@fourstrider

found it

CAMPAIGN_SAVE_GAME_/COMPRESSED_DATA/CAMPAIGN_ENV/CAMPAIGN_MODEL/WORLD/FACTION_ARRAY/FACTION_ARRAY- 0/FACTION/CHARACTER_ARRAY/CHARACTER_ARRAY-0/CHARACTER/CHARACTER_DETAILS

You could do this with Editsf and open your save file. It'll take some digging to find which ancillaries you have already. Hard but not impossible.

Sorry if already asked but is there a way to modify a save file and manually edit retainers for a general?

Basically trying to recreate a campaign I had going that got corrupted :/

List of some of the higher tier retainers you can expect to find.

Red Retainers
The Viking
+30 accuracy for yumi wako
+8 attack for katana wako
+25% run speed in battle for all wako
Armored Psycho
+50 armor for this general
+3 armor for all units

Gold Retainers
Household Chamberlin
-30% upkeep cost of all local units
-Enables "Hold Firm"
+2 armor for all units
Grandmaster Stable Keeper
+2 charge for all cavalry
Enables "Wedge Formation"
+3 armor for all cavalry
Master War Drummer
+6 morale for ashigaru units
+30% to the effectiveness of the Rally ability
Enables "Rapid Advance"
Physician Healer
+6 morale for all units
+50% replenishment rate
Enables "Second Wind"
Warrior Silver Bushi
+3 armor for all spear infantry
+2 defense for all spear infantry
Enables "Spear Square"
Poetess Lyric Sage
+6% technology research rate
Enables "Cadence"
+3 attack for warrior monks

It does indeed seemed to have fixed it in my game!

Each portrait has a green, blue and gold version but once one general gets one version he can't get the other two. A different general however can get a different version.

Oh, i simply got a green and a blue defense bomus. Same retainer but different bonuses. Tought it was impossible to get the same portrait twice XD My bad.

I may end up switching to a 90-5-5 5-90-5 5-5-90. I want there to be a chance at a gold on tier one.

Can you explain the duplicate you got? If the green got you general def +5 and blue general def +5 but blue should also have another stat making it better and not a duplicate.

Could you change selections to:

1st selection = 95% Green, 5% Blue
2nd selection = 95% Blue, 5% Gold
3rd selection = 95% Gold, 5% Red

Think about it like a tier system with simply a probable one and a "critical" one.

Had an unlucky triple green roll on my actual Daimyo. So give at least us the chance to get a minimum Green + Blue + Gold and not less than this pls XD

Also...in my last game i got two identical bonus (General def) Green + Blue. Shouldn't this be impossible, by description?

@Gestalt I tried that once, but somehow unable to recruit port units, only sh*t Japanese units, so I went back to the classic

@minhnyugen8254, just use "Ultimate Expanded Field Command V1.5" it is basically an upgraded version of expanded Japan which includes a couple of Fourstrider's excellent mods.

Sadly this does not work with expanded Japan + Portugal. I have tried many load orders without any success

I'm happy you're enjoying it. I do not have a list sorry. I can only say that there are retainer types that have 3 tiers that all have the same portrait. If you get one retainer at any tier then you won't get the other two. This way I was able to triple the amount of retainers and not have duplicate portraits on one general. Additionally every blue, gold and red retainer will have a unique combination of stats. The green retainers will have some with the same stats since they only give a small amount of 1 stat only. Hope that helps.

Love this mod

Is there a list of retainers?

Zap, would you update the mod and see if you can see the text on that retainer now? For some reason they changed how the text is modded. Hoping that fixed it.

Most likely although you should still see the text, I'll troubleshoot when I get to a PC. Thanks

With the Legendary Bodyguard retainer there is a third effect with an icon but no description.

Is this what is meant by some are only meant for the overhaul mod? These effects won't be labeled if used with other mods?

You're welcome. Yeah for now, I just don't have the time.

Thank you for another great work! Can we get the full table of retainers effect? or should we leave it for joy of discovery?

Another banger mod

You're welcome!

Thank you yet again for your great contribution to this community!!!