Technical details of how EB Reforms work

[Caesar Augustus]

Dear EB Dev Team,

In the next version of ExRM we are looking to getting some more reforms involved that aren't dependant on the Marius event and I stumbled across a thread in this forum which said that some of them, ie the Seleucid reform, is triggered by a trait of some kind.

As such we are highly intrigued as to implementing a similar thing in ExRM 4.0, to show that military reforms were not time based, but based on battle experience.

Could you post a bit of guidance in this thread, or alternatively in the thread in the ExRM forum please?

Any assistance provided will of course be credited.

Thanks and Regards,

Caesar Augustus

[Ferdiad]

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[Siegfriedfr]

Dear EB Dev Team,

In the next version of ExRM we are looking to getting some more reforms involved that aren't dependant on the Marius event and I stumbled across a thread in this forum which said that some of them, ie the Seleucid reform, is triggered by a trait of some kind.

As such we are highly intrigued as to implementing a similar thing in ExRM 4.0, to show that military reforms were not time based, but based on battle experience.

Could you post a bit of guidance in this thread, or alternatively in the thread in the ExRM forum please?

Any assistance provided will of course be credited.

Thanks and Regards,

Caesar Augustus

I'm not an EB team member but been diving pretty deep into the EB files lately... this is just 50% of what they have done (their trait and script files are very complex).

Roughly a family member can acquire a trait when he "looses" a battle under certain circunstances against a certain faction.

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Trigger seleukid_beaten_by_cats
WhenToTest PostBattle

Condition IsGeneral
and not WonBattle
and I_ConflictType Normal
and FactionType romans_julii
;and I_TurnNumber > 75
and PercentageUnitCategory cavalry > 10
; and NumEnemiesInBattle > 250
and NumFriendsInBattle > 250
and not BattleOdds > 0.7
and PercentageOfArmyKilled > 20
and PercentageBodyguardKilled > 20

Affects BeatenByCats 1 Chance 100

The acquisition of this trait is then used to activate a reform, which is (roughly again) the campaign script placing "hidden ressources" in certain cities.
You'll notice the trait is different from the previous quote, this is because they use alot of intermediary traits, and i lack the knowledge to understand it all.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

;triggers
declare_counter Seleukid_Reform
monitor_event CharacterTurnEnd FactionType romans_julii
and Trait ImpressedByCats = 2
set_counter Seleukid_Reform 1
end_monitor

monitor_event CharacterTurnEnd FactionType romans_julii
and Trait SeleukidsDevelopCats > 0
set_counter Seleukid_Reform 1
end_monitor

;building placement
monitor_event SettlementTurnStart SettlementName Ipsos
and I_CompareCounter Seleukid_Reform = 1
and not SettlementBuildingExists = cataphract
and I_SettlementOwner Ipsos = romans_julii

console_command create_building Ipsos "cataphract"

In the EDB, the "reform" unit has this hidden ressource as a prereq, thus only appears in the recruitment when the hidden ressource has been unlocked by the reform.

Good luck getting an answer from the team, they are busy on EB2 :p

[Caesar Augustus]

Thanks very much my friend. I may end up PM'ing Foot and asking him, but this gives me a good start

[XSamatan]

IIRC the trait is changed internally because there are two levels of it, one after successful loosing a battle, the second comes after some years, and only this starts the reform to show that the development of the new units takes some time. This should be listed in the EBBS.

XSamatan