problem adding a new ancillary

[Tubia]

I'm trying to add a new ancillary, just in order to understand what is the mechanics (and in order to collaborate in a mod's development)
Tried to add Bob Dylan as an ancillary to Alfonso (king of Spain)
I'm totally new tot his type of modding, but i've tried... and i failed.
This is what i've done:
added in export_descr_ancillaries.txt

;------------------------------------------
Ancillary bob_dylan
    Type Entertain
    Trasferable 0
    Image entertainment_artist.tga
    Unique
    Description bob_dylan_desc
    EffectsDescription bob_dylan_effects_desc
    Effect TroopMorale 2
    Effect LocalPopularity 2
    Effect Influence 1

and

;------------------------------------------
Trigger bob_dylan_vnv_trigger
    WhenToTest CharacterTurnEnd
    Condition EndedInSettlement
          and SettlementBuildingExists >= tavern
          and IsGeneral

    AcquireAncillary bob_dylan chance  5

added in export_descr_ancillary_enums.txt

bob_dylan
bob_dylan_desc
bob_dylan_effects_desc

added in text\export_ancillaries.txt

{bob_dylan}Bob Dylan
{bob_dylan_desc}The famous songwriter Bob Dylan. A poet, a musician, also an actor: the Bob Dylan's talent haven't a limit.
{bob_dylan_effects_desc}+2 Troop Morale, +2 Local Popularity, +1 Influence

added in world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign\descr_strat.txt

character    Alfonso el Valiente, named character, male, leader, age 40, x 78, y 90 
traits Factionleader 1 , LoyaltyStarter 1 , GoodCommander 1 , Energetic 1 , Intelligent 1 , ReligionStarter 1 
ancillaries bard , bob_dylan

I also deleted export_ancillaries.txt.strings.bin in order to permit the game to recreate it.

Result
When i started a new campaing as Spanish, nothing happens.

[Gigantus]

Ancillary bob_dylan
Type Entertain
Transferable 0
Image entertainment_artist.tga
Unique
Description bob_dylan_desc
EffectsDescription bob_dylan_effects_desc
Effect TroopMorale 2
Effect LocalPopularity 2
Effect Influence 1

[Tubia]

Thank you! I corrected that but remains the same problem:
When i start a new great campaign, chose the Spanish, and see the king Alfonso's ancillaries, there is only the bard...

[Quark]

Tubia
Take out the space between the bard and the comma, so reads ;

ancillaries bard, bob_dylan

[Tubia]

Thank you.
Fixed that but neither with this correction it works.
I tried also with the english factionleader, but no success.

[Gigantus]

try and put bob_dylan as the first ancillary.

[Tubia]

I've putted bob_dylan as the first:

;===============================================================
;== ANCILLARY DATA STARTS HERE ==
;===============================================================

Ancillary bob_dylan
    Type Entertain
    Transferable 0
    Image entertainment_artist.tga
    Unique
    Description bob_dylan_desc
    EffectsDescription bob_dylan_effects_desc
    Effect TroopMorale 2
    Effect LocalPopularity 2
    Effect Influence 1

Nothing happens. I've also tried putting a ;------- between the title and the ancillary but nothing change (and i think the ;----- is just an esthetic matter)
I've also tried to invert the order of the ancillaries in Alfonso so:

ancillaries bob_dylan, bard

the ancillary "bard" disappear ingame

ancillaries bob_dylan , bard

the ancillary "bard" disappear ingame

I really don't understand.
Feeling a bit stupid..
Maybe i should just give it up.

[Gigantus]

Here comes my usual question: are you using the file_first command?
Another suggestion: change your error log to error reporting. The default is trace and is very difficult to read.
Underneath the entries for your medieval2.preference.cfg (or mod cfg):

[log] 
level = * error

[io]
file_first = true

You will have to make the file read-only as the game constantly re-writes the entries. (And deletes the custom created ones).

[Quark]

Tubia
As your adding in the ancillary via descr_stat, try commenting out the trigger, as it will not be needed for this test.

Then give character two known ancillaries eg
ancillaries bard, tutor

Check that both appear, as this will point out whether the issue is with bob or the line itself.

[Tubia]

Quark
Done them both.
I commented out the trigger and then gave to Alfonso these ancillaries:

ancillaries tutor, bard

And all works.
So it seems to be a bob_dylan's problem...

gigantus
Added the lines to my medieval2.preference.cfg

Thank you for the assistance )))
I'm away from a pc 'til sunday so..
See you sunday!
(hope to resolve this thing)

Best Regards

[Gampie]

Hmm... what are you doing wrong? I just did all the steps you did and it works perfectly:



I operated from a mymod subfolder.

Do you have a valid image for the ancillary? 33x41 pixels, 24-bits tga
Have you deleted map.rwm after you edited descr_strat.txt?

[TheFirstONeill]

Nice portraits, where did you source them ?

cheers
Jason

[SigniferOne]

Any luck Tubie?

[Lord Condormanius]

Bob Dylan rules. I didn't realize he was around back then. Good job, folks, for making me aware.

[SigniferOne]

He's pretty old, after all.

[Tubia]

Nothing.
I deleted the map.rwm but nothing changes.
I also modified the image path in:

    Image entertainment_bard.tga

I use, to modify every file, the windows notepad application (the default application for .txt files).
Sorry for my absence, but i'm having some health's troubles.
I'm happy that Gampie makes it works. It makes me hope for a solution
Thank you for all the support : ))

Best Regards

[Quark]

Tubia
Another thought - to elimate whether its a graphic issue, just copy&paste, then rename an existing image, say mentor, and see if bob then appears. That way we will know if the issue is with the text (which looks fine from you posts) or the image you are using.

[Tubia]

I created data\ui\ancillaries
and added in bob_dylan.tga (a copy of a broken sword's ancillary).
Neither this is the problem.
For a moment i tought that the problem was that i haven't got the data\ui\ancillaries folder but... It was a fruitless hope

[Tubia]

Ok i got the problem:

12:55:13.046 [script.err] [error] Script Error in data/export_descr_ancillaries.txt, at line 8, column 11
Could'n find ancillary name string <bob_dylan>.
12:55:13.046 [script.err] [error] Script Error in data/export_descr_ancillaries.txt, at line 13, column 17
Could'n find ancillary description string <bob_dylan_desc>.

But in my export_ancillaries.txt there is {bob_dylan} and {bob_dylan_desc}.
Now we know the problem.

Regards

[Gigantus]

Got the entry in this file?: data\export_descr_ancillary_enums.txt