How to:Script spawn armies(make your own spartacus and hannibal!)

**makanyane** · January 30, 2009, 02:44 PM

The
Parameter CharacterName
bit in your advice thread looks a bit out of place - is that meant to be there or did it just get copied over from something else?

**Caligula Caesar** · January 30, 2009, 03:00 PM

@HoH: what do you mean?

@makanyane: Since I don't really know what I am doing, I copied another entry and changed the necessary things. That ceratainly wasn't meant to be there.

**makanyane** · January 30, 2009, 03:09 PM

Your advice thread

AdviceThread Saka_Thread 1
GameArea Campaign
Item Saka_Thread 1
Suppressible y
Uninhibitable
Verbosity 3
Threshold 1
MaxRepeats 0
RepeatInterval 3
Attitude Normal
Presentation Default
Parameter CharacterName
Title Saka
Script scripts\show_me\Saka_Armies.txt
Text 4tpy_Text_01_Text1

looks like the threads that are normally used for things triggered by character related stuff like

Code:

;------------------------------------------
AdviceThread Character_Details_Be_A_General_Thread
    GameArea Campaign

    Item Character_Details_Be_A_General_Text_01
        Suppressible y 
        Uninhibitable
        Verbosity  3 
        Threshold  1 
        MaxRepeats  0 
        RepeatInterval  3 
        Attitude Normal
        Presentation Default
        Parameter CharacterName
        Title Character_Details_Be_A_General_Text_01_Title
        Text Character_Details_Be_A_General_Text_01_Text1
        Text Character_Details_Be_A_General_Text_01_Text2
        Text Character_Details_Be_A_General_Text_01_Text3

which is triggered from ' WhenToTest CharacterPanelOpen'
if you're triggering from
'WhenToTest SettlementSelected'
then it maybe isn't returning a CharacterName parameter...

if you look at HouseOfHam's other thread http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=169689
the advice suggested is:

Code:

;------------------------------------------
AdviceThread BackgroundScriptThread
    GameArea Campaign

    Item BackgroundScriptItem1
        Uninhibitable
        Verbosity  0
        Threshold  1
        MaxRepeats  0
        RepeatInterval  1
        Attitude Normal
        Presentation Default
        Title BackgroundScriptTitle1
        On_display scripts\show_me\background_script.txt
        Text BackgroundScriptText1

without that bit - I was wondering if that was part of problem

EDIT: - missed your edit, before posting that, try without that line and see if it works....

**Caligula Caesar** · January 30, 2009, 03:51 PM

Now I get a CTD as soon as I select a settlement.

**makanyane** · January 30, 2009, 05:09 PM

I'm guessing that now the advice thread is actually triggering but that you didn't add the required text to
data/text/export_advice.txt
when you added the new thread...??

if you had
Title Saka
and
Text 4tpy_Text_01_Text1

you'd have needed:
{Saka} blah, blah
and
{4tpy_Text_01_Text1} blah blah

lines in the text file so it had something to look up for text to be displayed in game when that thread was called, otherwise it will crash...

**HouseOfHam** · January 30, 2009, 05:21 PM

Yep, that looks like the most likely reason.

**Caligula Caesar** · January 30, 2009, 05:21 PM

Actually, I just copied the Text 4tpy_Text_01_Text1 from the 4 turns per year script because I wasn't sure where I was supposed to put a new one (presumably export_advice), so that shouldn't be a problem. Is there an "...enums" file or whatever they are called where I have to list the scripts in curly brackets? I haven't done that.

**makanyane** · January 30, 2009, 05:43 PM

the enums files aren't actually used by RTW if it's patched to version 1.5/ BI 1.6,

how about the
Title Saka
bit though? whatever you have after 'Title' also needs an entry in export_advice, eg.
{Saka} xxxxxxxx

**Caligula Caesar** · January 31, 2009, 11:35 AM

It works now. The only problem is that it overwrites the 4tpy script. I think I need to change the trigger somehow.

**HouseOfHam** · January 31, 2009, 03:27 PM

What? Are you trying to run 2 background scripts at once? Just merge the monitor_event block into the 4tpy script (before the first date change line there) and remove the Saka_thread and its trigger.

**Cozur** · February 17, 2009, 11:15 AM

I've got a question, what does the numbers at the end mean?

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Aradan** · February 17, 2009, 11:30 AM

3 units (of slingers), 2 experience each, 0-level armour upgrades, 0-level weapon upgrades.

**Cozur** · February 17, 2009, 11:38 AM

Okay.

Got another question!

Does the, this is just an example, "soldier 240" command used in historical battles to determine the size of units work in a script?

**Aradan** · February 17, 2009, 12:09 PM

Now, scripts can define only the number of units, the units get spawned at full strength of their default unit size though.

**Cozur** · February 17, 2009, 12:24 PM

Hmm, would appear that making a line like this:

Code:

unit hellenistic infantry spartiateshoplitai, soldiers 99 exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

would make the unit appear with 99 soldiers in the unit.

**HouseOfHam** · February 17, 2009, 04:02 PM

This post explains the spawn_army command parameters in more detail. I think it will answer most of your questions.

**Sotogo** · August 04, 2009, 04:23 PM

Hi i need someone to help me with the spawning of armies for my submod for Roma Surrectum

**Ciisar** · November 19, 2009, 12:48 PM

How i can what turn number is?
I have 4 turn per year script and campaign started at 215 BC.

**Keyser Soze** · November 24, 2010, 09:55 AM

if I´m right to spawn army is possible only in any date (turn)? it is not possible to spawn army by conditions? for example if player holds several specific regions the army of enemies will spawn?

**Squid** · November 24, 2010, 10:18 AM

You can use spawn army in whatever condition you feel like. A given date, holding a specific region, a specific event occurs, a building is built, etc. It's just a matter of creating the correct script to fire at the correct moment.