question about setting up scripts for capitals

[RollingWave]

Hello folks, I'm trying to design a event monitor so that certain units or agents can be built simply by being the capital city, for example... diplomats. isn't it kinda abusrd that a faction can't build a diplomat in some situation if it doesn't have a certain building?

So for example, I try to do this in the EDB, putting these lines in all the core_buildings

agent diplomat 0 requires factions { all, } and event_counter is_capital 1
agent spy 0 requires factions { all, } and event_counter is_capital 1

agent_limit spy 1
agent_limit diplomat 1

and then I try to setup an event counter... but I'm failing to see how to do that, there isn't any trigger that precisely defines capital, the only onces I'm seeing that have any relevant connection is FactionNewCapital (which isn't what I need) and CapitalDistance ... which seem to be the closest approixmation , but my test seem to reveal that it only works for charactors... or maybe i'm doing it wrong, this is my script so far

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
set_event_counter is_capital 1
end_monitor

monitor_event SettlementSelected TrueCondition
and not DistanceCapital >= 1
set_event_counter is_capital 1
end_monitor

monitor_event SettlementSelected TrueCondition
and DistanceCapital >= 1
set_event_counter is_capital 0
end_monitor

Any ideas? I seem to recall some other folks having done something like this, but a search isn't showing much results

[Withwnar]

Counters are global, not specific to a settlement. "is_capital" isn't going to help you here. All it will indicate is that a settlement is the capital... it will always be 1.

What you could do, perhaps, is use script to build an indestructible building in the capital - and destroy it and build it elsewhere when the capital changes - and use that building for recruiting these agents.

But you still need to find the capital. Another thread is asking the same thing here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=524769

[Taiji]

It's an AoR so you can use resources.

[Squid]

You can do by script if you have one event_counter per settlement per faction (very big and long) then you'd be able to know which settlement for each faction is the capital. The indestructible building option might be easier.