How a horde picks their target?

[alhoon]

What the title says.
Can someone enlighten me on what makes a horde pick one horde_target city instead of another?
I had a problem with a horde choosing to attack a horde_target settlement 5-6 turns away, passing right in front of another horde_target settlement 3-4 turns away.

[irishron]

They think it'e easier pickimgs? Tbh, I don't know and I have seen the Mongols do some strange things like get defeated at a settlement and run, and three turns later back attacking the same settlement as it's a death wish.

[Ishan]

[Tutorial] Know how about invasions and Ai-horde-mode behavior (for advanced users)
This might help.

[alhoon]

I've read that, but hordes don't act the described way in my scripts. They don't move to the nearest horde target available (a couple of provinces away). They move towards a distant one (5-6 provinces away).

[Swagger]

have you added "horde_target" at descr_regions.txt?

[alhoon]

Of course. And deleted the RWM, exited the game and entered again.

[Ishan]

Then force him. Horde army spawns and if at particular time it doesn't reaches that settlement or goes near a tile very close to other settlement then use the move_character command in a script and put him on the settlement where you want.

[alhoon]

I did. If moved near the settlement I want them to attack, they move away. If they are scripted to attack it, they capture it, exterminate, and leave it as a rebel settlement.

[Swagger]

you can script them to siege the settlement and maintain it


an example from TATW

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType egypt
    and not FactionIsLocal
    and I_CharacterExists eryn

    if I_CompareCounter attack_enedwaith = 1
        siege_settlement eryn, Enedwaith, attack
        set_counter attack_enedwaith 2
        terminate_monitor
    end_if

    if I_CompareCounter attack_enedwaith = 0
        siege_settlement eryn, Enedwaith, maintain
        set_counter attack_enedwaith 1
    end_if

end_monitor