Adding requirements for recruiting units.

**^Mr.S** · October 24, 2008, 02:38 PM

Hello, I was wondering if someone would know how to add a requirement to recruiting a unit (like the line after Conquistadores, "and hidden_resource america") Specifically I am trying to make it so that I'd have to build the appropriate smith building to recruit a unit that has a base armour level of what that smith building supplies (i.e. having to build the "Heavy Armourer" building in order to recruit Dismounted Feudal Knights.) I tried adding the line "and building blacksmith" after Mailed Knights but the game crashed. I don't have any other ideas and any help is appreciated.

**Augustus Lucifer** · October 24, 2008, 07:25 PM

This line is used in some of the buildings:

Code:

        docklands city requires factions { northern_european, middle_eastern, eastern_european, greek, southern_european, }  and building_present_min_level port port
.
.

All of the EDB should work the same, since you can use hidden_resource and event_counter in both unit and building within the EDB. Then again, stranger things have been possible and simpler things have been impossible. But I'd try using that after the unit. The first one is the building tree and the second is the level of the building.

Alternatively if that doesn't work, you need to set up a long script for every settlement or for specific regions which makes an event_counter trigger. Like:

Code:

monitor_event SettlementTurnEnd SettlementIsLocal
            and IsRegionOneOf 1
            and SettlementBuildingExists > armory
set_event_counter armory_X(settlement name) 1
end_monitor

Didn't check all of that for accuracy, but you get the general idea.

I intend to use a similar effect to circumvent the need for a castle and city version of recruitment structures by just checking for if there is a castle or city in the settlement, thus eliminating a building tree wasted.

**^Mr.S** · October 24, 2008, 08:53 PM

Thanks a lot for replying! I tried adding the line to EDB, but it crashed whenever I tried to start a campaign. I first noticed I was using the city smith on a castle unit, so I changed that but it still crashed. I understand the second concept (with the script) but I don't know where to write the event_counter trigger. So basically, what file to I add that to? I tried snooping around but I can't find any place that seems appropriate.

**SSJPabs** · October 24, 2008, 09:21 PM

Events are in descr_events under the imperial campaign folder. What I always forget is where the optional events go such as the Kalmar Union in Teutonic.

Edit:Testing it out, but I can't get it to work either and I've used event and hidden resources triggers before so I know how the basic thing works.

**^Mr.S** · October 26, 2008, 06:40 AM

I tried it and couldn't get it to work, either. I'm fairly sure this has been done in a mod before, so I think it can be done.

**Mythic_Commodore** · October 26, 2008, 07:45 PM

You have to state the building line as well as the building level. For more on the EDB file and specifics, check out this article - http://medieval2.heavengames.com/m2t...de/index.shtml

**^Mr.S** · October 27, 2008, 08:08 AM

" and building_present_min_level castle_smith c_blacksmith" is the line I added after the Mailed Knights line in the "Castle" building. Is that incorrect?

**Mythic_Commodore** · October 27, 2008, 01:43 PM

That should do the trick.

**^Mr.S** · October 27, 2008, 05:50 PM

As much as I would like it to be the trick, it's not. It still crashes when I try to start a campaign. I can't understand why it would do this, and the system.log even just says "unspecified error." Hmph.

**Kundich** · October 27, 2008, 11:42 PM

If it was working prior to your small modifications, it seems likely that you've developed a syntax error in the EDB, as a campaign_script error won't throw at unspecified error. Check your error log for errors. It will likely point you directly to the parsing error. It will occur perhaps many lines above where the crash is reported.

Thanks,
ADM

**^Mr.S** · October 28, 2008, 08:12 AM

I checked the log for errors, and it found about a dozen in EDB, but none of them had to do with what I modified (I made the errors nearly a year ago, and the game ran fine with these errors.) Maybe it'll work, however. I'll test it later when I have time.
It still doesn't work. Here is the exact line.
14:24:13.218 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.