Lifestyle jump
生活方式跳选
About this mod Machine translation
Choose your own talent
This mod allows you to jump to any talent in the life tree after selecting the "First Starter" talent.
Main features
Freedom of choice: Skip linear progression and get the talents you need directly.
Apex Balance: Powerful Apex talents still require you to unlock all 8 standard talents first.
Why do you need this entry-level talent?
Initial talents are necessary because of how the game AI evaluates and selects talents based on attribute weights. Without this structural anchor, AI-controlled characters fall apart, randomly scattering starting talent points across unrelated lifestyle trees. For example: if you play Hestan in 867, he should have a maxed-out combat tree and a life tree at the beginning. Without this introduced talent rule, his points would be randomly allocated to Diplomacy, Conspiracy, Military, and Management, destroying his original historical setting.
compatibility
Can be safely added to existing archives.
Compatible with most mods unless they completely overhaul the base lifestyle tree structure.
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Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions
- Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
- There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
- Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
- Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.
Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.