Changing NPC Lords/Nobles Equipment

[catloaf]

I'm trying to change the equipment for some of the NPC lords in the game but I've reached a stumbling block trying to figure out how their equipment sets are assigned.

 

Just as an example, I would like to have Derthert wearing the 'red tabard over mail' and 'wolf shoulders'. I can see in the sandbox module folder, lords.xml, that has an entry for Derthert (line 5129) and it states his equipment set is 'vla_bat_template_medium'. I can then see in the sandboxcore module folder, sandboxcore_equipment_sets.xml, with an entry on line 7553 for 'vla_bat_template_medium'. Easy enough so far.

 

This is where I get lost. I can see under that entry there are a number of different equipment sets, with different loadouts but I can't work out what determines which one Derthert would use.

 

Can anyone tell me what determines what equipment set gets assigned to the npc? I though perhaps it may be random but Ol' Derthert and Co. always wear the same equipment when starting a new campaign.

[ulvzh]

Even better, is there a mod to edit non-clan-member equipments? I've played for a while now and there are lords and ladies spawning without armor/weapons, and some lords spawn with womens clothing (hey, I dont judge - but still). I've looked for a mod to do this but I have not been successful. There is a mod that lets the NPC's upgrade their own equipment but I'd prefer to select for them (i enjoy the aesthetics aspect)

[Tcbker]

I think so, too, but no one seems to do this MOD right now.