Changing faction standing through events

[Gigantus]

As the title says: I would like to change the faction standings when a certain condition is given and then announce this via event.
My scripting is somewhat basic so if someone can run this by me slowly?

I have some half cooked ideas after looking around in the descr_faction_standing file, but can this be done the way I described above?


Like:
One out of five factions (common religion) captures a defined settlement that is held by one of five other factions (common religion)
All of the first factions should then be at war with all of the other five factions
Which should be then announce by an event.

[Swagger]

my humble attempt (and example):

monitor_event GeneralCaptureSettlement CharacterReligion catholic
   and FactionIsLocal
;  and TargetFactionReligion catholic ;not sure if this works to check the enemy religion
      
    historic_event tolerancia_egypt_sim factions { egypt, }
    set_faction_standing england france -0.1 ;or other value up to 1.0 the higher the lower relations
    console_command diplomatic_stance england france, war ;england declares war on france
;   console_command diplomatic_stance france england, war ; makes sure france declares war back to england

  terminate_monitor
end_monitor

[Gigantus]

That sounds promising. Thanks.

[Swagger]

about this:

; console_command diplomatic_stance france england, war ; makes sure france declares war back to england

if you see france (or the other faction) is too passive towards the 1st faction, delete the '';''

[Swagger]

ups sorry

[Swagger]

i made a few mistakes in the last script

monitor_event GeneralCaptureSettlement CharacterReligion catholic
    and FactionIsLocal
    and TargetFactionReligion catholic ;not sure if this works to check the enemy religion
      
       historic_event gigantus_script factions { england, }
       set_faction_standing england france -0.1 ;or other value up to 1.0 the higher the lower relations
       set_faction_standing france_england -0.1 ;or other value up to 1.0 the higher the lower relations
       console_command diplomatic_stance england france, war ;england declares war on france
       console_command diplomatic_stance france england, war ; makes sure france declares war back to england

    terminate_monitor
end_monitor

[Gigantus]

faction_standing is script
diplomatic_stance is console

Got it!

Last step: when this event fires I want to give the leader of a particular faction an ancillary.
Does the trigger for the ancillaries accept a counter? Or how does that work?

[konny]

Does the trigger for the ancillaries accept a counter?

Yes, it does.

[Swagger]

Last step: when this event fires I want to give the leader of a particular faction an ancillary.

you can't add ancillaries, but you can add traits, as long as you know the name of the leader

i can't remember the correct command, but it was something like this: give_character_trait "Character Name" " Trait name"

[Gigantus]

I was more thinking along the line:

the event creates a counter like 'the_world_is_round'
using that event counter as a condition for a special ancillary

[Swagger]

i don't understand sorry

[Gigantus]

campaign_script

;-- World is round --
monitor_event EventCounter EventCounterType world_is_round
and EventCounter > 0

; unhide America
restrict_strat_radar false
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

descr_events:

; ------------ CORE GAME EVENT --------------
event historic world_is_round
date 320 328

Only in this case the event is 'caused' in the script

[Gigantus]

I am excited! Must try that immediately!

[Swagger]

did my script worked?

[Gigantus]

Still tweaking and testing.

[Swagger]

don't forget to rep me

[Gigantus]

I have to start from scratch:

The conditions to test:
- one of three factions captures a settlement
The effects to be achieved:
- an event gets displayed in game
- a counter gets created (for use in an ancillary condition)
- one faction gets money and the leader an ancillary
- the second faction only gets an ancillary fro the leader
Effects on standby:
- declarations of war
- change in relations

It obviously doesn't work - (why else would I post?) anyone with great ideas?

Edit: it appears that I have a problem with the 'or FactionType' lines. If I comment them out the whole thing works. So, how do I get this to work the way I intended?

campaign_script

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; ---------------------- The Fall of Prag -----------------
monitor_event GeneralCaptureSettlement SettlementName Prag ; Prag gets captured
and FactionType portugal ; by portugal
or FactionType hre ; or hre
or FactionType milan ; or milan


historic_event weisser_berg ; event gets displayed in game
set_event_counter fall_von_prag 1 ; event counter for ancillaries

console_command add_money portugal, 5000 ; 5000 florins for portugal

; set_faction_standing england france -0.1
; set_faction_standing france england -0.1

; console_command diplomatic_stance england france, war
; console_command diplomatic_stance france england, war

terminate_monitor

end_monitor

export_descr_ancillaries

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Ancillary wenzel_krone
Type 1648_special
Transferable 0
Image wenzel_krone.tga
Unique
Description wenzel_krone_desc
EffectsDescription wenzel_krone_effects_desc
Effect Authority 10
Effect Loyalty 1
-----------------
Trigger wenzel_krone
WhenToTest CharacterTurnStart
Condition FactionType hre
and IsFactionLeader
and I_EventCounter fall_von_prag > 0 ; the trigger from above
AcquireAncillary wenzel_krone chance 100

[konny]

Trigger wenzel_krone
WhenToTest CharacterTurnStart
Condition FactionType hre
and IsFactionLeader
and I_EventCounter fall_von_prag > 0 ; the trigger from above
AcquireAncillary wenzel_krone chance 100

Try: CharFactionType hre

[Gigantus]

thanks konny, but that part works fine. My problem is somewhere else: I want to put three different factions in the conditions -
and FactionType portugal
or FactionType hre
or FactionType milan
but that doesn't work, only the first line is correct\working. Is there a way to get around it?

[konny]

thanks konny, but that part works fine.

I am rather certain it is not because FactionType is not recognized by EDA ;-)

My problem is somewhere else: I want to put three different factions in the conditions -
and FactionType portugal
or FactionType hre
or FactionType milan
but that doesn't work, only the first line is correct\working. Is there a way to get around it?

Should be no problem: make it three identical monitors, one for each faction.