EDB multiple requirements question

[No_Pants_On]

Hi all,
I'm trying to make the recruitment of a particular unit from a building be era specific. I want the unit to be recruitable after event A has fired, but only during the time until event B fires, not thereafter. In the capability section for the building in question, I wrote

recruit_pool "Flying Lobsters"  1   0.5   1  0  requires factions { spacelobsters } and event_counter A 1 and event_counter B 0

The first event fired and I was able to recruit my unit, but after event B had come and gone, I still could recruit it, so the second AND condition was ignored. I'm I doing something wrong? Any ideas on how I could make it work?

[Ishan]

Make a single event counter in the CS and link it with 2 sets of turns. When turn A set counter to 1 and when Turn B set counter 0(terminate). Initial counter 0.

[No_Pants_On]

Brilliant! And easy. Thanks.

[Ishan]

Glad to help bro.

[No_Pants_On]

I don't know anything about scripting, really, so the best I can come up with is this.

monitor_event I_Turnnumber 2
set_event_counter EventA 1
terminate_monitor
end_monitor 

monitor_event I_Turnnumber 4
set_event_counter EventA 0
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

But I guess it's not how to do it, since you said I should make a single event counter. So, which is the right way to do it?

Just to be clear: I want the effects to be global, not limited to the player.

Thanks.

[Taiji]

declare_counter EventA

monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal 
and I_TurnNumber 2
set_event_counter EventA 1
terminate_monitor
end_monitor 

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType slave
and I_Turnnumber 4
set_event_counter EventA 0
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

I think that should do it if you want the recruitment capability to appear on the second turn, and then end at the end of the fourth.

[Gigantus]

I think the EDB doesn't read the zero in the event condition. You would have to use 'and not event_counter B 1'

[No_Pants_On]

Oh, both a lesson in scripting and a way to make my original idea work. Great stuff!

I think the EDB doesn't read the zero in the event condition. You would have to use 'and not event_counter B 1'

I just tried this out and it works like a charm. In the EDB I gave castles the capability of recruiting mailed knights between two of the early events (after A and not after B), and it worked as intended. After event A had fired, the knights appeared in the recruitment list, but after event B they disappeared again.

Thanks a bunch for the assistance, gentlemen!

@No_Pants_On
Your script is wrong. why? Coz in the first line u have added turn number which is a condition not an event so try to keep this in my mind hence forth bro.

Thanks, that's good to know. I'd better read a scripting tutorial before I try scripting again. To keep from embarassing myself.

[Taiji]

Thanks, that's good to know. I'd better read a scripting tutorial before I try scripting again. To keep from embarassing myself.

I don't see anything to get embarassed about really. Your script at least communicated pretty precisely what you wanted to script.

Plus I think there's plenty of people around here that enjoy helping with scripting

Personally I don't think I've read a tutorial, I don't remember any, I've just looked at existing scripts and then looked at docudemons to examine how the script works. And vice versa I suppose, since when you're looking at a working script it gives a good idea of what the docudemons must mean.

[Ishan]

@Gigantus
You are right it doesn't takes 0 in account, not works though. For using it we have to create 2 triggers separately in the CS.
@No_Pants_On
Your script is wrong. why? Coz in the first line u have added turn number which is a condition not an event so try to keep this in my mind hence forth bro.