A Beginner's Guide to Scripting & Scripting "How To"s

[Parenti's Child]

tried using the example script for mo_money but that particular section of the txt seems to be disabled in patch 1.5. Tried using the advice thread for the settlements list again no joy.

I'm trying to get force_diplomacy to work so I can play around with that in the early game if anyone has any help they could give I'd love to click their 'show me how' button.

[Atilius]

tried using the example script for mo_money but that particular section of the txt seems to be disabled in patch 1.5.

Just copied and pasted the mo_money code snippet into an existing script of mine and it worked as expected in 1.5. I'd guess you have a problem in the triggering mechanism. The "show me how" button on the advisor should be dark (un-ghosted) until you click it. Is this what you see?

[Parenti's Child]

that's the problem. For some reason the request advice button in the shortcuts screen doesn't even bring up the advisor.

[kungfuserge]

Hello I never mod before but I already can switch side for historical battle; Can you help me with that : How do I make the opposite side (AI) wait for the ennemy (me) .the AI rushes all the time and is not supposed to do so, so the battle turn crazy. I don't know the script and where (which folder) it goes;
many thanks

[Tombstone]

The "show me how" button on the advisor should be dark (un-ghosted) until you click it. Is this what you see?

Please explain "Dark" and "Ghosted/Un-Ghosted", and how this corresponds to 'greyed-out' vs. 'active'.

I (as far as I can tell) did everything correctly according to Richard's instructions. My problem is; The "Show Me How" button is greyed out and un-clickable.

I reset the advisor in the options, as well as changing the Advice Level to 'High', but the Show Me How button is still greyed out (and now that snotty wench pops up to tell me everything she's told me once before already).

I'm trying to do the force_diplomacy accept thing. Here's my files:

data\export_descr_advice.txt:

;------------------------------------------
AdviceThread Help_Campaign_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Scroll_Thread
    GameArea Campaign

    Item Help_Campaign_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Scroll_Text_01
        Uninhibitable
        Verbosity  0 
        Threshold  1 
        Attitude Normal
        Presentation Default
        Title Help_Campaign_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Scroll_Text_01_Title
        Script scripts\show_me\forcedip.txt
        Text Help_Campaign_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Scroll_Text_01_Text1

data\scripts\show me\forcedip.txt:

script

command_console force_diplomacy accept

end_script

Now, I added this script while in the middle of an Imperial Campaign, and I'm just wondering if that's the problem...

On another subject;

Where does this game hide the Targas? I've looked for them everywhere. There are data files that refer to them, but the targas themselves don't appear to exist anywhere. Like "roman_official_ancillary.tga" for example.

[Atilius]

Please explain "Dark" and "Ghosted/Un-Ghosted", and how this corresponds to 'greyed-out' vs. 'active'.

Dark, Un-Ghosted=active
Ghosted=greyed-out

Your export_descr_advice.txt looks OK.

As for the script, you have

command_console force_diplomacy accept

This should be

console_command force_diplomacy accept

Where does this game hide the Targas?

You need to unpack the files in the packs folder. There's a link to Vercingetorix's xpak in this post. Usage info here.