disable_ui - does it actually work?

[Gigantus]

I have been trying to disable the withdraw and auto resolve button in the prebattle scroll button to no avail.
Success has been in flashing the fight button, which means that I got the name of the ui element right, but no luck with disabling the button

Works:

declare_counter hist_schlacht
monitor_event ScrollOpened ScrollOpened prebattle_scroll
    if I_CompareCounter hist_schlacht = 1
        campaign_wait 1
        disable_cursor
        ui_flash_start prebattle_fight_button
        campaign_wait 3
        select_ui_element prebattle_fight_button
        simulate_mouse_click lclick_down
        simulate_mouse_click lclick_up
    end_if
        enable_cursor
        set_counter hist_schlacht 0

end_monitor

Doesn't work (buttons still enabled):

declare_counter hist_schlacht
monitor_event ScrollOpened ScrollOpened prebattle_scroll
    if I_CompareCounter hist_schlacht = 1
        campaign_wait 1
        disable_cursor
        disable_ui prebattle_withdraw_button
        disable_ui prebattle_auto_resolve_button
    end_if
        set_counter hist_schlacht 0

end_monitor

I haven't bothered to make a monitor with enable_ui because of it. And those other two buttons don't want to flash either. If I put the prebattle_fight_button in the second monitor and use disable_ui with it, then it doesn't work either, hence my remark: does 'disable_ui' actually work?

[Withwnar]

I tried and failed to do the same thing, needing to force the player to fight the battle.

In the end I gave up and auto-clicked the fight button on the player's behalf. I guess that is what you're doing too, in that first one.

[Gigantus]

That's what I ended up with: disable cursor, click fight button via script. It's a pity because I wanted to give the player the option to right click the opponent to find out his army composition.

[Withwnar]

This is a thread I had on the matter but I don't think that it contains anything helpful. Hmm, apparently I was trying to force autoresolve, not fight.

I wonder if the other two buttons could be disabled by other means. e.g. Remove all movement points to prevent Withdraw (does that work?) and temporarily disable autoresolve globally (is that possible?).

[Gigantus]

autoresolve isn't a problem = restrict_autoresolve true (cross fingers that one works).
Those zero movement points can be done as well via trait, best a hidden one in case someone checks the general's details. In this case it is for historical battles on the strategic map where I spawn the armies and then use engage_armies. That command (engage_armies) doesn't seem to need any movement points anyhow as the two armies can be at opposing ends of the map (looks weird to see only one general going through the animation).

I will give it a try.

Edit: restrict_autoresolve doesn't work either, drat.

[Withwnar]

"console_command mp {character} -1" works too, if the traits don't.

[Gigantus]

Seeing that restrict_autoresolve doesn't work either makes following up on the withdrawal issue impractical.

Thanks for all your input, I will have to stick to the forced selection combined with disabling the cursor (at least that is working).

[Withwnar]

restrict_autoresolve doesn't work either

Dang. Another dead end. The Gods of Total War can be fickle.

[Aikanár]

Sorry for necroposting this, but if a soloution is still needed, well here's one:
you really can't disable the buttons -don't know why- but you can force the autoclick:

;---- forcing player to fight/withdraw/autoresolve

monitor_event	ScrollOpened	ScrollOpened	prebattle_scroll
log	always ;just for testing
disable_cursor
generate_random_counter	pbs	1	3	;to show randomness
campaign_wait	1
if	I_EventCounter	pbs	=	1
ui_flash_start	prebattle_fight_button
campaign_wait	1	;could be longer to let the player take a longer look at the prebattle_scroll
select_ui_element	prebattle_fight_button
simulate_mouse_click	lclick_down
select_ui_element	prebattle_fight_button
simulate_mouse_click	lclick_up
end_if
if	I_EventCounter	pbs	=	2
ui_flash_start	prebattle_auto_resolve_button
campaign_wait	1
select_ui_element	prebattle_auto_resolve_button
simulate_mouse_click	lclick_down
select_ui_element	prebattle_auto_resolve_button
simulate_mouse_click	lclick_up
end_if
if	I_EventCounter	pbs	=	3
ui_flash_start	prebattle_withdraw_button
campaign_wait	1
select_ui_element	prebattle_withdraw_button
simulate_mouse_click	lclick_down
select_ui_element	prebattle_withdraw_button
simulate_mouse_click	lclick_up
end_if
enable_cursor
end_monitor

[Gigantus]

Thanks, that is a nice variety to my initial forcing of the fight.