show counter value
I want to make a victory condition by points like MTW1 whit events which increase counter numbers and when a faction have a certain amount it win.
What I dont know how to do is show the value of the counter to the player like making a event which show every faction points.
Last edited by wolf-yop; November 23, 2010 at 06:25 PM.
Re: show counter value
Here's a script for 0 - 100 points.
An event will pop up when you click the faction statistics button. So then you just make 100 events, points_0 - points_100, in historic_events.txt.Code:declare_counter points monitor_event ButtonPressed ButtonPressed faction_ranking_button if I_CompareCounter points = 0 historic_event points_0 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 1 historic_event points_1 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 2 historic_event points_2 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 3 historic_event points_3 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 4 historic_event points_4 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 5 historic_event points_5 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 6 historic_event points_6 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 7 historic_event points_7 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 8 historic_event points_8 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 9 historic_event points_9 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 10 historic_event points_10 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 11 historic_event points_11 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 12 historic_event points_12 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 13 historic_event points_13 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 14 historic_event points_14 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 15 historic_event points_15 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 16 historic_event points_16 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 17 historic_event points_17 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 18 historic_event points_18 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 19 historic_event points_19 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 20 historic_event points_20 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 21 historic_event points_21 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 22 historic_event points_22 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 23 historic_event points_23 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 24 historic_event points_24 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 25 historic_event points_25 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 26 historic_event points_26 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 27 historic_event points_27 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 28 historic_event points_28 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 29 historic_event points_29 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 30 historic_event points_30 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 31 historic_event points_31 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 32 historic_event points_32 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 33 historic_event points_33 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 34 historic_event points_34 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 35 historic_event points_35 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 36 historic_event points_36 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 37 historic_event points_37 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 38 historic_event points_38 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 39 historic_event points_39 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 40 historic_event points_40 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 41 historic_event points_41 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 42 historic_event points_42 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 43 historic_event points_43 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 44 historic_event points_44 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 45 historic_event points_45 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 46 historic_event points_46 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 47 historic_event points_47 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 48 historic_event points_48 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 49 historic_event points_49 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 50 historic_event points_50 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 51 historic_event points_51 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 52 historic_event points_52 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 53 historic_event points_53 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 54 historic_event points_54 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 55 historic_event points_55 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 56 historic_event points_56 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 57 historic_event points_57 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 58 historic_event points_58 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 59 historic_event points_59 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 60 historic_event points_60 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 61 historic_event points_61 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 62 historic_event points_62 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 63 historic_event points_63 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 64 historic_event points_64 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 65 historic_event points_65 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 66 historic_event points_66 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 67 historic_event points_67 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 68 historic_event points_68 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 69 historic_event points_69 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 70 historic_event points_70 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 71 historic_event points_71 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 72 historic_event points_72 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 73 historic_event points_73 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 74 historic_event points_74 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 75 historic_event points_75 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 76 historic_event points_76 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 77 historic_event points_77 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 78 historic_event points_78 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 79 historic_event points_79 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 80 historic_event points_80 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 81 historic_event points_81 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 82 historic_event points_82 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 83 historic_event points_83 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 84 historic_event points_84 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 85 historic_event points_85 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 86 historic_event points_86 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 87 historic_event points_87 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 88 historic_event points_88 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 89 historic_event points_89 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 90 historic_event points_90 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 91 historic_event points_91 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 92 historic_event points_92 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 93 historic_event points_93 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 94 historic_event points_94 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 95 historic_event points_95 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 96 historic_event points_96 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 97 historic_event points_97 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 98 historic_event points_98 end_if if I_CompareCounter points = 99 historic_event points_99 end_if if I_CompareCounter points > 100 historic_event points_100 end_if end_monitor
Re: show counter value
thanks!! this helps a lot, whit aproximations like +10(between 10 and 20), etc.. I think will reduce the amount of events.
edit: but it will not work for show the amount of points of other factions, edit2: okey i think i have and idea to do that.
Last edited by wolf-yop; November 23, 2010 at 07:03 PM.
I am not special - I am a limited edition.
Re: show counter value
Ok Taji, you missed me there: you declare a counter, you click on the faction standing button and you test the counter.
Where does the counter get it's value from? From the events the OP mentioned?
Wouldn't you have to write one monitor for each faction? And do the same for the event monitors that give the counter points? Gruesome, awesome.
Re: show counter value
Ok, I basically answered this:Originally Posted by Gigantus
The rest of the question is complex and involves a lot of decision making for Wolf-Yop.
An event popup per faction is not practical unless we're making a mod deliberately to annoy people, for example.
So I just gave him the info needed to get to the point where he's going to realise, if he hasn't already, the decisions he's going to have to make to get further.
Perhaps tracking the other factions points and finding some satisfying way to use them to offset the player's points, for example. He's going to have to mould his idea to the shape of the system somehow.
Yep. Not hard to do but then I'd be thinking that it wouldn't be necessary. Personally I'd give the player a detailed system and then lump something more abstract on the AI, since it won't appreciate the detail because it doesn't appreciate.... lol
Last edited by Taiji; November 24, 2010 at 09:52 AM.
I am not special - I am a limited edition.
Re: show counter value
Thanks for confirming my thoughts. And a silent thanks to the script replicator.
Re: show counter value
well instead of show the points when a player press a certain button, I think of show points in certain turns to every faction(hotseat) whit a event per faction which have the amount of points. A inc_counter can count the number of turns passed then launch the script and reset the counter the condition need.
spawn 20 events is annoying but this every 50 turns dont hurt.
Re: show counter value
I recommend being careful not to fire any events during the AI's turn. I seem to remember it causes a bit of performance loss, but it can also causes Vista to CTD the game apparently. So make sure you have some check to make certain it's a 'local faction' before firing an event.
What I thought would be annoying would be to have an event pop up to tell a player what other factions points are. As many events as factions would mean the player clicking 'accept' over and over. Checking other faction's points would become a tiresome chore.
I mentioned it because you wrote this:
That isn't possible and the closest thing to it, multiple events, is undesirable. But if you only mean to show the player a single event which shows only his own faction's points then that's something else. No problem to that except ensuring that redundant events, meant only for players, aren't being fired for the AI too.
Gigantus, you're welcome. It's a pleasure
Last edited by Taiji; November 24, 2010 at 04:38 PM.
Re: show counter value
thanks for the advise.
Re: show counter value
Welcome, and good luck, Wolf-Yop! Sounds like an interesting script
Oh... quick extra note: The AI does not click on buttons, or anything else. So an event launched at a button press cannot be fired by the AI anyway.
I got carried away thinking about what might be a problem... But I don't think it will be a problem in this case. Sorry for any confusion
Last edited by Taiji; November 24, 2010 at 05:19 PM.
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