cursor actions

**vercassivelaunos** · February 22, 2012, 12:53 PM

Some time ago I read that it is possible to have your assassins attack your own generals by editing one of the cursor files. Can anyone tell me which file to edit and how to edit it?

thanks in advance

**valvegas1** · February 22, 2012, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by vercassivelaunos

Some time ago I read that it is possible to have your assassins attack your own generals by editing one of the cursor files. Can anyone tell me which file to edit and how to edit it?

thanks in advance

In the data folder there should be a descr_cursor_actions.txt file...Note that not all mods have this and sometimes it's in the vanilla game folder...Also note that at the top of this file is the coding for all the actions possible and I advise you read this very carefully before proceeding...Now after that look for this entry...

Code:

selected assassin
{
    over own
    {
        initial_never_seen                Mov Mov
        land                        Mov Mov
        sea                            Na Na                tooltip characters_cannot_go_on_sea
        army                        Mer* (S) Mer (S)
        admiral                        Em*  (S) Em  (S)    tooltip embark_character
        diplomat                    S  (Ass) S (Ass)
        princess                    S  (Ass) S (Ass)
        merchant                    S  (Ass) S (Ass)
        priest                        S  (Ass) S (Ass)
        heretic                        S  (Ass) S (Ass)
        witch                        S  (Ass) S (Ass)
        inquisitor                    S  (Ass) S (Ass)
        spy                            S  (Ass) S (Ass)
        assassin                    S  (Ass) S (Ass)
        family                        S  (Ass) S (Ass)
        settlement                    G* (S) G  (S)        tooltip enter_settlement
        fort                        G* (S) G  (S)        tooltip enter_fort
        rally_point                    Mov
        naval_rally_point            Na Na                tooltip characters_cannot_go_on_sea
        garrisoned_settlement        G*  (S) G  (S)        tooltip enter_settlement
        garrisoned_fort                G*  (S) G  (S)        tooltip enter_fort
        garrisoned_ship                Em* (S) Em (S)        tooltip embark_character
        sieged_settlement            S                    tooltip cannot_enter_sieged_settlement
        sieged_fort                    S                    tooltip cannot_enter_sieged_fort
        garrisoned_dock                Mer* (S) Mer (S)    tooltip embark_character_in_port
        port                        Mov        
        dock                        Na                    tooltip characters_cannot_go_on_sea
    }

Now change it to look like this...

Code:

selected assassin
{
    over own
    {
        initial_never_seen                Mov Mov
        land                        Mov Mov
        sea                            Na Na                tooltip characters_cannot_go_on_sea
        army                        Ass (Mer*) Ass (Mer)
        admiral                        Em*  (S) Em  (S)    tooltip embark_character
        diplomat                    Ass  (S) Ass (S)
        princess                    Ass  (S) Ass (S)
        merchant                    Ass  (S) Ass (S)
        priest                        Ass  (S) Ass (S)
        heretic                        Ass  (S) Ass (S)
        witch                        Ass  (S) Ass (S)
        inquisitor                    Ass  (S) Ass (S)
        spy                            Ass  (S) Ass (S)
        assassin                    Ass  (S) Ass (S)
        family                        Ass  (S) Ass (S)
        settlement                    Ass (G*) Ass (G)        tooltip enter_settlement
        fort                        Ass (G*) Ass (G)        tooltip enter_fort
        rally_point                    Mov
        naval_rally_point            Na Na                tooltip characters_cannot_go_on_sea
        garrisoned_settlement        Ass  (G*) Ass  (G)        tooltip enter_settlement
        garrisoned_fort                Ass  (G*) Ass  (G)        tooltip enter_fort
        garrisoned_ship                Em* (S) Em (S)        tooltip embark_character
        sieged_settlement            S                    tooltip cannot_enter_sieged_settlement
        sieged_fort                    S                    tooltip cannot_enter_sieged_fort
        garrisoned_dock                Mer* (S) Mer (S)    tooltip embark_character_in_port
        port                        Mov        
        dock                        Na                    tooltip characters_cannot_go_on_sea
    }

This should allow you to assassinate your own agents and characters...

EDIT; I just tested this and changing these does allow you to use the assassinate function but when the scroll opens all it says is "No valid assassination target" or some crap like that...So I can assume from that there is more to it...Sorry I haven't taken the time to test this before now so I wasn't sure if that was all that was needed or not...anyway I'll keep testing different things and see what I come up with I guess...

**vercassivelaunos** · February 23, 2012, 05:56 AM

Thanks a lot.

I'll see if I can get it working for me.

PS: +rep

**valvegas1** · February 23, 2012, 08:44 AM

well unfortunately I have open and looked through every file in the game and nothing relates to what actions can be taken on which characters except the cursor action files...and those don't seem to have any effect on who is a valid target...I'm thinking this aspect is hardcoded and can't be changed...