[solved] FactionTurnStrat

**SpyrosM91** · October 08, 2011, 09:33 PM

do characters age and die, units are created, and buildings get constructed after the "FactionTurnStart"???
what is the difference in these cases with the "PreFactionTurnStart"???

if yes, how can i solve issues with events and counters [that work in the beginning of each turn], that are tied to these.... ???

thanks in advance!!

**AJStoner** · October 09, 2011, 04:06 AM

The progression of a winter turn into a summer turn causes character aging. I believe building and units advance at the end of the faction's turn.

As to solving "issues with events and counters" could you give an example of what you mean? I'm a little unclear on what you're asking.

**SpyrosM91** · October 09, 2011, 06:01 AM

i have a monitor that monitors (

) when a person is not alive, it runs every factionturnstart... but when the character dies... his death must have come after the monitor event...., because the historic_event that i have also added pops up in the next turn....

i think, the same must be happening with the buildings...

**AJStoner** · October 09, 2011, 07:54 AM

So you are getting the regular "Faction Announcements" notification of the death and then your special script happens the NEXT turn, correct? Post the script you are using, that will make this easier.

**SpyrosM91** · October 09, 2011, 10:07 AM

the script:

Code:

    monitor_event PreFactionTurnStart FactionType byzantium
           set_event_counter patriarch_alive_ecumenical 0
    end_monitor



    monitor_event CharacterTurnStart CharFactionType byzantium
    and Trait Priest_Level >= 5
    and HasAncType Patriarch_Roman
           set_event_counter patriarch_alive_ecumenical 1
    end_monitor



    monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType byzantium
    and I_EventCounter patriarch_alive_ecumenical = 0

        if I_LocalFaction byzantium
            historic_event patriarch_dead_ecumenical_player
        end_if
        if I_IsFactionAIControlled byzantium
            historic_event patriarch_dead_ecumenical_ai
        end_if

    end_monitor

it's not completed yet.... i will put another counter so that, if there is no patriarch any more, the event will pop up only once... but you get the point....

the thing is that the patriarch dies in the beginning of a turn and the event pops up in the next one....

**boboav** · October 09, 2011, 10:32 AM

this should work immediately:

Code:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType byzantium
	add_events
		event	counter	Patriarch_status
	 	date	0
	 end_add_events

	if I_WorldwideAncillaryExists Patriarch_Roman
		set_event_counter Patriarch_status 1
	end_if

	if not I_WorldwideAncillaryExists Patriarch_Roman
		set_event_counter Patriarch_status 0
	end_if
end_monitor

monitor_conditions I_EventCounter Patriarch_status = 0
	historic_event patriarch_dead
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

**Taiji** · October 10, 2011, 04:08 AM

Just an event when someone with an anc has died?

Code:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
and FactionType byzantium
and not I_WorldwideAncillaryExists Patriarch_Roman
historic_event patriarch_dead
end_monitor

**boboav** · October 10, 2011, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by Taiji

Just an event when someone with an anc has died?

Code:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
and FactionType byzantium
and not I_WorldwideAncillaryExists Patriarch_Roman
historic_event patriarch_dead
end_monitor

yes mate, but that script will works only in the turn after the patriarch dies, for example if an assassin kills the patriarch the event will appears in the following turn, but our friend here need (if I have understood

) that the event appears when the patriarch dies

**Taiji** · October 10, 2011, 08:06 AM

OK, the exact instant the game has registered the death?

Code:

monitor_conditions not I_WorldwideAncillaryExists Patriarch_Roman
and I_CompareCounter deadevent != 1
historic_event patriarch_dead
set_counter deadevent 1
end_monitor

Assign the anc at character turn end and then:

Code:

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
and I_WorldwideAncillaryExists Patriarch_Roman
and I_CompareCounter deadevent == 1
set_counter deadevent 0
end_monitor

I guess that might work. At least you'd see in the log exactly when the character's anc vanished.