Scripting for new building

**julianus heraclius** · February 24, 2010, 02:14 AM

I'm having problems trying to create a hunnic foederati building.

This what it looks like in the script.

script
;======================================================
; Declare Counters
;======================================================
declare_counter settlementowner_Ravenna
declare_counter settlementowner_Verona
declare_counter settlementowner_Sirmium
declare_counter settlementowner_Carthage
declare_counter Foederati_Hunnic_Treaty
;======================================================
; Recruitment of Hunnic Foederati after 380AD
;======================================================
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType empire_east
set_counter Foederati_Hunnic_Treaty 1
end_monitor
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType empire_east
and I_CompareCounter Foederati_Hunnic_Treaty = 0
and I_TurnNumber > 2
and I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = empire_east
and not SettlementBuildingExists = foederati_treaties1
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = alemanni
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = franks
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = saxons
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = celts
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = berbers
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = slavs
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = lombardi
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = goths
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = ostrogoths
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = huns
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = sassanids
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = sarmatians
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = moors
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = romano_british
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = roxolani
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = slave
console_command create_building Sirmium "foederati_treaties1"
end_monitor

And in the export_descr_buildings.txt file, this is what I put.

building hinterland_foederati_treaties1
{
levels foederati_treaties1
{
foederati_treaties1 requires factions { roman, } and hidden_resource not_here
{
capability
{
}
construction 1
cost 400
settlement_min city
upgrades
{
}
}
}
plugins
{
}
}

building foederati_recruitment_huns
{
levels foederati_camp_huns foederati_settlement_huns foederati_tribe_huns
{
foederati_camp_huns requires factions { roman, } and building_present_min_level hinterland_foederati_treaties1 foederati_treaties1
{
capability
{
recruit "hunnic foederati" 0 requires factions { roman, }
}
construction 1
cost 2000
settlement_min town
upgrades
{
foederati_settlement_huns
}
}
foederati_settlement_huns requires factions { roman, } and hidden_resource foederati
{
capability
{
recruit "hunnic foederati" 0 requires factions { roman, }
recruit "foederati hunnic lancers" 0 requires factions { roman, }

}
construction 2
cost 3000
settlement_min large_town
upgrades
{
foederati_tribe_huns
}
}
foederati_tribe_huns requires factions { roman, } and hidden_resource foederati
{
capability
{
recruit "hunnic foederati" 1 requires factions { roman, }
recruit "foederati hunnic lancers" 1 requires factions { roman, }
}
construction 3
cost 5000
settlement_min city
upgrades
{
}
}
}
plugins
{
}
}

Now, it works it I remove the and hidden_resource not_here, but I get the building in the construction list for a ll roman buildings, but when it is included, the script doesn't construct the building in the construction list.

Any ideas.

Thanks

**HouseOfHam** · February 24, 2010, 10:39 AM

Bad syntax:

Code:

and not SettlementBuildingExists = foederati_treaties1
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = alemanni
; etc.

The 'not' keyword does not work with conditions that use logical operators as parameters. Try re-writing it as:

Code:

and SettlementBuildingExists < foederati_treaties1
 and I_SettlementOwner Sirmium != alemanni ; not-equal
; etc.

Btw, when do you want the building to be created?

**julianus heraclius** · February 24, 2010, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by HouseOfHam

Bad syntax:

Code:

and not SettlementBuildingExists = foederati_treaties1
and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = alemanni
; etc.

The 'not' keyword does not work with conditions that use logical operators as parameters. Try re-writing it as:

Code:

and SettlementBuildingExists < foederati_treaties1
 and I_SettlementOwner Sirmium != alemanni ; not-equal
; etc.

Btw, when do you want the building to be created?

Well, in game it will be created around the time of 380AD. This is when apparently a group of huns were settled in Pannonia as foederati along with some alans and ostrogoths, so of course the number of turns will be greater than what I have shown.

I'm still not sure about the scripting though, as I have used "not" before and the script has worked fine.

As I said, the script works fine if I don't use the hidden resource "not_here" in the edb.txt file, but of course the foederati building automatically appears in all roman cities.

This script is designed to "trigger" the creation of the foederati building tree. The script triggers the foederati_treaties1, which in game shows up as the treaty. This then allows the building of the foederati building tree. The tree is dependent on the foederati_treaties1 being created.

The hidden resource "not_here" is designed to prevent the building appearing befroe the script trigger.

As I said, the trigger works without the hidden resource, but not when it is included.

**HouseOfHam** · February 24, 2010, 05:27 PM

1.

The 'not' keyword does not work with conditions that use logical operators as parameters.

This was explained back in 2005 by JeromeGrasdyke, lead developer at CA. It means you...
- can use "not" with conditionis like FactionIsLocal, I_LocalFaction, CultureType, GeneralFoughtInCombat, etc.
- cannot use "not" with conditions that use '<', '>', '=', '!=' like I_SettlementOwner, NumKilledGenerals. Instead, have to invert the logical operator.

If you do a bit of testing, you'll notice that using it incorrectly (as in "and not SettlementBuildingExists = foederati_treaties1") always returns the same result.

2. All the "and not I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = whatever" conditions (even if they worked with "not") are useless because there is already a "and I_SettlementOwner Sirmium = empire_east" condition above.

3. I suspect the hidden_resource requirement is somehow getting inherited by the foederati_recruitment_huns building, but that would be a better question for the experts. It's possible that what you're trying to do can't be done that way.

4. Have you tried running my EDB validator on your mod?