EDA: is "Unique" really unique?

**vercassivelaunos** · January 25, 2012, 07:31 AM

The question is: Does the entry "Unique" in the EDA mean that an ancillary can only be acquired once, or can i still be acquired, if the ancillary is lost, when the character dies?
I ask because I'm working on an EDA with many artifacts that should be unique, but I want it to be possible that a character can get the ancillary again, if the ol wielder dies.

thanks in advance

**danny X** · January 25, 2012, 07:42 AM

I think its only one character at a time can have the ancillary and then when the character dies it can be re-aquired.

**vercassivelaunos** · January 25, 2012, 07:46 AM

That would be good. Can someone confirm this?

**Aikanár** · January 25, 2012, 09:25 AM

Do you mean the category entry "unique"?
That could as well say single or solemly or whatever, it won't affect the number of appearances of the anc.
If you want to have a unique anc, you've to define a suitable trigger to make sure it does not spread.

**vercassivelaunos** · January 25, 2012, 02:34 PM

No, not the category entry. There is an optional entry after the entry for the picture, which makes an ancillary unique. But I want to be sure if it becomes truly unique(only acquireable once), or if there can only be one ancillary of that type at one time.
It is used in vanilla for characters as William Wallace or Gerard de Ridefort.

**danny X** · January 25, 2012, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by vercassivelaunos

No, not the category entry. There is an optional entry after the entry for the picture, which makes an ancillary unique. But I want to be sure if it becomes truly unique(only acquireable once), or if there can only be one ancillary of that type at one time.
It is used in vanilla for characters as William Wallace or Gerard de Ridefort.

They have a time limit attached to them, they are only available for a certain amount of turns, during a period of turns, its attached to their trigger in the EDA.

Code:

;------------------------------------------
Trigger gerard_de_ridefort
    WhenToTest GeneralJoinCrusade
    Condition IsCrusade
          and CharacterReligion catholic
          and not FactionType hre
          and not FactionType spain
          and not FactionType portugal
          and I_TurnNumber >= 30
          and I_TurnNumber <= 52
    AcquireAncillary gerard_de_ridefort chance  100

**Aikanár** · January 25, 2012, 02:55 PM

Hm, never came across that one then.
Always used "and not I_WorldWideAncillaryExists" as condition or the such, have no game installed and nothing of the modding material on my laptop to make sure, whether that was the condition or not o_O