Reveal part of map with scripting.

**alreadyded** · April 29, 2011, 08:32 PM

Code:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
and I_TurnNumber = 3

snap_strat_camera 287, 143
zoom_strat_camera 0.3
reveal_tile 287, 143

historic_event ring

terminate_monitor
end_monitor

I figured this would do the trick to remove the fog of war in a small area for a turn. Nothing is revealed though so I obviously eff'd up

. Anyone know a correct way to do it?

**kevindrosario** · April 29, 2011, 10:55 PM

I'm not 100% sure, but try putting "hide_all_revealed_tiles" in the line after you reveal the tile like this:

Code:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
and I_TurnNumber = 3

snap_strat_camera 287, 143
zoom_strat_camera 0.3
reveal_tile 287, 143
hide_all_revealed_tiles

historic_event ring

terminate_monitor
end_monitor

Edit: Also, I should mention that I really am not sure what that does, but just from looking at the reveal_tile scripts already present, they all have that there. So I'm guessing it probably does something important.

**Gigantus** · April 30, 2011, 02:05 AM

reveal_tile: reveals one single tile on the campaign map
hide_all_revealed_tiles: does exactly that - because otherwise the tile (unrevealed by the command in the line before) would remain revealed all the time

Remark: revealing a tile that has nothing on it will most of the time look as if nothing has happened.

I have recently used it for scripted events, example: an army spawns near a town per script. This town belongs to another faction, hence you cannot see it. But the spawn has some historical value and I have written a historical event with all the cute pictures, a wall of text and provided that little magnifying glass to jump to the place of this spawn. As mentioned you cannot see that army, so what the heck am I doing the jump for? And that's where the reveal command comes into play. In the next round that revealing isn't necessary anymore and that's why I hide the tile again.

The picture is from the upcoming "The Last Kingdom" mod - at that point we had just changed some dislpay names and not adjusted the text files yet - hence the difference in town name.

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**alreadyded** · April 30, 2011, 02:50 PM

So there needs to be a settlement or unit on the coordinates for it to work?

**Taiji** · April 30, 2011, 06:40 PM

Nope. Your script looks fine. Is your campaign script loading at all? Does the log say anything?

**kevindrosario** · April 30, 2011, 06:54 PM

Sorry for the false info. I guess I shouldn't make random guesses

**alreadyded** · April 30, 2011, 07:06 PM

All scripts in my campaign are working fine. It zooms and magnifies, the only problem is the FOW isn't lifting so I can't see what is supposed to be seen. Do I need to reveal more than just one tile?

**Gigantus** · April 30, 2011, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by alreadyded

All scripts in my campaign are working fine. It zooms and magnifies, the only problem is the FOW isn't lifting so I can't see what is supposed to be seen. Do I need to reveal more than just one tile?

Originally Posted by Gigantus

reveal_tile: reveals one single tile on the campaign map

Remark: revealing a tile that has nothing on it will most of the time look as if nothing has happened

Check the remark. You need to reveal a tile with co-ordinates where something can be seen (settlement or unit) else you will think it didn't work.

**alreadyded** · April 30, 2011, 08:27 PM

The thing I am trying to reveal is a volcano erupting, but I guess that isn't good enough for the game

. Thanks for the info.

**Gigantus** · April 30, 2011, 08:37 PM

To determine the co-ordinates of the volcano, put your mouse over it, pull down the console by pressing the key with tilde symbol ( ~ ) on the top left of your keyboard. Then enter show_cursorstat that will give you the co-ordinates. You might have to give it several tries in your script as the volcano isn't very well defined.

Just a final question: did that historic event (ring) show up? Because if it didn't then your script as a whole didn't work.

**Ishan** · April 30, 2011, 08:40 PM

I think too many commands in a single event are causing a conflict of some sort.

**alreadyded** · April 30, 2011, 09:17 PM

All my scripts, including the ring event are showing up. I went ahead and revealed several tiles around the volcano and I guess I finally got the right one, so it is showing now. However, I can't see it erupting unless I turn FOW off the turn before... any idea why that is? Not a huge deal, but seeing it erupt would really add to the effect of the event.

**Gigantus** · May 01, 2011, 12:53 AM

I have played with the erupting volcano and it appears that the eruption will only play\be visible if it happens in a region of the human player. I have tried it with the reveal tile command when it was in the AI's region and it didn't work (as you found out as well). Removing the FoW for this doesn't make sense from the point of game play, so I never tried that.