alpaca's Script-O-Rama

Just in case it is useful for somebody, I report here a method to start the campaign in the middle of the initial year, instead of at the beginning.

Let's say we want a 12 turns per year campaign, but it must start in September of 1212.

We use alpaca's script modified in this way:

Code:

declare_counter season_counter set_counter season_counter 9 monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal inc_counter season_counter 1 ; 0 equals winter if I_CompareCounter season_counter == 0 console_command season winter end_if if I_CompareCounter season_counter > 0 console_command season summer end_if ; Reset the counter on the autumn turn so that it'll be 0 next turn if I_CompareCounter season_counter == 11 set_counter season_counter -1 end_if end_monitor

But the year (seen using show_hud_date = true configuration option) will change in turn 12, not in turn 4. For this purpose we must add new options:

Code:

declare_counter season_counter set_counter season_counter 9 declare_counter year_counter set_counter year_counter 0 monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal inc_counter season_counter 1 ; 0 equals winter if I_CompareCounter season_counter == 0 console_command season winter end_if if I_CompareCounter season_counter > 0 console_command season summer end_if ; Reset the counter on the autumn turn so that it'll be 0 next turn if I_CompareCounter season_counter == 11 set_counter season_counter -1 end_if if I_CompareCounter season_counter == 0 inc_counter year_counter 1 end_if if I_CompareCounter year_counter == 1 console_command date 1213 end_if if I_CompareCounter year_counter == 2 console_command date 1214 end_if ; more lines are needed depending on the duration of the campaign. end_monitor

I've used this system in the first tests of a campaign with 50 turns per year, beginning in the 34 turn of the first year, and it works (only tested the first "New Year Event").