Repeating Event - how to?

[Gigantus]

I have been trying to write a script that fires repeatedly after a set amount of rounds. Example:

Using GED's 12 turns per year I would like a historic_event to repeat every twelve months (Let's call it Happy_Xmas). December would be in round 11 the first time (round one being turn zero). An easy but exhausting way would be to repeat the event like this:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
    if I_TurnNumber = 11
        historic_event Happy_Xmas
    end_if

    if I_TurnNumber = 23
        historic_event Happy_Xmas
    end_if

;don't terminate since it runs for all events
end_monitor

That isn't exactly elegant (and will take upward of 40 entries) and I have been looking into the 'add_event' and 'increase_counter' functions, but I seem to end up with a "perpetuum mobile" that doesn't get of the ground.

Does anybody have an idea how this can be done?

[konny]

That should be pretty simple:

Increment a counter every turn by 1, and when the counter has reached 12 fire the event and set the counter back to 0 in the same monitor.

[Gigantus]

I am bit dull: how would that look like? (the incrementing), please!

[konny]

try this

declare_counter Xmas 
set_counter Xmas 0

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
                    inc_counter Xmas 1

                    if I_EventCounter Xmas = 12
                      [do whatever you have planned]

                     set_counter Xmas 0
                    end_if
end_monitor

[Gigantus]

It is so easy, no wonder I didn't get it. Thanks konny!

Now how would I get the counter to start in round 4 and stop after round 210?

Could I put under the monitor_event line the following lines:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
            and I_TurnNumber > 3
            and not I_TurnNumber > 209

            inc_counter Xmas 1

        if I_EventCounter Xmas = 12
           [do whatever you have planned]
           set_counter Xmas 0
        end_if

end_monitor

[konny]

Yes, I am confident that this should work (I would use "I_TurnNumber < 210" instead, but that's a matter preferences).

[Gigantus]

Delightful! Let me organize some Xmas.