An Intermediate Guide to Scripting

**Malrubius** · 02-05-2006, 13:23

Code:

monitor_event CharacterTurnStart FactionType empire_west
      and Trait AgeTraitLevel1 = 1
         ; do some stuff
     
end_monitor

**SigniferOne** · 02-05-2006, 20:30

Hmm, that's weird, I thought both "FactionType" and "Trait" were conditions, and thus not usable in monitor_event, but only in monitor_conditions, or "if" clauses?

**Malrubius** · 02-06-2006, 13:33

Hmm, we have syntax like that in our EBBS background script, and it seems to work.

**alpaca** · 02-06-2006, 17:59

That is because monitor_event in fact requires an event AND a condition.
If you don't want one, you have to use monitor_event EVENT TrueCondition or else the game will crash.

**SigniferOne** · 02-07-2006, 06:11

Right, but then what could be the reason why isolating the conditions into their own "if" statements, e.g in my code above, doesn't work?

**Epistolary Richard** · 02-09-2006, 01:55

Because most conditionals require exports from an event (eg, settlement, character) - and therefore need to be included in a monitor_event. It's only conditionals that start with I_ that do not require an event which can be used in if and monitor_conditions.

**Duke John** · 02-22-2006, 08:02

While experimenting with scripts I noticed that some AdviceThreads in export_descr_advice.txt have a parameter. I found SettlementName and CharacterName. Not useful for me, but I guess some can use it to make their Advisor texts a little bit more detailed, showing the settlement's or character's name.