Spawning armies

[Amur_Tiger]

I'm trying to see if I can spawn dynamic armies every turn based on a number of in-game factors such as the happiness, population and buildings of the city where the army would spawn. Even more desirable would to make it so that it only triggers when a family member with a certain character trait is present but this isn't at all necessary. If anyone has any suggestions for how to do this it would be much appreciated.

[HouseOfHam]

If you only care about settlement-related conditions:

monitor_event SettlementTurnStart SettlementName Rome
          and I_SettlementOwner Rome = romans_julii
          and SettlementBuildingExists >= small_temple_of_war
  console_command create_unit Rome "roman hastati" 2
end_monitor

If you want to check both settlement- and character-related conditions, you need to monitor an event that exports both settlement and character records. For example, CharacterTurnEnd...

monitor_event CharacterTurnEnd GovernorLoyaltyLevel >= loyalty_rioting
;if there is more than one character present and you don't care which one of them is the governer, use SettlementLoyaltyLevel instead
          and SettlementName Rome
          and I_SettlementOwner Rome = romans_julii
          and SettlementBuildingExists >= small_temple_of_war
          and Trait Inspiring > 2
  console_command create_unit Rome "roman hastati" 2
end_monitor

You can't check settlement population size directly, but you might be able to get a rought estimate based on the level of bulding(s) present.

[cfan01]

What file would you place those in?

[Aradan]

In the file which contains the background script of your mod/game, you can call it however you want. See the Tutorials/Scripting section for more info on how this system works.

[cfan01]

I looked at the tutorial and followed it to the letter as far as I can tell, but my game just crashed before it reached the first loading screen. Is there any common mistake I could have made that makes this happen?

[HouseOfHam]

Sounds like a problem with export_descr_advice.txt or export_advice.txt.