An Intermediate Guide to Scripting

[Piko]

Thanks for the replies, it sucks you have to kill the character though, makes scripting Roman civil war MUCH harder...

[Stuie]

Has anyone found a way to script a keystroke? For instance, making the game peform a quick save in the script by having "Ctrl-S" invoked? I know there are ways to get UI elements activatedd, but I'm specifically trying to do something that has a shortcut, but no UI element. Probably not possible but I thought I'd ask.

[Myrddraal]

Shortcuts can be called using a scripting command. I made a post about it somewhere, I'll see if I can dig it up.

[Myrddraal]

here is a neat scripting command which I found whilst working on the MP campaign:

call_object_shortcut

Here is an example of the syntax:

call_object_shortcut strat_ui speedup_ai

the strat_ui bit is the category of the shortcut. If you open data\text\descr_shortcuts.txt and scroll to the bottom end, you'll find a list of the shortcuts with their categories to the right.

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[Stuie]

Ok - I thought I tried that and it didn't work. Guess I'll try again.

Edit: Forgot my manners! Thanks for the quick response!
Edit2: Looks like I had the wrong category for the shortcut I was trying to invoke. I'll test the new one when I get home...

[Myrddraal]

Were you trying the save game one?

I use it in the mp campaign script and it works.

[Stuie]

Were you trying the save game one?

I use it in the mp campaign script and it works.

No - something else. If/when I get it to work I'll report back.