Historical Battle Scripting

[Rt. Hon. Gentleman]

Hi,

I'm working on the battle of Pharsalus for RS2. I have created it to a degree of verisimilitude which I am happy with, but the AI (being what it is) has Pompey's armt reform from the manipular army I placed it as ,to a single line at the beginning of each battle. Obviously, this is not on, as I wish to keep the historical formation until the player attacks.

How can I force this issue? I know the vanilla historical battles have script files that keep the units in check and tell them where they have to go, how can I replicate this. My demands on Pompey's army are hardly excessive or unrealistic.

Thanks in advance,
RHG.

[HouseOfHam]

Maybe something along the lines of...

prepare_for_battle

; label units
; define_unit_group ROMAN_UNITS unit1 unit2 etc
; place units and set individual unit formations

ai_active_set off

; maybe throw in unit_group_set_formation ROMAN_UNITS formation_name_from_descr_formations

unit_group_order_halt ROMAN_UNITS

undefine_unit_group ROMAN_UNITS

monitor_event BattlePlayerUnitAttacksEnemyUnit TrueCondition
    ai_active_set on
    terminate_monitor
end_monitor

[Rt. Hon. Gentleman]

Maybe something along the lines of...

prepare_for_battle

; label units
; define_unit_group ROMAN_UNITS unit1 unit2 etc
; place units and set individual unit formations

ai_active_set off

; maybe throw in unit_group_set_formation ROMAN_UNITS formation_name_from_descr_formations

unit_group_order_halt ROMAN_UNITS

undefine_unit_group ROMAN_UNITS

monitor_event BattlePlayerUnitAttacksEnemyUnit TrueCondition
    ai_active_set on
    terminate_monitor
end_monitor

You are a genius. I will have a go with this now.

+rep.