Lesson 2

[♔Jean-Luc Picard♔]

glad to be of assistance

[GrnEyedDvl]

Nice Theodotos.

Icedie of South also PMed me his work, and after helping him fix a few errors has completed the second lesson.

[Icedie El Guaraní]

Done:

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[GrnEyedDvl]

You are right there is one thing left on yours. Check your PM box, and I marked you as pending for now.

Dewy, nice job. You have been added.

[Alex-ander]

Okay a couple of questions,

If i look in the text file in the mymod folder there are 2 versions of the historic events file a txt one and a .bin one. Which one do i edit, do i still need to convert the .bin file.

In historic events there is a long list of events for the game. do i need to clear these or just add my scripts to the bottom of the list.

[Icedie El Guaraní]

you edit the txt one and delete the string.bin one. the engine will regenerate the string.bin file

[Augustus Lucifer]

In historic events there is a long list of events for the game. do i need to clear these or just add my scripts to the bottom of the list.

Just add yours anywhere in the file. Strings files only work as references, meaning junk code in strings files doesn't do any harm. You could enter a gazillion strings that never get referenced by anything and it wouldn't hurt the game. The only problem you encounter is if a string does get referenced and it isn't there. If you make a mod though I do recommend you remove unnecessary string entries from most strings files to lessen the risk of a duplicate.

[Nakharar]

i pmed my one to Ged my script just doesnt work ingame nothing appears... any ideas? The script is fine as i copied GED's exactly

[Theodotos I]

i pmed my one to Ged my script just doesnt work ingame nothing appears... any ideas? The script is fine as i copied GED's exactly

Send it to me and I'll see what I can do. No promises.

[GrnEyedDvl]

i pmed my one to Ged my script just doesnt work ingame nothing appears... any ideas? The script is fine as i copied GED's exactly

I thought I PMed you back on that.

You need to add the event to historic_events. The events file you sent me only has the new event in it which means the rest of the events cant run. What shows up in your log file?

[Benz282]

Script:

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monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
historic_event test_event1
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

;count turn numbers
monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
inc_counter TurnNumber 1
set_event_counter RandomFired 0

if I_CompareCounter TurnNumber == 2
if RandomPercent > 50
and I_EventCounter RandomFired == 0
historic_event random_event
set_event_counter RandomFired 1
end_if

historic_event ten_turns
set_counter TurnNumber 0
end_if
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
if event_counter RandomFired == 1
and I_SettlementUnderSiege York
and event_counter York_army_spawned == 0
create_unit York, Peasants, num 2, exp 1, arm 0, wep 0
historic_event York_reinforcements
set_event_counter York_army_spawned 1
end_if
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
if not I_SettlementUnderSiege York
and event_counter York_army_spawned == 1
set_event_counter York_army_spawned 0
historic_event York_reinforcements_away
end_if
end_monitor

Screens:

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After:

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That should be it, I suppose. I followed the lesson up till I started testing the unit spawning portion. I didn't want to have to wait 10 or 20 turns to test it, so I lowered the turn required to 2.

[Odoaker]

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; Campaign script
;
script
monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
historic_event test_event1
terminate_monitor
end_monitor
monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal

if I_SettlementUnderSiege Hamburg
and I_EventCounter Hamburg_army_spawned == 0
historic_event Hamburg_besieged
if RandomPercent > 50
create_unit Hamburg, Archer Militia, num 4, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
set_event_counter Hamburg_army_spawned 1
historic_event Hamburg_reinforced
end_if
end_if
end_monitor
monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
if not I_SettlementUnderSiege Hamburg
and I_EventCounter Hamburg_army_spawned == 1
set_event_counter Hamburg_army_spawned 0
historic_event Hamburg_relieved
end_if
end_monitor
;keep script unfinished until last monitor termination
wait_monitors
end_script

[aduellist]

Sorry I'm so far behind. Today's the first chance I've had to do this.

Garrison script code:

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; Test York garrison script

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal

   if I_SettlementUnderSiege York
   and I_EventCounter York_army_spawned == 0
      historic_event York_besieged

      if RandomPercent > 50
         create_unit York, Town Militia, num 3, exp 1, arm 0, wep 0
         create_unit York, Archer Militia, num 2, exp 1, arm 0, wep 0
         set_event_counter York_army_spawned 1
         historic_event York_reinforced
      end_if

   end_if

end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal

   if not I_SettlementUnderSiege York
   and I_EventCounter York_army_spawned == 1
      set_event_counter York_army_spawned 0
      historic_event York_relieved
   end_if

end_monitor

Screenies below.

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Before siege



Reinforcements arrive



York reinforced



Siege lifted

[Augustus Lucifer]

Script:

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monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
historic_event test_event1
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

;count turn numbers
monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
inc_counter TurnNumber 1
set_event_counter RandomFired 0

if I_CompareCounter TurnNumber == 2
if RandomPercent > 50
and I_EventCounter RandomFired == 0
historic_event random_event
set_event_counter RandomFired 1
end_if

historic_event ten_turns
set_counter TurnNumber 0
end_if
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
if event_counter RandomFired == 1
and I_SettlementUnderSiege York
and event_counter York_army_spawned == 0
create_unit York, Peasants, num 2, exp 1, arm 0, wep 0
historic_event York_reinforcements
set_event_counter York_army_spawned 1
end_if
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
if not I_SettlementUnderSiege York
and event_counter York_army_spawned == 1
set_event_counter York_army_spawned 0
historic_event York_reinforcements_away
end_if
end_monitor

Screens:

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Before:





After:

Reset:

That should be it, I suppose. I followed the lesson up till I started testing the unit spawning portion. I didn't want to have to wait 10 or 20 turns to test it, so I lowered the turn required to 2.

Does this script function entirely? You seem to have started using "event_counter" instead of I_EventCounter for your conditions in the latter half of the script, which to my knowledge should not work.

@ Odoaker: I assume you're still working on it?

Sorry I'm so far behind. Today's the first chance I've had to do this.

Garrison script code:

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; Test York garrison script

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal

   if I_SettlementUnderSiege York
   and I_EventCounter York_army_spawned == 0
      historic_event York_besieged

      if RandomPercent > 50
         create_unit York, Town Militia, num 3, exp 1, arm 0, wep 0
         create_unit York, Archer Militia, num 2, exp 1, arm 0, wep 0
         set_event_counter York_army_spawned 1
         historic_event York_reinforced
      end_if

   end_if

end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal

   if not I_SettlementUnderSiege York
   and I_EventCounter York_army_spawned == 1
      set_event_counter York_army_spawned 0
      historic_event York_relieved
   end_if

end_monitor

Screenies below.

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Before siege



Reinforcements arrive



York reinforced



Siege lifted

Looks good.

[Alex-ander]

Finished lesson 2 here are the pictures,

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Finally my code. I am sure it could be optimised but it works so..

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; Reinforcements script
; Needs 2 monitors one for when York is under siege. One for when York is not under siege.
script

declare_counter Reinforce
set_event_counter Reinforce 0

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
if I_SettlementUnderSiege York
if RandomPercent > 10
and I_EventCounter Reinforce == 0
historic_event uprising
create_unit York, Archer Militia, num 2, exp 1, arm 0, wep 0
set_event_counter Reinforce 1
end_if
end_if
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
and not I_SettlementUnderSiege York
and I_EventCounter Reinforce
historic_event saved
set_event_counter Reinforce 0
end_monitor

; keep script unfinished until last monitor termination
wait_monitors

end_script

[Hesus de bodemloze]

I finally got mine done,

create_unit Rennes, Archer Militia, num 2, exp 1, arm 0, wep 0
create_unit Rennes, Spear Militia, num 2, exp 1, arm 0, wep 0

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[GrnEyedDvl]

Alex-ander:
Looks good, except for two minor things. First, you declared a counter named Reinforce, and then you are setting an event_counter named Reinforce. They are two different objects as far as the game engine is concerned. What you did is reserve a spot in memory for a counter that is not used.

Second, in your second monitor it says:

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
and not I_SettlementUnderSiege York
and I_EventCounter Reinforce

Since you did not set a number for that event_counter it will always fire true. It needs to say and I_EventCounter Reinforce == 1. I will add you to the list for finishing this lesson, just keep in mind that you have to be specific when you are checking counters and event_counters or your script will drive you nuts. In this case it probably wont hurt the script to have that one always fire true, but in other scripts it will.


Hesus can you post your script please?

[Subuatai de Bodemloze]

I think you should have broke this lesson into part A and B.. lol I am trying to work on it in the time I have avail.

[B. Ward]

I will have this up by Sunday evening along with Lesson 3.

[Romanos IV]

Yayyyy, after so many hours I got it to work!

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create_unit York, Peasants, num 8, exp 3, arm 1, wep 0

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