alpaca's Script-O-Rama

[alpaca]

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[alpaca]

Read on, nothing to see here

[alpaca]

Just one more to go...

[nikolai1962]

just an easy thing to do to crank up the early game difficulty a bit. remove stuff from the descr_strat file like buildings and units and then add them back in the campaign_script but AI only e.g

        ; ---------------------
        ; start up

        freeze_faction_ai aztecs

	if not I_LocalFaction spain

		console_command create_building Leon, farms+1
		console_command create_building Leon, port

		console_command create_building Castille, garrison_quarters
		console_command create_building Castille, bowyer

		create_unit Castille, Peasant Archers, num 2, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
		create_unit Vaasco, Javelinmen, num 2, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
		create_unit Vaasco, Peasant Archers, num 2, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
		console_command add_money spain, 6000

	end_if

similarly add some extra rebel garrison units in the nearest cities for the player faction e.g

	if I_LocalFaction spain

		create_unit Toledo, Peasant Archers, num 2, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0
		create_unit Extramaduras, Javelinmen, num 2, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0

	end_if

pretty quick and easy.


edit: just noticed on my test/mod version that adding the ports this way doesn't seem to work. the building is built in the settlement but no port on the map and no trade. i think this used to work in RTW but it must be different in MTW2. the recruitment buildings work though.

[alpaca]

i'll add a bit here that i use a lot when i get home :)

Great, I'll start working on it after I tested 1.2 a bit more thoroughly. Actually primarily wanted to get some comments about the idea while I was doing that ;)

[SigniferOne]

This is the classic spawn_army hint, considering the fact that the docudemon explanation always stumps newbies:

spawn_army 
                    faction romans_julii
                    character	Foedus Chaerea, general, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 20, , x 54, y 124
                    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

What's changed is that there is a comma after every unit name. This comma is absent in docudemon example of spawn_army, thus causing endless crashes and headaches for those starting out.

Great idea Alpaca, I should have a few more examples soon.

[alpaca]

Well spawn_army works like this now:

spawn_army
		faction slave
		character	Primus, named character, age 18, x 147, y 379
                traits GoodCommander 1
		unit		NE Catapult				exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
	end

Not sure if the soldiers thing still works, the attributes are handled through traits now.