freeze_recruit_pool

[Aneirin]

Hello there,

I was wondering if anyone of you know more about how the command 'freeze_recruit_pool' works.
You see, I am facing the problem that the recruitment pool gets frozen right away during the player's turn,
but as soon as I unfreeze it, it takes another turn till the units show up again in the recruitment tab of the settlement.

Does anyone know how to trigger the unfreezing right away? Especially in the context that it still takes several turns till new units are available, since the pool has to refill itself.

        if I_SettlementOwner Siena = russia           ; does this faction own this settlement
            and I_CompareCounter exceedlimit_russia > 0     ; has this faction exceeded the upkeep limit
            and I_CompareCounter Siena_frozen < 1          ; is this pool NOT frozen

            freeze_recruit_pool Siena_Province true                 ; freeze the regional recruit pool
            set_counter Siena_frozen 1                       ; set the 'region' counter true
            historic_event test
        end_if
        if I_SettlementOwner Siena = russia
            and I_CompareCounter exceedlimit_russia < 1      ; is this faction below the upkeep limit
            and I_CompareCounter Siena_frozen > 0          ; is this pool frozen
            freeze_recruit_pool Siena_Province false                ; unfreeze the pool
            set_counter Siena_frozen 0                        ; set the 'region' counter false

                        historic_event test
        end_if

Best
Aneirin

[QuintusSertorius]

I think the turn's delay is a facet of any operation involving recruit _pools - the same happens with pools activated by event_counter.

[Withwnar]

I don't know if it's practical but an alternative to freezing the pool would be to disable the ability to add anything to the recruit queue...

if I_SettlementOwner Siena = russia           ; does this faction own this settlement
    and I_CompareCounter exceedlimit_russia > 0     ; has this faction exceeded the upkeep limit
    and I_CompareCounter Siena_frozen < 1          ; is this pool NOT frozen

    freeze_recruit_pool Siena_Province true                 ; freeze the regional recruit pool
    filter_settlement_commands off Siena recruitment_queue_add
    set_counter Siena_frozen 1                       ; set the 'region' counter true
    historic_event test
end_if
if I_SettlementOwner Siena = russia
    and I_CompareCounter exceedlimit_russia < 1      ; is this faction below the upkeep limit
    and I_CompareCounter Siena_frozen > 0          ; is this pool frozen
    
    freeze_recruit_pool Siena_Province false                ; unfreeze the pool
    filter_settlement_commands on Siena recruitment_queue_add
    set_counter Siena_frozen 0                        ; set the 'region' counter false
    historic_event test
end_if

CONS:
1) it doesn't reset any pools to zero nor stop their growth, so you can still see the units and over time that there are more of them, you just can't recruit them
2) also prevents recruitment of agents
3) player only? not sure but suspect so

[Aneirin]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this, I guess I will stick with my current solution and have to live with it.
Though interesting that is possible to 'disable' the recruitment queue.