Allowing AI to recruit exclusive units

[squatlover]

Is it possible to allow the AI to recruit certain units? I am making my own pike and musket mod, and teh annoying thing about the AIs musket and missle units in general, is that it likes to move them into 60-70% range before deploying to shoot. A way around this I have thought is to give AI units that have 30% more range that are not recruitable by the player.

[TNZ]

Squatlover: Yes. But you would need to do this:

campaign_script:

;###### AI Faction Recruit Pool #######

	monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
		set_event_counter is_ai_faction 0
	end_monitor

	monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart not FactionIsLocal
		set_event_counter is_ai_faction 1
	end_monitor

export_descr_buildings:

recruit_pool "Musket Militia"  1   0.15   2  0  requires factions { england, } and event_counter is_ai_faction 0

recruit_pool "Ai Musket Militia"  1   0.15   2  0  requires factions { england, } and event_counter is_ai_faction 1

[Taiji]

To save the event counter from firing every AI turn:

	monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
		set_event_counter is_ai_faction 1
	end_monitor

[TNZ]

To save the event counter from firing every AI turn:

	monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
		set_event_counter is_ai_faction 1
	end_monitor

Thanks Taiji. That’s a good idea. Maybe it would work better this way:

campaign_script:

;###### Set Faction Recruit Pool #######

	monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
		set_event_counter is_local_faction 1
		set_event_counter is_ai_faction 0
	end_monitor

	monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
		set_event_counter is_ai_faction 1
		set_event_counter is_local_faction 0
	end_monitor

export_descr_buildings:

recruit_pool "Musket Militia"  1   0.15   2  0  requires factions { england, } and event_counter is_local_faction 1

recruit_pool "Ai Musket Militia"  1   0.15   2  0  requires factions { england, } and event_counter is_ai_faction 1

[Taiji]

Yes that should actually work. I seem to remember EDB doesn't like 0 value event tracking for recruitment. I think it works OK with 'not event_counter blah_blah 1' though, so this should work too:

	monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
		set_event_counter is_ai_faction 0
	end_monitor

	monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
		set_event_counter is_ai_faction 1
	end_monitor

export_descr_buildings:

recruit_pool "Musket Militia"  1   0.15   2  0  requires factions { england, } and not event_counter is_ai_faction 1

recruit_pool "Ai Musket Militia"  1   0.15   2  0  requires factions { england, } and event_counter is_ai_faction 1

[squatlover]

Yes that should actually work. I seem to remember EDB doesn't like 0 value event tracking for recruitment. I think it works OK with 'not event_counter blah_blah 1' though, so this should work too:

    monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
        set_event_counter is_ai_faction 0
    end_monitor

    monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
        set_event_counter is_ai_faction 1
    end_monitor

export_descr_buildings:

recruit_pool "Musket Militia"  1   0.15   2  0  requires factions { england, } and not event_counter is_ai_faction 1

recruit_pool "Ai Musket Militia"  1   0.15   2  0  requires factions { england, } and event_counter is_ai_faction 1

I've tried this, and the AI are still recruiting the musket militia not the AI musket militia.

[squatlover]

Thanks guys!

[Taiji]

You're welcome and good luck, it's a cool idea

[SigniferOne]

You might go a little further and save the script from firing every round. After all who is AI and who isn't gets determined only once at the beginning of the campaign, so you could create 23 or so counters, each for each of the factions, and then check if that faction is AI-controlled in the EDB. So for instance for a French unit, check if France is AI-controlled. Then as far as the script goes, have it determine at the end of the first round which factions are AI-controlled, and terminate itself.

[Taiji]

It's a good point, but one thing we sacrifice by doing it that way is hotseat functionality.

[TNZ]

	monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
		and I_TurnNumber = 0
		if I_LocalFaction england
		set_event_counter england_local_faction 1
	end_if
		if I_IsFactionAIControlled england
		set_event_counter england_ai_faction 1
	end_if
		if I_LocalFaction scotland
		set_event_counter scotland_local_faction 1
	end_if
		if I_IsFactionAIControlled scotland
		set_event_counter scotland_ai_faction 1
	end_if
		if I_LocalFaction ireland
		set_event_counter ireland_local_faction 1
	end_if
		if I_IsFactionAIControlled ireland
		set_event_counter ireland_ai_faction 1
	end_if
		if I_LocalFaction wales
		set_event_counter wales_local_faction 1
	end_if
		if I_IsFactionAIControlled wales
		set_event_counter wales_ai_faction 1
	end_if
		if I_LocalFaction burgundy
		set_event_counter burgundy_local_faction 1
	end_if
		if I_IsFactionAIControlled burgundy
		set_event_counter burgundy_ai_faction 1
	end_if
		if I_LocalFaction flanders
		set_event_counter flanders_local_faction 1
	end_if
		if I_IsFactionAIControlled flanders
		set_event_counter flanders_ai_faction 1
	end_if
	terminate_monitor
	end_monitor

[Taiji]

That's probably impossible unless you messed up, so show us exactly what you have tried. Upload your EDB and campaign_script.

[squatlover]

Campaign script:

;
; Campaign script
;
script
; ---------------------
; counters

restrict_strat_radar false

declare_counter Opened_Faction_Overview_Scroll
declare_counter Opened_Settlement_Scroll
declare_counter mongols_sarkel
declare_counter mongols_yerevan
declare_counter mongols_baghdad
declare_counter timurids_sarkel
declare_counter timurids_yerevan
declare_counter timurids_baghdad

monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
set_event_counter is_ai_faction 0
end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionIsLocal
set_event_counter is_ai_faction 1
end_monitor

[Taiji]

The first thing to suspect is the campaign_script. Any error in the log?

Whatever, try this Attachment 109756

I stripped everything else out for you.

[squatlover]

Not working with the new script

I changed my EDB to read
recruit_pool "Mercenary Arquebusiers" 1 0.5 2 0 requires factions { all, } and event_counter is_ai_faction 0
recruit_pool "Mercenary ArquebusiersAI" 1 0.5 2 0 requires factions { all, } and event_counter is_ai_faction 1

But somehow the enemy is still recruiting mercenary arquebusiers - and not able to recruit the AI version

[Taiji]

And the log says what?

Try a trace, see if the counter is set. From the sounds of things the script isn't working for some reason.

[Gigantus]

The game does not accept an event conditions with zero.

Use the negative condition: and not event_counter is_ai_faction 1

To enable recruitment by AI faction:
and event_counter is_ai_faction 1

To enable recruitment by player:
and not event_counter is_ai_faction 1

[squatlover]

I tried that initially but it didn't work either, and the AI walks about with mercenary arquebusiers not the AI versions

The system log gives a lot of errors where I haven't made unit cards.

[Gigantus]

1. Did you add those conditions to all instances of those units in the EDB?
2. Compress and upload your log

[Taiji]

If "The system log gives a lot of errors where I haven't made unit cards." is meant to answer my question about what is in the log, then maybe you have failed to put the campaign script in the correct folder.

Your CS is probably not being read at all if you are not getting any error message and yet it is not working.