Increase units of AI factions not human player

**Luskan** · November 02, 2009, 11:30 PM

Can someone teach me how to increase the number of units whenever I start a new campaign without affecting the human player. (AI only)

I want to know what's wrong with this text in descr_strat. (EB)

; City: Rome
; Region: Latium
; --------------------
(blah, blah, blah)

army
unit roman cavalry eqvites consvlares exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
;script for AI
;unit roman infantry triarii early exp 5 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
;unit roman infantry triarii early exp 5 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
;unit roman infantry triarii early exp 5 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
;unit roman infantry triarii early exp 5 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
;unit roman infantry triarii early exp 5 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

I added some AI scripts but it doesn't seem to work.

**Squid** · November 03, 2009, 12:09 AM

Because there's no such thing as script for AI . . .

You'd need to create a campaign script that generates units at the start of the campaign for each faction if the faction isn't the local faction.

Code:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart I_TurnNumber = 1
and not FactionIsLocal
...
end_monitor

or something of the like, the syntax above probably isn't correct.

**Killerbee** · November 03, 2009, 04:46 AM

@ Squid: I'm not sure what your intention was, but turn counting starts from 0, so if you want to have the script happen the very first turn, it should be TurnNumber = 0

**Luskan** · November 03, 2009, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by Sqυιd

Because there's no such thing as script for AI . . .

You'd need to create a campaign script that generates units at the start of the campaign for each faction if the faction isn't the local faction.

Code:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart I_TurnNumber = 1
and not FactionIsLocal
...
end_monitor

or something of the like, the syntax above probably isn't correct.

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I'm sorry, my last question was a bit confusing, I just want to increase the garrison and stacks oF factions that are controlled by AI, but without affecting the human player in case the human players play that certain faction. (Sorry for my bad English)

There are some questions that still left me confused
1. I wanted to increase the garrison to an AI faction without adding a general, how can I do that?
(can you give me a detailed example since the one Ham provides has general in it, and I don't know if spawn is the right word since the army I want to add to the AI will be there at the start of the campaign.)

Let's use this as an example, If I want to put these units in the city of Rome at the very beginning of the game (controlled by AI) without adding Nero, what part of the script should I change?

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType romans_julii
and I_TurnNumber = 3

spawn_army
faction romans_julii
character Nero, named character, command 6, influence 6, management 7, subterfuge 0, age 29, , x 89, y 90
unit roman generals guard cavalry early, exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
end

console_command create_unit "Nero" "roman hastati" 12 1 0 0
console_command create_unit "Nero" "roman velite" 3 2 0 0
console_command create_unit "Nero" "roman slinger" 3 2 0 0
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

2. EB has a script called EBBS script, should I put the script there? or create another file in data/scripts and renamed it "campaign script" and put the script there?

Optional
3. If the first question in number 2 is a "yes", should I put it in the bottom most part of the script.

**Aradan** · November 03, 2009, 05:01 AM

I think he was just going for the general idea, not the specifics...

**CaesarVincens** · November 03, 2009, 11:39 AM

I don't have the files on this computer, but I know exactly how to do what you want. When I get home, I will post how.

**Squid** · November 03, 2009, 12:05 PM

You don't need the spawn_army command at all. Also inside the monitor you should have an if for each faction. Also as pointed out in the post after mine the first turn in a game is represented by I_TurnNumber = 0 (not I_TurnNumber = 1 from my example or I_TurnNumber = 3 from your example).

Ex.

Code:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart I_TurnNumber = 0
and not FactionIsLocal

e_select_settlement

if FactionType = romans_julii
   console_command create_unit "Rome" "roman hastati" 12 1 0 0
   console_command create_unit "Rome" "roman velite" 3 2 0 0
   console_command create_unit "Rome" "roman slinger" 3 2 0 0
  
   console_command create_unit "Croton" "roman hastati" 12 1 0 0
   console_command create_unit "Croton" "roman velite" 3 2 0 0
   console_command create_unit "Croton" "roman slinger" 3 2 0 0

   ...
  end

if FactionType = greek_cities
   console_command create_unit . . .
   console_command create_unit . . .
   console_command create_unit . . .

   ...
end

etc.

end_monitor

EDIT: You'll want to enhance this so that there's a counter which increases every time an if statement is run, and then have a final if in the monitor which compares the counter to 1 less than the number of factions you have in the game (20 for vanilla) and terminates the monitor when the counter matches that number.

**CaesarVincens** · November 03, 2009, 07:40 PM

What you want is a campaign script. There is no need for monitors, only if statements.

Campaign scripts fire as soon as descr_strat is parsed and can be used to give AI controlled factions a boost at the beginning of the game without boosting human players using that faction.

First, you must declare your campaign script in descr_strat. To do that add this to the very end of your descr_strat

Code:

script
Your_Campaign_Script.txt

Then create a text file named "Your_Campaign_Script.txt" (this file just needs to have the same name as the file name you put in descr_strat).

In the script start with these lines:

Code:

script
    suspend_during_battle on

Then for each (AI) faction that you want to add units too you need to add this code:

Code:

    if not I_LocalFaction 'faction internal name'

    end_if

This means that whatever code you add between the "if" and "end_if" will happen only if the player isn't using that faction. If you leave out the "not" the code will run only if the player is using that faction. This way you can create two different armies in the same city or at the same general.

Now to add units use this code:

Code:

        console_command create_unit City "unit name" # xp wp arm

        console_command create_unit "General's Name" "unit name" # xp wp arm

The first is an example for a city, and the second for a general in the field. The first number after the unit's name is the amount of units, the second is experience, the third and fourth are weapons and armor respectively. Use the internal names of cities without quotes, and the internal names in quotes for generals. Unit names are taken from export_descr_units and should be in quotes.

So for example, we would have this for Rome:

Code:

    if not I_LocalFaction romans_julii

        console_command create_unit Rome "allied hastati" 4 2 1 1

        console_command create_unit "Decius Mus" "roman equites" 1 3 1 1

    end_if

Finally, at the end of the script, add this:

Code:

terminate_script

The campaign script should be used only to help balance the beginning of the campaign as the player cannot save while it is running, but a script of this sort runs almost instantly.