Challenge for all modders out there

[The_Mark]

Heh..

;******************************************************************************************************************
;	Setting up Battle with Script Commands
;******************************************************************************************************************

	prepare_for_battle

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;;;	Label Units & Groups & LOCATIONS
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;*************
;juliis
;*************

	label_unit 0 0 0	julii_hastati
	label_unit 0 0 1	julii_general


;*************
;brutiis
;*************

	label_unit 1 0 0	brutii_archers
			

;**********************
; start
;**********************

	ai_active_set off
	
	unit_order_move_to_missile_range brutii_archers julii_hastati run
		
	end_script

You just had it done further..

And yes, there's a big danger of misspelling, I spelled bruti instead of brutii in the move order line.. instant CTD.. Maybe my previous statements were a bit too optimistic.

I foresee some problems with being unable to changing facing of an AI army towards the players army.

That is a big problem. I was literally stunned by the lack of any commands returning a position/direction.. those would've made this a lot easier. Of course we could jury-rig a solution with trigonometry or something, but it'd be quite awkward to place a multi-line equation in each and every monitor needing them.. This is assuming the script language supports them. At this point I really miss OFP scripts.. the flexibility.. Hell, someone made a runge-kutta-solver-thingy with them!

Back to the topic. A spell-checker could be useful, but it wouldn't help with misspelled variables/labels resulting in CTD.. A fully-fledged scripting proggy? But then, of course, we could just try to write them..

set_counter COUNTER1 1

while COUNTER1 > 0
	if I_UnitPercentageAmmoLeft ROMAN_ARCHER1 < 70
		unit_order_attack_unit ROMAN_GENERAL GAUL_GENERAL run
		set_counter COUNTER1 -1
	end_if
end_while

Couldn't the counter, while and if- bits be replaced with:

monitor_conditions I_UnitPercentageAmmoLeft ROMAN_ARCHER1 < 70