A Guide to Export_Descr_Buildings.txt

[Gigantus]

Unknown agent type specified: witch

Seems the witch, heretic and inquisitor (?) cannot be recruited through the agent ability in the EDB.
They can be spawned through the script.

[Finlander]

Is there any way to make a building that only a player, not computer, can build?

[Ishan]

Is there any way to make a building that only a player, not computer, can build?

Yes there is i think.
Put it in the Campaign_script.txt

monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
	set_event_counter X_Y 1
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
	set_event_counter X_Y 0
end_monitor

And put this in the EDB for a particular building:-

and event_counter X_Y 1

So this will do the job i think coz when u click next end it will be disabled for a time being so that no AI faction gets the hold of it.
But i'm not confident about it.

[Finlander]

Many thanks! I will try it. +rep

Oh, since I have also one another question about buildings, may I ask it here?
so, is there a way to destroy the building after a one turn I've built it? (means that the building stay only a one turn.) I tried to search it but I did not find.

[Ishan]

Many thanks! I will try it. +rep

Oh, since I have also one another question about buildings, may I ask it here?
so, is there a way to destroy the building after a one turn I've built it? (means that the building stay only a one turn.) I tried to search it but I did not find.

I think we can do it.
The script is Faction dependent coz the destroy command can be applied only on a faction not globally.

declare_counter X_Y

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType england
and FactionBuildingExists >= brothel
set_counter X_Y  1
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType england
and I_CompareCounter X_Y > 0
inc_counter X_Y 1
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType england
and I_CompareCounter X_Y = 2
destroy_buildings england taverns true
set_counter X_Y  0
end_monitor

So with this script if u construct a brothel in game and it will be destroyed on the next turn that is the player or the AI has the access of it for 1 turn.
I have checked it and it works.
I'm not a good scripter so i'm sure someone else can refine it or simplify it further.

[Gigantus]

If you declare a counter, then it is automatically set on zero. So you basically only need the first (slightly modified) and the last monitor:

declare_counter X_Y

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType england
and FactionBuildingExists >= brothel
inc_counter X_Y 1
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType england
and I_CompareCounter X_Y = 2
destroy_buildings england taverns true
set_counter X_Y 0
end_monitor

[Ishan]

Yes more elegant.
My scripting skills are rusty.

[Finlander]

Thank you Ishan and Gigantus!
I am just making my first steps into a world of coding so...
+rep.

[Gigantus]

even better:

declare_counter X_Y

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType england 
        and FactionBuildingExists >= brothel
        inc_counter X_Y  1

           if I_CompareCounter X_Y = 2 
destroy_buildings england taverns true 
set_counter X_Y  0
           end_if
end_monitor

[Finlander]

wow really thank you!
But is it necessary to have 'FactionType england'? Would just 'FactionIsLocal' work?

[Gigantus]

This is faction specific: if England has that building, then after two turns that building will be destroyed in English towns. I don't think "all" will work with destroy_buildings. Otherwise that idea would be fine.

To be on the safe side (just in case a second brothel got build) the condition should be

if I_CompareCounter X_Y >= 2

[Lord-Cao-Cao]

Hey Gigantus, why is it that certain parameters work together, whereas some others don't?

For example, this
recruit_pool "Lithuanian Cavalry" 1 0.3 1 0 requires factions { poland, } and region_religion catholic 70 and building_present_min_level poland_enclave

does not cause a crash upon starting up a campaign, but this

recruit_pool "Akinjis" 1 0.34 3 0 requires factions { turks, } and region_religion islam 70 and building_present_min_level turks_enclave

does, even though they are supposedly the same things with different faction/religion labels is all?

[Taiji]

Because you can't use parameters that don't work. Check out what the log says. It might help determine what you did wrong.

[Lord-Cao-Cao]

It gives me a loop of entries similar to this
02:12:11.968 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.968 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.969 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.969 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.969 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <Usurper1> fired
02:12:11.969 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <factionleader> fired
02:12:11.971 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.971 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.972 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.972 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.972 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/001.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.972 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/001.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.973 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/001.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.973 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/001.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.973 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/036.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.973 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/036.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.974 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/036.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.974 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/generals/036.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.975 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.975 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.975 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.975 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/merchants/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.976 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/civilians/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.976 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/civilians/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.976 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/civilians/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.976 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/civilians/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.976 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.976 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.977 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists
02:12:11.977 [data.missing] [warning] Cannot find the portrait path: data/ui/northern_european/portraits/portraits/young/priests/000.tga, using the default culture path if it exists

ending in

02:12:12.078 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <Usurper1> fired
02:12:12.078 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <factionleader> fired
02:12:12.081 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <Usurper1> fired
02:12:12.081 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <factionleader> fired
02:12:12.084 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <Usurper1> fired
02:12:12.084 [game.script.trigger] [trace] Trigger <factionleader> fired
02:12:12.445 [system.rpt] [error] Medieval 2: Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit.

....But the only thing modified was export_descr_unit

[irishron]

Does it happen when you put back in your backed up EDU?

Were you playing with the bodyguard units?

[Lord-Cao-Cao]

No, if I use my backup EDU, it works perfectly. However using the line recruit_pool "Lithuanian Cavalry" 1 0.3 1 0 requires factions { poland, } and region_religion catholic 70 and building_present_min_level poland_enclave does not cause it to crash in any way, but using the same sort of line on the Turkish Akinji causes a crash.

And no, I wasn't trying to fiddle around with the bodyguard units....I was...Err...Trying to do something a little more ambitious, by adding a whole lot of faction-specific buildings to simulate colonization, along with the region_religion parameter.

[Taiji]

You checked the log for the word 'error' and found nothing? ... Checked twice???

My guess is that it says 'Akinji does not match the ownership for turkey...', or something like that.

[Gigantus]

You checked the log for the word 'error' and found nothing? ... Checked twice???

My guess is that it says 'Akinji does not match the ownership for turkey...', or something like that.

I second that, or the building description is missing. I don't think the error is in the recruitment line, it will be in the referenced parts (unit, building)
Ownership error isn't fatal. Must be something else. Missing building description I think causes a crash.

[Garen]

Is it possible to make several construction queue or build several buildings in the construction queue simultaneously?

[Squid]

Not without scripts.