How To: The Ancillary Guide

[Radzeer]

Thanks. For anybody looking for a similar problem (father dies in battle) here are the threads I found:

This is one.
This is another.

Apparently this is close to being impossible.

[Noobio]

is there any way to make specific ancillaries being "lootable" ..as in general gets killed in battle ,another one gets it ?

if yes..how could that apply in detail ?

-general gets killed but own army eventually wins..what happens ? ancillary lost or passed on to the next highest_star general (enemy or preferably allied) ?
-with more than 2 gens and whatever outcome..would the killed one's anc go to the highest-star allied or enemy general (preferably to the victor side)?

how could these two aspects be regulated ?

[Gigantus]

That is one of the conditions that doesn't work properly: GeneralWithAncKilled

[SpyrosM91]

where can i find a complete set of ancilliary effects??? thanks!!




EDIT: i have this extremelly simple ancillary:
export_descr_ancillaries

Ancillary abc                       
Type court
Transferable  0 
Image abc.tga                       
Description abc_desc                
EffectsDescription abc_effects_desc 
Effect Authority  2
    

Trigger abc                
WhenToTest CharacterTurnEnd
Condition IsGeneral    
and FactionType byzantium

AcquireAncillary abc chance  100

export_ancillaries

{abc}Hello
{abc_desc} blahhhh
{abc_effects_desc}+Security

but it doesn't work....please help!!

[Squid]

What doesn't work? You're not very specific. What's in your log?

[SpyrosM91]

when i click the sortcut to start the game, it turns black for a couple of seconds and then it returns to Windows.....when i delete that ancillary the game runs fine...

....and the log doesn't show anything....

what is wrong???

[Squid]

Is a new strings.bin file being created?

[SpyrosM91]

because i'm a bit unfamiliar with that...., do you mean that i should delete the old "export_ancillaries.txt.strings" file???...if you mean that, i deleted it and nothing changed....

[Squid]

Did a new one get created?

[SpyrosM91]

yes, but the problem persists.....

[Swagger]

;------------------------------------------
Ancillary abc
    Type Court
    Transferable  0 
    Image abc.tga
    ExcludeCultures mesoamerican
    Description abc_desc                
    EffectsDescription abc_effects_desc 
    Effect Authority  2 

;------------------------------------------
Trigger abc_trigger
    WhenToTest CharacterTurnEnd
    Condition IsGeneral
          and FactionType byzantium


    AcquireAncillary abc chance  100

[SpyrosM91]

thanks! but the problem still exists....and i've tried in another game...

PS: what did you change

[Swagger]

i cleaned it up


what does the log say?

[Swagger]

try this:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=307657

[SpyrosM91]

as i said before:

when i click the sortcut to start the game, it turns black for a couple of seconds and then it returns to Windows.....when i delete that ancillary the game runs fine...

....and the log doesn't show anything....

and when i delete this ancillary from the "export_descr_ancillaries" the game works just fine......what's going on??? i cannot get it...

[Swagger]

that's really odd


have you added more ancillaries other than this one?

[SpyrosM91]

no....just this one...i was planning to add some more based on this one...

[Swagger]

have you used the trait validator?

[SpyrosM91]

how, stupid a man can be????

i forgot to put the trigger in the section with all the other triggers, an thus the engine thought of it like an error....

thanks both of you for your help!!! (+rep)

[Swagger]