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

[Epistolary Richard]

How to: Spawn an Army

script
spawn_army
faction romans_julii
character Flavius Julius, general, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 20, x 89, y 80
unit roman generals guard cavalry, soldiers 20 exp 9 armour 1 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman legionary first cohort ii, soldiers 40 exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman legionary cohort ii, soldiers 60 exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman praetorian cohort i, soldiers 60 exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
end
end_script

If you are playing as the Julii this will create an army banner with the relevant captain/family member as you define. Most of the syntax is the same as in descr_strat, however the missing clue was the positioning of the commas after the unit names as discovered here

Family members who are spawned, however, do not appear to join that faction's family tree.

[edyzmedieval]

Excellent guide Richard. Thanks for gathering all the info!

[PatWest]

How to: Spawn an Army

script
spawn_army
faction romans_julii
character Flavius Julius, general, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 20, x 89, y 80
unit roman generals guard cavalry, soldiers 20 exp 9 armour 1 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman legionary first cohort ii, soldiers 40 exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman legionary cohort ii, soldiers 60 exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman praetorian cohort i, soldiers 60 exp 0 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
end
end_script

If you are playing as the Julii this will create an army banner with the relevant captain/family member as you define. Most of the syntax is the same as in descr_strat, however the missing clue was the positioning of the commas after the unit names as discovered here

Family members who are spawned, however, do not appear to join that faction's family tree.

Do you know if this can be randomized like the Marian Reforms? How would you set the date for the event if possible?

[CCFC]

im trying to spawn an army but im lost what must i change in the advice thread for the spawn army not the mo money. im a noob modder

[Meneldil]

Hum, another issue there. I'm trying to make a simple campaing map perfect spy script.

I edited export descr advice (both in the data and bi/data)

;------------------------------------------
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\spy.txt
Text Help_Campaign_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Scroll_Text_01_Text1

I added the spy.txt file in the correct folder (in fact, since I wasn't sure where to put it, I made a spy.txt for data/scripts/show_me/ and one for bi/data/scripts/show_me/

The campaign works fine, but if I press F1 and click on the advice button ('?'), the advisor appears, but the game freezes.
Any idea about what's going on ?

[Monkwarrior]

@Meneldil

I think that your problem is in the script. Something similar happened also to me when there were errors in the script.
It would be better if you post it here, or look for the help of the "scripting Gods".

[Meneldil]

Well, I don't think so actually.
With BI, the shortcut advisor apparently doesn't work (there are commas that prevent the script from working) : if you click on the advice button, nothing will happen.
I deleted the commas, both before the trigger and before the advisor thread, and I did not add any script. I launched the campaign, and clicked on '?' in the shortcut panel, and the game stopped aswell.

Edit : Oddly, the script will work with another advisor help request command.

[LestaT]

I have a little (though annoying problem) regaring this script. Maybe I did it wrong way but here it goes.

In my Imperator mod, I added the spawn army script to make Phyrrus army reappeared in summer 275 BC. I edited base on the 4TPY script. Everything goes fine, the years came and the army 'arrived' and I had another great but difficult battle with the Greeks when I thought that Phyrrus has finally been banished from Italy.

The problem came after the event has passed. Everytime I restarted the game, after save and reloading, everytime I started the 4TPY script the army reappears , even when the Greek Cities has been eliminated. Didn't cause CTD or anything, and the game can goes on with no problem at all (except the battle with Phyrrus with his elephant army again... )

Do note however, this only happened 'after' restarting the game If reload a save game from already on going game this 'bug' wont appear. What I always did is reload again and the spawn thing didn't appear anymore.

I'm at lost....

[Chloe]

Hi, Richard, I read your great guide, but still have a few questions.
I made a script to spawn an army, but I do not know where to save it in the game files. Here it is:

script

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionType parthia
and I_TurnNumber = 2

if spawn_armyA=0

spawn_army
faction parthia
character Thuxra, named character, command 5, influence 5, management 3, subterfuge 2, age 38, , x 256, y 80
ancillaries galloper
unit hillmen, exp 5 armour 0 weapon_lvl 2
unit hillmen, exp 5 armour 0 weapon_lvl 2
unit east camel cataphract, exp 5 armour 0 weapon_lvl 2
unit east camel cataphract, exp 5 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east onager, exp 4 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit eastern archers, exp 4 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit eastern archers, exp 4 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit eastern archers, exp 4 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east slinger, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east slinger, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east slinger, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east archer, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east heavy cataphract, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east heavy cataphract, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east infantry, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east infantry, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east infantry, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east infantry, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east infantry, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit east infantry, exp 3 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
set_counter spawn_armyA 1
end_if


terminate_monitor
end_monitor
end_script

[anelious phyros]

I think it's data/scripts, also here's another guide that might help you -
How to:Script spawn...

[Dovlex]

Do anyone know a solution to make the enemy AI army, to do as you wants it to? Like scripting, creating a historical battle etc etc. Maybe some editor program (like Caligula & Hadrian) wich make script for you, Is this possible?

[Dovlex]

This files are from folder Data\world\maps\battle\custom\"Gergovia"
1 - bookmarks.rcb
2 - map.rbm
3 - map.wfc
4 - descr_battle.txt
5 - descr_script.txt
6 - description.txt

This is from same folder but my map

1- bookmarks.rcb
2- map.wfc
3- descr_battle.txt
4- editor_log.txt

How to make descr_script for battle map? What program i must use for this?
I use Battle editor to make battles, there is no tool to make command for AI.

[Squid]

Any old text editor will do.

[Spizania]

This might seem silly, but does a counter endure when the game is restarted, or do they have to be redefined each time the game is started? Ie. can they be used to store information through a game restart?