patch 1.20.1.2, from game/common/scripted_triggers/10_tgp_triggers.txt.

What it checks

Government uses Merit
One of these
- is_governor_or_admin_count = yes
- or
  All of these
  - Is a Councillor
  - NOT = { has_council_position = councillor_spouse }
  - Their liege:
    One of these
    Is landed
    or
    Highest held Title is at least Empire Rank
- or
  tgp_is_ceremonial_regent_trigger = yes

• the game's own tooltip text · ◦ our reading of the script line · code the script where neither exists

“They” is whatever it runs on (the scope it is called in). The scripted triggers and effects it calls link to their own pages; $PARAMETERS$ stay as written: each call fills them in.

The script as written (17 lines of game script)

is_merit_based_official = {
	government_has_flag = government_has_merit
	OR = {
		is_governor_or_admin_count = yes
		AND = {
			is_councillor = yes
			NOT = { has_council_position = councillor_spouse }
			liege = {
				OR = {
					is_landed = yes # to exclude councilors of landless noble family heads
					highest_held_title_tier >= tier_empire # for councilors of ministers
				}
			}
		}
		tgp_is_ceremonial_regent_trigger = yes
	}
}

As written in game/common/scripted_triggers/10_tgp_triggers.txt.

Where it is used

Every place in common/, events/ and history/ that calls is_merit_based_official.

Events (1)

The Preludecoronation_events.0200

Source: game/common/scripted_triggers/10_tgp_triggers.txt and every file of common/, events/ and history/ that calls it, Crusader Kings III 1.20.1.2.