Extra unit info

[AqD]

I wrote a script which reads unit stats and add/update extra information in unit descriptions. Here is the preview:



The script will be included in former 2.0 release, so you could use it too for your mods.

[Emperor Domitianus]

I really would like to learn how to make scripts like this or for reforms ect. Do you have any advise?

[Legio]

Nice work aqd!

[despot_of_rhodes]

Very good +rep!

[Quinn Inuit]

Wow. That's excellent. May I use that in the ExRM?

[AqD]

I really would like to learn how to make scripts like this or for reforms ect. Do you have any advise?

For reforms - just read about EB's script.

Wow. That's excellent. May I use that in the ExRM?

Yeah of course. But you'll need to know a bit about PHP and regular expressions, or I could customize it for you when I have time.

[Quinn Inuit]

I hate to trouble you about it. I'll take a crack at it and see if some of my teammates can get it to work, too, and then ask you if we come up with nothing.

[AqD]

I hate to trouble you about it. I'll take a crack at it and see if some of my teammates can get it to work, too, and then ask you if we come up with nothing.

Here is the script. It needs php 5 and the mbstring extension.

First the script opens EDU and analyzes all unit stats into a mapped array ($umap), then it loops through and decides what extra text for them (put in $tmap), and finally it opens export_units.txt and replaces a special mark in each of unit descriptions with that info.

The generated file is saved in text\export_units.txt.new, in the correct UTF-16 encoding through the end of file is corrupted (mbstring is buggy...)

I have formatted my EDU and export_units.txt, my EDU looks like this:

type             aor dahae nobles
dictionary       rtr_aor_dahae_noble
category         cavalry
class            missile
voice_type       Medium_1
soldier          aor_dahae_noble, 25, 0, 7
mount            horse armoured med
mount_effect     horse +2, camel +2
attributes       sea_faring, very_hardy, hide_forest, frighten_foot, frighten_mounted, cantabrian_circle, mercenary_unit
formation        2.5, 4.0, 6.0, 6.0, 4, square
stat_health      3, 9
stat_pri         7, 18, arrow3, 145, 90, siege_missile, archery, piercing, none, 0, 1
stat_pri_attr    no
stat_sec         14, 18, no, 0, 0, melee, blade, piercing, spear, 0, 0.75
stat_sec_attr    no
stat_pri_armour  14, 11, 1, metal
stat_sec_armour  0, 1, flesh
stat_heat        2
stat_ground      -3, 0, -6, 0
stat_mental      9, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist 210
stat_fire_delay  -200000
stat_food        60, 300
stat_cost        1, 2244, 935, 224, 224, 2244 ;; fedual
ownership        all

All tabs are replaced by spaces and all commas have one space for postfix and no prefix, no trailing whitespaces.

Abnd this my export_units.txt:

¬----------------

{rtr_aor_dahae_noble}	Daai Eugeneis Hippeis

{rtr_aor_dahae_noble_descr}	____\n\nThe Dahae were a confederacy of three tribes, including the Parni, who were later called as Parthians.......

{rtr_aor_dahae_noble_descr_short}	Dahaen noble cavalry are heavy-armoured horse archers.

One line per description. The {..} is followed by one tab, and whatever characters and then the "____" mark. The script would replace anything between the tab after {} and the ____ mark with the extra unit info.

[Quinn Inuit]

Cool, thanks. That's beyond my skill, but I'll ask around.