Questions about scripting commands

[alhoon]

Can someone please answer me how this can be done with scripting for M2TW (kingdoms)?

- What's the command for giving a settlement from faction A to faction B?

- What's the command for giving a named_character from faction A to faction B?

- What's the command for giving an agent from faction A to faction B?

- How the condition to check if there's a marriage alliance between faction A and faction B is spelled?
"monitor_event InterFactionMarriage" doesn't seem to work as intented. It doesn't seem to work between faction A and B but just with marriage alliances in general.

- What exactly "FactionIsLocal" does?

Thanks in advance.

[krycek]

I'm not sure about the first three but i think factionsIsLocal test if the player is the local faction i have been getting alot of help for scripting from the scripting course sorry this probably does not help much.

--Krycek

[GrnEyedDvl]

Look up the docudemons for some references, or my version of them.

Can someone please answer me how this can be done with scripting for M2TW (kingdoms)?

- What's the command for giving a settlement from faction A to faction B?

There isnt one. The closest thing is capture_settlement which takes the named settlement from whoever owns it and gives it to the player. If you switch factions using the hotseat commands you can move settlement to the new faction, then switch back to your original faction.

- What's the command for giving a named_character from faction A to faction B?

There isnt one.

- What's the command for giving an agent from faction A to faction B?

There isnt one.

- How the condition to check if there's a marriage alliance between faction A and faction B is spelled?

There isnt one. However there are events to detect when marriages occur.

"monitor_event InterFactionMarriage" doesn't seem to work as intented. It doesn't seem to work between faction A and B but just with marriage alliances in general.

Of course it doesnt work, you cannot just make up your own conditions. You have to use the ones CA created.

- What exactly "FactionIsLocal" does?

Local means the player has control, and is used with all sorts of stuff. CharacterIsLocal, SettlementIsLocal, etc.

[Augustus Lucifer]

There isnt one. The closest thing is capture_settlement which takes the named settlement from whoever owns it and gives it to the player. If you switch factions using the hotseat commands you can move settlement to the new faction, then switch back to your original faction.

Doesn't making a faction emerge script sort of do this archaic-like :hmmm:

Identifier:         faction_emerge
Parameters:         emerging_faction, target_faction, min_num_remain, max_order_threshold, max_order_threshold_surrounding, max_order_dropoff, min_level_threshold, fire_emerge_message, leader_script_label, leader_name, leader_age
Description:        Evaluates the target factions settlements with a settlement level >= min_level_threshold and public order <= max_order_threshold.  If the settlement with the lowest order fails, is it turned over to the emerge_faction.  The leader_script_label and leader_name are used if a new leader is required.  min_num_remain specifies the minimum number of settlements for the target faction to keep. Surrounding regions are also evaluated against the surrounding threshold.
Sample use:         faction_emerge barons_alliance England 1 85.0 100.0 1.2 town false edward1 Edward 30
Class:              FACTION_EMERGE
Implemented:        Yes
Author:             ScottL

I personally have never tried it, I don't know if that was introduced for the Brittania campaign but it certainly looks like it in the Description. Certainly provides some interesting implications, maybe not for giving to an existing AI faction though.

Cheers,
Augustus

[alhoon]

THanks, I'll check the commands. I wasn't aware that such a document existed.

About FactionisLocal, I had come to the same conclusion... but it doesn't work all the time for me. Perhaps it's something else. Anyway as long as there is a list of the script commands, I'll have my answers.

[GrnEyedDvl]

You have to make sure you are using the right condition with the events, check the sports lines and the trigger requirements lines.

[alhoon]

The following doesn't properly for me.
In fact it works all the time, not dependant on what the FS with the papal states is. What I do wrong?

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType hungary
if FactionStanding papal_states > 0.7

Blah, blah, blah

terminate_monitor
end_if

NOTE: even if I put anything beyond the "if FactionStanding" the script fires! And I mean evem if I type "if FactionStanding sdfecs>0.7"

[alpaca]

You might want to read my scripting tutorial in this thread. A decent source to get information about how the event/condition system works is my old trigger tutorial (linked in the scripting tutorial)

[GrnEyedDvl]

You are using an event that doesnt export the proper trigger requirement. There IS a reason they are listed in the files. Do as Alpaca suggested and read his tutorial, and then read these too.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=121589

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=743

[alhoon]

You are using an event that doesnt export the proper trigger requirement. There IS a reason they are listed in the files. Do as Alpaca suggested and read his tutorial, and then read these too.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=121589

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=743

Thanks I guess. It seems I have to do more reading.

However I checked the triggers and the requirements. It seems I need to be more careful. Those exports are a bit tricky.

EDIT: AWESOME TUTORIAL! ! ! It could have saved me dozens of hours if I have seen them before started scripting! Thanks!

I was thinking, can you compile your tutorials to a word file for us to download?

EDIT2: Can't give you rep again.

[GrnEyedDvl]

I have never used that one either, but I assumed he meant giving to an already existing faction.

[GrnEyedDvl]

No rep needed.

Actually there is a modding manual in progress for both RTW and M2. It will probably be a while, but when we finish those we will start with Empire.