The Complete EDB Guide - discussion

[Dol Guldur]

No, it does not as far as we can tell. I, and others, have tested it and it seems to be ignored.

[Centurion Varricus]

Thanks DG

I also wanted to ask about merging building trees

Im Using a hidden resource to make available part of a tree in some regions, which ultimately returns to the main trunk. But this is returning a gap in building tree error msg when I exit the game.


Example

Building 1 (Base Building of tree) Upgrades Bldg2, Bldg3

Bldg2 if hidden resource (A) not available then upgrades to Bldg4
Bldg3 if hidden resource (A) is available then also upgrades to Bldg4

I hope that makes sense

Is there a guide to error messages anywhere or do you have any ideas what is causing this and how to prevent it?

Many Thanks

[Dol Guldur]

A NOT conditional will block the level and cause the gap error most likely. Use a positive conditional to test it out, if not then you have left a genuine gap in the factions for the upgrades.

[Centurion Varricus]

Blimey that was quick

This is the first code line with the NOT conditional

kelt_govt_2 requires factions { gauls, } and not hidden_resource indo_european

How can I use an AND and still obtain the same effect?

Also going back to my first question above, I thought you might like to see the result of something I tested.

Under the capabilities of the roman xxxxxx building, I added the following code line

law_bonus bonus 40 requires building_factions { rome_republic, }

This returned the result
bonus due to law 200% in the building description

On completing the building the public order had jumped from 80% to 205% in the city scroll for rome

To complete the test though, we need another faction to conquor a region where this is built, and check the bonus doesnt give the new faction that bonus

[Dol Guldur]

I'm on my lunch break ;)

You need to use a positive such as not_indo_european. Try that.


building_factions, as I said before, is ignored and so the result you get is not unexpected. Let me know if it changes but I think you'll find it will not.

[HouseOfHam]

Using a positive would not solve the logical contradition of

kelt_govt_4 requires factions { gauls, } and hidden_resource indo_european and hidden_resource not_indo_european

Besides, it wastes hidden resources and creates extra work in having to code hidden resources for every region.

[Dol Guldur]

Um, you'd use the not_indo_european HR instead of the not indo_european, not together in the same argument. But in any case, if it is tested this way and still fails then he may have the factions with a gap.

FATW covers most things, as do other mods; just see how they get around it.