An Intermediate Guide to Scripting

[Malrubius]

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

[alpaca]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[paullus]

Is there a way to make the background script detect whether an AI faction has done something, and then have that trigger an event script at the start of the player's turn?

[Epistolary Richard]

Depends on what the AI faction has done. What AI event do you want to trigger it?