Form Sultanate of Rum as Christian king?

[horvathgege]

Hi! Does anyone have an idea why I can't form the Sultanate of Rum? I thought I fulfill all of the requirements:
- Adult
- At peace
- Control the region of Asia Minor
- Realm capital is in Asia Minor
- Apostolic religion but Turkic heritage (Oghuz)
- Level of fame Exalted among Men
- Paragon of Virtue
- Independent
- Have 3 kingdom titles (Sultanate of Anadolu, Sultanate of Pontus, Sultanate of Armenia)
I can't even see the decision. Is it because I'm Christian? Is it because I have multiple kingdom titles? Ideas greatly appreciated.

[Razorblade]

You cannot be an independent King. You must either be a Count, Duke, or vassalized King.

Swear Fealty to a non-Byzantine Empire, and the decision should reappear, I believe.

[horvathgege]

Thanks, what I don't understand is that the Wiki specifically states that you cannot be a non-independent king: https://ck3.paradoxwikis.com/Decisions#Form_the_Sultanate_of_Rum

[Razorblade]

Originally posted by horvathgege:

Thanks, what I don't understand is that the Wiki specifically states that you cannot be a non-independent king: https://ck3.paradoxwikis.com/Decisions#Form_the_Sultanate_of_Rum

My bad, I misread the wiki. Checking the game's Decision files, the actual issue is that you are Christian. While the Decision is technically valid for a Turkic Christian ruler, it will not be shown at all to rulers of a Christian faith.

Or as the code in 80_major_decisions_roman.txt puts it:
"is_shown = { NOT = { faith.religion = religion:christianity_religion} }"

The wiki does not give is_shown requirements, only is_valid requirements, so you sometimes run into issues like this if you only look at the wiki and not the game's files.

[horvathgege]

Oh, I see it now, thank you. It's odd though the Wiki doesn't mention it. Quite a few hours of gameplay might go to waste...

So the solution in this specific case would be to convert out of Christianity, right?

[Razorblade]

Originally posted by horvathgege:

Oh, I see it now, thank you. It's odd though the Wiki doesn't mention it. Quite a few hours of gameplay might go to waste...

So the solution in this specific case would be to convert out of Christianity, right?

Correct. Any non-Christian faith should be fine, as long as your culture has Turkic Heritage.

[horvathgege]

You were right, it worked, many thanks!