1+1 questions

[EP!anastasi]

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noob questions

no1: about capital (garisson scripts)
Is there a way to determine a factions capital (so that you add more units there as garisson in the script) through a variable/counter/something instead of just the name of the settlement? (in case the capital changes place)


no2: about "money script"
I thought of something and really have no idea if others have already done this... So, how about just raising the king's purse for all factions in descr_strat for let's say 1000-2000-idk florins, and then in campaign_script we add something like, and maybe vary the amount according to difficulty?

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
               and I_NumberOfSettlements = 1
    
                     set_kings_purse 1500

terminate_monitor

end_monitor

Of course, that doesn't save them from going bankrupt
But i'm only asking if this would give some more capability to AI to last longer... ?

edit: Actually, i think this is more like what i was trying to do

    ; monitors

    ;-- Anti-money script (for the human)

    monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
                and not IsFactionAIControlled

        if CampaignDifficulty = very_hard
                set_kings_purse 1800
        end_if

        if CampaignDifficulty = hard
                set_kings_purse 3000
        end_if

        if CampaignDifficulty = medium
            set_kings_purse england 4000
        end_if

        if CampaignDifficulty = easy
                set_kings_purse england 4500
        end_if
            
    terminate_monitor
    end_monitor

...assuming i've given all the factions a king's purse between 3500 and 4500. Of course, those numbers can change for better ones.
Is the terminate_monitor needed there?
I'm trying to keep code short, too

[danny X]

Question 2, the problem with adding money to descr_strat is, the player would also benefit from the additions also, so it would just even out.

Here's a money script you might want to look at: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=309918

[EP!anastasi]

Question 2, the problem with adding money to descr_strat is, the player would also benefit from the additions also, so it would just even out.

Not really Cause i'm giving the human player a much lower king's purse later through that little script Or at least that's what i'd like to do I think i need another check there, sorry Hmmm... i edited the OP

Here's a money script you might want to look at: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=309918

I think that's exactly what i'm trying to do, but instead of giving to all the AI factions in campaign_script according to dif, the opposite, to remove from the human according to dif and give to all factions much more through descr_start



Oh, and what about question no1?

[valvegas1]

warning

noob questions

no1: about capital (garisson scripts)
Is there a way to determine a factions capital (so that you add more units there as garisson in the script) through a variable/counter/something instead of just the name of the settlement? (in case the capital changes place)

In all my years playing M2TW I've personally never seen the computer change their capitol...Just write the script for all starting capitols and make them all fire under the condition that faction is ai controlled and the one your playing as won't fire when the rest of them do...

[irishron]

I have had the ai change capitals "to keep it in the middle of its empire".

[EP!anastasi]

I have had the ai change capitals "to keep it in the middle of its empire".

You know what they say...
Screenshot or it never happened!

But seriously, the AI doesn't change capitals much (if at all), but i've heard sometimes (and one of them i just quoted) people saying they've seen at least an AI faction change it's capital. And of course there is this case where it can't be avoided.

It will also change when they lose the settlement that is their capital.

There is no way to do it directly - no such "IsCapital" condition. What you could do is spawn a character into that faction and, for each settlement on the map, reposition him next to it then use DistanceCapital to see how far from the capital he is. When something like "< 3" is true then that must be it. Tricky though, and a lot of script, and I'm not sure what event you could monitor to get the character_record used by DistanceCapital. For the local faction you might be able to use CharacterSelected but I don't think that it could work with AI factions.

Kinda like what i feared... Something my mod-fu is too weak for atm.
No big deal, i can live without it..

Thanks for the answer though!

[lolIsuck]

You know what they say...
Screenshot or it never happened!

But seriously, the AI doesn't change capitals much (if at all), but i've heard sometimes (and one of them i just quoted) people saying they've seen at least an AI faction change it's capital. And of course there is this case where it can't be avoided.

In TATW it happens all the time, AI Gondor changes capital from Minas Tirith to Tarnost or Linhir and High Elves from Rivendell to Mithlond, this is to decrease corruption and maximize income I think.

[valvegas1]

I was just saying that I personally haven't seen it happen except of course for the obvious times they have too do to loosing their current capitol...but I don't play a lot of the fantasy mods either...

[Withwnar]

It will also change when they lose the settlement that is their capital.

There is no way to do it directly - no such "IsCapital" condition. What you could do is spawn a character into that faction and, for each settlement on the map, reposition him next to it then use DistanceCapital to see how far from the capital he is. When something like "< 3" is true then that must be it. Tricky though, and a lot of script, and I'm not sure what event you could monitor to get the character_record used by DistanceCapital. For the local faction you might be able to use CharacterSelected but I don't think that it could work with AI factions.