battle script

[Salvo]

I have few questions about battle script.
I know what to do to make units move, The problem is, that I don't know what to do to give this unit secon order.
For example:
1'st order- Attack YYY
2'st order-Than move to the point XXX

I hope You understand me.

[HouseOfHam]

You can't queue orders in a battle script. The only thing you can do is to issue the next order when some kind of event occurs or a timer reaches a threshold.

[Salvo]

You know how to do it?

[HouseOfHam]

What exactly are you trying to do?

[Salvo]

I'm trying to make a battle for EW.

1.Could You write here for example how to make unit A attack on unit B, if unit B at the distance of 100 meters.

2.I found the "counters" in Napoleonic script. What do they do?

Please help.

[HouseOfHam]

1. You should have all your units labeled at the beginning of the battle.

Assuming 100 meters is a missle units range, it's just

 while not I_UnitInRangeOfUnit roman_archers gaul_warband
  ; wait until in range
end_while

; fire away
unit_order_attack_unit roman_archers gaul_warband run

2. Counters are like variables in a programming language. You can:
- set a counter value to a number

set_counter myCounter 666

- change counter value by a positive/negative number

inc_counter myCounter -333

- compare counter value to a number

if I_CompareCounter myCounter >= 5
  console_command add_money 100
end_if

and that's it. Plus, in RTW they don't retain their values when you save/load your game (in M2TW, they do, though). So, their use is fairly limited.

[Salvo]

Very Thanks+REP!!

Last issue.
What to write if I want unit A to attack unit C, if unit B routs?

[HouseOfHam]

In this case, these is an event you can monitor.

monitor_event BattleUnitRouts I_IsUnitRouting unitB
  unit_order_attack_unit unitA unitC run
  terminate_monitor
end_monitor

[Salvo]

Thanks.
Let me ask finnal question.

What are the phases for?
I found them in Borodino script...

[HouseOfHam]

Don't know. I don't have that script.

[Salvo]

Thanks anyway