No building costs for the ai - possible? (PROBLEM SOLVED)
Hello, I would like to make buildings free for the ai, or maybe cheaper for the ai than the player. Is that possible to do using the EDB only? I was thinking of something like this;
cost 800
changed to:
cost 800 requires not event_counter is_the_ai 1
Would that do the trick, or is there some other thing you have to do?
Last edited by Maltacus; January 28, 2011 at 06:06 PM.
Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
If you checked that and found it wasn't working (there will be an error in the log if it's not allowed).
You can duplicate all buildings that you want to be free for the AI, and use that 'is_the_ai' event counter requirement to restrict the entire building.
Last edited by Taiji; January 26, 2011 at 04:53 PM.
Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
Good idea, but will the ai build its "own" buildings or stick with the shared ones, or a mix?
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Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
You create two same buildings having 2 counters, one that enables them only for the player other will be for AI only.
Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
Are "player only" counters mod-specific or general? And how do such a counter look? I am playing with a version of Stainless Steel RR/RC, which doesn't use any such counter in the EDB afaik.
Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
They're mod-specific.Originally Posted by Maltacus
Maybe you can negate the condition, or use 0 instead of 1, I wouldn't assume that you couldn't. Different parts of EDB work in different ways and I have not tested building requirement counters like I have capabilities.
If what you really want is to avoid the problem of the AI not building certain buildings then personally I'd just script creation of the buildings that you want.
Last edited by Taiji; January 27, 2011 at 08:24 AM.
Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
OK. thanks. I'll ask around at the mod forum a bit, or think of something else. The problem is really that the ai overspends on units and lack buildings and therefore technology later in the game.
Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
If the AI has overspent on units then you will have to kill them to see anything new even if they have the correct buildings. Either that or you wind up facing the immensely boring 'endless stacks of doom' grind. In other words if they are already unable to purchase buildings then only too much money will allow them to produce more units.
Last edited by Taiji; January 27, 2011 at 11:10 AM.
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Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
Rather than spending valuable building slots duplicating building why not just create a script that fires on the BuildingCompleted event?
Code:monitor_event BuildingCompleted not FactionIsLocal if FactionType == X if SettlementBuildingFinished = governors_house console_command add_money x cost_of_governors_house end_if . . . ;add if statement for each building end_if ;add if for each faction like above end_monitor
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Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
Sqυιd: Good idea but it maybe easier to make all buildings free, and then do this:
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Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
SS uses such system, i dunno if RR\RC does.
Basically you add this to the EDB for every core_settlement and core_castle_settlement:
I haven't tested trying 100, but its easy to check.Code:construction_cost_bonus_stone bonus 90 requires event_counter is_the_ai 1 construction_cost_bonus_wooden bonus 90 requires event_counter is_the_ai 1
In the campaign script you need to add:But that should already be inside RR\RC.Code:;===================== Is the AI? ======================= monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal set_event_counter is_the_ai 0 end_monitor monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart not FactionIsLocal set_event_counter is_the_ai 1 end_monitor
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FactionType requires an event which exports a faction, so you can't use it in an if, same for SettlementBuildingFinished which requires a settlement.
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Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
I thought RS2 was using something like what I suggested, but I tested it and it isn't working, but even if it did you solution is more elegant and requires less code than mine would have.
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Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
@gracul
I tested 100% discount over >80 turns when I first wrote economy modification code intended for RC\RR (back when you, me and Roz had a discussion on it), it seemed to work correctly, just as any of other several settings I tried.
PB never included it in RC\RR, he wasn't a fan of this solution (as opposed to us).
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Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
i'd love to see how AI 'prioritorizes' buildings by setting overall bonus to 50%, but wall bonus to 100% (construction_cost_bonus_defensive).
BTW, anyone tested how construction time bonuses affect the AI? (construction_time_bonus_xxx)
Re: No building costs for the ai - possible?
Thanks for the help everyone.
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