e_select_character

[Carle]

I found an odd command in the Docudemons. The entry says that it "selects the character currently referred to in the event context" but I'm not sure what this means. My interest is that I want to be able to selectively spawn reinforcements in certain regions for certain factions, but I can't find a way to spawn troops at the correct location without doing something complicated, like doing a check for every tile in a region.

[Ishan]

This command only works if the faction is local and uses the identifier as 'this' when placing a command. And it's used when an event that was just executed refers to that character involved in it.

[Gigantus]

@ Carle

Give an example of what exactly you want to do.

[Carle]

I posted everything in the other thread, but no one has replied...
anyway, I want to have reinforcements spawn to help out native factions, i.e. England invades Scotland, Scottish reinforcements may randomly spawn if the Scottish are attacked on their turf, if Inverness (or any other settlemen) is beseiged, then there's a greater chance of reinforcements, and a random counter modified by certain events (i.e. the loss of the capital, a crusade against the target faction, etc) will determine the spawn chance. The units will be disbanded immediately after the battle. I think I know how to do everything else, but I can't figure out how to spawn the army in the right place.

[Gigantus]

This should do the trick:

Identifier: I_CharacterTypeNearTile
Trigger requirements:
Parameters: faction, character type, distance in squares, x, z
Sample use: I_CharacterTypeNearTile romans_julii named_character, 10 48,30
Description: Is a particular character type of a faction near a particular tile?

And then spawn the army close to the co-ordinates


To disband units after spawning them, give those units a unique attribute in the EDU and then disband them using the following:

Identifier: destroy_units
Parameters: faction, attribute_or_type
Description: Disbands all units in the faction's armies with the specified name or attribute.
Sample use: destroy_units England free_upkeep_unit

[Carle]

That would work for settlements, where the coordinates are constant; but what about field battles in a given region? I guess I'll have to test for every pixel in that region, it's not like my script isn't huge already...

[Gigantus]

Use the event "GeneralAssaultsGeneral" - add the necessary faction conditions and then test in which area the conflict took place with "I_CharacterTypeNearTile" and spawn another army accordingly. If you keep the radius down to, let's say 5, then it shouldn't be difficult (just time consuming)

[Carle]

Thanks. I'd already figured out the General and label things, the one problem was that i wanted an easier way to get the units to spawn in the right area...
Ah well. I don't think I can keep the radius above zero, as there isn't any way that I can think of to get the army to attack as reinforcements unless they are adjacent (i.e. reinforcements) but I could be wrong. I guess I'll just have to code a bunch of tile checks. Do you know whether it would be more efficient to use a lot of ifs, or is better to use monitors?

[Gigantus]

I believe this command might help (worked over 5 tiles in my mod), but it requires to know the names of both characters:

Identifier: engage_armies
Parameters: attacking general, defending general
Description: Instruct the attacking general to attack the defending general
Sample use: engage_armies Gaius Julius, Epiroderix


Using 'IF" - it is easier on the processor I believe then a bunch of monitors, it is just one monitor after all.

[Gigantus]

Courtesy of the M2TW Ultimate Docudemons 4.0