complex event accepting or not templars is it ok?

[HELLEKIN]

Hello...this is my first try to make a event,what i want is that a event appears(with a image)asking if the templar order is acepted or not in portugal....if i acept it unlock 3 buildings(comendadoria-the first building level- : preceptorado-the second building level- : grande preceptorado-the tird building level-) and in that 3 buildings it can be recruited ex:Templar Crossbowmen...if i reject nothing happens but 3 years later the invitation appears again,and again...until i acept or not...from 3 to 3 years they will be asking , can you see what is wrong here?And correct me where it´s wrong?hope you guys can help, thanks in advance



;--- Templar Order Event
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
and I_EventCounter Templar_accepted = 0
and Treasury > 2000
and FactionBuildingExists >= stone_wall
and RandomPercent < 25

historic_event Templar true

end_monitor

monitor_conditions I_EventCounter Templar_accepted = 1
console_command add_money -2000

terminate_monitor
end_monitor

monitor_conditions I_EventCounter Templar_declined = 1
set_event_counter Templar_declined = 0
end_monitor


{PRINTING_BODY}Sire, the Holy warriors of God, the Templars, are asking if they can do God´s work in our Kingdom.The Templar Order offers to help us against the infidels. The Order will fight with us for the expansion of Kingdom of Portugal. They are Holy Warrior monks, hard, pious, and fight against evil, they have the best weapon to fight foes...their faith, their valor cannot be denied. Their Grandmaster will be visiting us here by next season to begin construction for 2,000 florins. Do I have your permission to accept?




Buildings.................................


Templar Order
{
levels comendadoria preceptorado grande perceptorado
{
comendadoria city requires factions { portugal, } and building_present_min_level stone_wall large_stone_wall huge_stone_wall and event_counter Templar_accepted 1 or event_counter i_robot 1
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, } requires event_counter i_robot 0
}
material wooden
construction 5
cost 4800
settlement_min large_city
upgrades
{
preceptorado
}
}
preceptorado city requires factions { northern_european, hre, poland, } and building_present_min_level education_libraries great_library and event_counter printing_accepted 1 or event_counter i_robot 1
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, } requires event_counter i_robot 0
}
material wooden
construction 7
cost 9600
settlement_min huge_city
upgrades
{
preceptorado city requires factions { northern_european, hre, poland, } and building_present_min_level education_libraries great_library and event_counter printing_accepted 1 or event_counter i_robot 1
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, } requires event_counter i_robot 0
}
material wooden
construction 7
cost 9600
settlement_min huge_city
upgrades
{
}
}
}
plugins
{
}
}

[Vegas_Bear]

Campaign_Script-

declare_counter quarter
set_counter quarter 0

;start counter to appear every third turn
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
inc_counter quarter 1
end_monitor

;when the couner reaches 3, reset to 1
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
and I_CompareCounter quarter == 3
set_counter quarter 1
end_monitor

;one the third turn it asks yes/no event
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
and I_CompareCounter quarter = 2
add_events
event event_counter templar_accepted
event event_counter templar_declined
date 0
end_add_events
historic_event templar true
end_monitor

;yes- reduce money and buildings available
monitor_event EventCounter EventCounterType templar_accepted
and I_EventCounter templar_accepted == 1
console_command add_money -2000
set_event_counter templar_accepted 1
terminate_monitor
end_monitor

;no- resets counters
monitor_conditions EventCounter EventCounterType templar_declined
and I_EventCounter templar_declined == 1
set_event_counter templar_declined 0
end_monitor


historic_events.txt-

{TEMPLAR_BODY}Sire, the Holy warriors of God, the Templars, are asking if they can do God´s work in our Kingdom. The Templar Order offers to help us against the infidels. The Order will fight with us for the expansion of Kingdom of Portugal. They are Holy Warrior monks, hard, pious, and fight against evil, they have the best weapon to fight foes...their faith, their valor cannot be denied. Their Grandmaster will be visiting us here by next season to begin construction for 2,000 florins. Do I have your permission to accept?
{TEMPLAR_TITLE}Allow Templars in our country?

EDB, Is this only for Portugal? If so it would look like this-

Templar Order
{
levels comendadoria preceptorado grande perceptorado
{
comendadoria city requires factions { portugal, } and building_present_min_level stone_wall large_stone_wall huge_stone_wall and event_counter Templar_accepted 1
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, }
}
material wooden
construction 5
cost 4800
settlement_min large_city
upgrades
{
preceptorado
}
}
preceptorado city requires factions { portugal, } and building_present_min_level education_libraries great_library
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, }
}
material wooden
construction 7
cost 9600
settlement_min huge_city
upgrades
{
preceptorado city requires factions { portugal, }
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, }
}
material wooden
construction 7
cost 9600
settlement_min huge_city
upgrades
{
}
}
}
plugins
{
}
}

Hope this helps.

VB

[HELLEKIN]

Thanks Vegasbear...it was awsome to have this in my mood ....you´re Master Yoda of Scripting....+ rep to you

[Vegas_Bear]

You're welcome.

[HELLEKIN]

hello vegasbear i add everithing as you teach and something is not ok because i´m in turn 70 and the event stil don´t appears in the game..the building tree...i made the building ui and doesnt appears...only the rtw barracks building icon there is something wrong with my building?Yes is only to Portugal....can you help...again
many thanks in advance

Templar Order
{
levels comendadoria preceptorado grande perceptorado
{
comendadoria city requires factions { portugal, } and building_present_min_level stone_wall large_stone_wall huge_stone_wall and event_counter Templar_accepted 1
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, }
}
material wooden
construction 5
cost 4800
settlement_min large_city
upgrades
{
preceptorado
}
}
preceptorado city requires factions { portugal, }
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, }
}
material wooden
construction 7
cost 9600
settlement_min huge_city
upgrades
{
preceptorado city requires factions { portugal, }
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, }
}
material wooden
construction 7
cost 9600
settlement_min huge_city
upgrades
{
}
}
}
plugins
{
}
}

[ilmrik]

The old code wouldn't work because of the monitor order, see below for a more streamlined version,

declare_counter quarter
set_counter quarter 0

;start counter to appear every third turn
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
    inc_counter quarter 1
end_monitor

;when the couner reaches 3, reset to 1
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
    and I_CompareCounter quarter == 3
        set_counter quarter 1
end_monitor

;one the third turn it asks yes/no event
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
    and I_CompareCounter quarter = 2
    add_events
        event event_counter templar_accepted
        event event_counter templar_declined
        date 0
    end_add_events
    historic_event templar true
end_monitor

I think these parts run some sort on interference, wich causes the "quarter" never to be 2 at a turn start.
Try this instead: ( removed some redundancies aswel )

declare_counter quarter

;start counter to appear every third turn
monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
    inc_counter quarter 1

      if I_CompareCounter quarter == 2 
       and I_EventCounter templar_accepted == 0 
          historic_event templar true
      end_if 

      if I_CompareCounter  quarter == 3 
         set_counter quarter 0 
      end_if 

      if I_EventCounter templar_accepted == 1
         terminate_monitor
      end_if 

end_monitor

then the actual effects: no real changes just 1 small redundancy, aka you set a condition as a command, the event only runs in templar_accepted == 1 and you had it set templar_accepted to 1 bit odd
yes- reduce money and buildings available

monitor_event EventCounter EventCounterType templar_accepted
    and I_EventCounter templar_accepted == 1
        console_command add_money -2000
    terminate_monitor
end_monitor

;no- resets counters
stayed the same

monitor_conditions EventCounter EventCounterType templar_declined
    and I_EventCounter templar_declined == 1
        set_event_counter templar_declined 0
end_monitor

EDB
It the building won't show up in the building browser as long as the event counter requirement is not met, so that's normal, the building looks fine except for the part I highlighted ( wich might work but it's a bit odd if you ask me...) the stone wall decides the size of your settlement so using it as a requirement is not needed because you already do have this line "settlement_min large_city" wich is basically the same thing.

Also you made a mistake in the event_counter name, you named the event templar and the event counter in the EDB is Templar (not sure that this matters but better safe than sorry).
I repeated the line in the second level of the building this way both levels remain hidden until you have activated the event.
Also I'm not sure that you can have a unconnected name so I made grandeperceptorado --> grande_perceptorado

Templar Order
{
levels comendadoria preceptorado grande_perceptorado 
{
comendadoria city requires factions { portugal, } and building_present_min_level stone_wall large_stone_walland event_counter templar_accepted 1
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, }
}
material wooden
construction 5 
cost 4800 
settlement_min large_city
upgrades
{
preceptorado
}
}
preceptorado city requires factions { portugal, } and building_present_min_level education_libraries great_library and event_counter templar_accepted 1
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, }
}
material wooden
construction 7 
cost 9600 
settlement_min huge_city
upgrades
{
preceptorado city requires factions { portugal, }
{
capability
{
recruit_pool "Templar Crossbowmen" 1 0.7 6 0 requires factions { portugal, }
}
material wooden
construction 7 
cost 9600 
settlement_min huge_city
upgrades
{
}
}
}
plugins 
{
}
}

for the UI did you make all 3 TGA's ?
you should have
southern_european_grande_perceptorado_constructed.TGA
southern_european_grande_perceptorado.TGA
and
southern_european_grande_perceptorado.TGA
in the "construction" folder of the UI, this can be the same one as above as the game automatically rescales and the size ratio is the same

[Emperor of Hell]

for the UI did you make all 3 TGA's ?
you should have
#southern_european_grande_perceptorado_constructed.TGA
#southern_european_grande_perceptorado.TGA
and
#southern_european_grande_perceptorado.TGA
in the "construction" folder of the UI, this can be the same one as above as the game automatically rescales and the size ratio is the same

[HELLEKIN]

Hello guys,first i want to thanks all for your help in this...i´ve done everyting has you teach the event appears but there is no yes button to accept the event ...i sent a pic....what is the solution to this?Many thanks in advance

[Emperor of Hell]

Check this line in campaign script

historic_event templar true

[Vegas_Bear]

You are probably missing the required syntax from a Kingdoms campaign that allows you to have a Yes/No event. Look in you Teutonic campaign and look for descr_event_images.txt. In this file you will be looking for the historic_event entry. Replace the entry from your mod w/ this syntax. You will now have the Yes/No options upon getting the historic event.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

historic_event
	icon	historic
	importance high
	heading_items	3
	footer_items	1
	format
	{
		string	center verdana black
		image	center
		spacer	8
		multistring	left verdana_sml khaki left
		condition
		{
			true
			{
				group center 8
				{
					accept    right
					decline   left
				}
			}
			false
			{
				group center 8
				{
					spacer 1	; dummy item to fix event message formatting wrt header and footer items
				}
			}
		}
	}

If you can't find the file, I included the historic event entry, just open your descr_event_images and replace the historic_event section w/ the one above.

VB

[HELLEKIN]

hello again...done that but still the same... the event appears but no yes/no button to chose...and the image don´t appears...exactly like the pic....help guys.Thanks again for all help

[ilmrik]

You are running kingdoms right ? Because I tried getting choice events to run on plain M2TW and never got it to work ( had exactly the same issue as you )

[HELLEKIN]

oh,oh....it´s vanilla not kingdoms....

[Emperor of Hell]

Why don't you just use kingdoms?

[ilmrik]

Well I agree with killersmurf really, but essentially you do this:

Create 2 new shortcuts as in this tutorial.

Lets assume you named them event_agreed (F2) and event_declined hotkeys (F3)

monitor_event EventCounter EventCounterType templar_accepted 
and I_EventCounter templar_accepted  1

end_monitor

would become

monitor_event 
ShortcutTriggered ShortcutTriggered strat_ui event_agreed
and I_EventCounter templar 1 

  usual effects 
  set_event_counter templar 0 

terminate_monitor
end_monitor

monitor_event 
ShortcutTriggered ShortcutTriggered strat_ui event_declined
and I_EventCounter templar 1 

  usual effects 
  set_event_counter templar 0 

end_monitor

Anyway you'll have to think about the finer things a bit but it should work fine,
just mention the 2 hotkeys in the event text.
If you want to do this for more than one event you'll need some far more advanced scripting.

So moral of the story, listen to the homocidal ( or smurficidal ) smurf and upgrade, you can get kingdoms for like 6 or 7 euro online nowadays.

[HELLEKIN]

hello guys...i´ll try this....i have all total war series until shogun 2, i use medieval vanilla because the all factions are in here,kingdoms haven´t portugal,spain etc......many thanks for help in advance

[Emperor of Hell]

Use bare kingdoms from Gigantus (it's a basic modfolder with all vanilla things, except it's using kingdoms.exe) or the retrofit mod (a mod which adds many kingdoms features to vanilla, also using kingdoms.exe)
LINKS: bare kingdoms
the retrofit mod

[Vegas_Bear]

You basically want to use the Kingdoms.exe, it allows for much greater possibilities for modding, than the vanilla.exe. Most people play using the Kingdoms.exe, just look at the mods available. There are only a handful that use the vanilla.exe, most use kingdoms.exe.

VB