alpaca's Script-O-Rama

**alpaca** · 08-31-2007, 11:25

Originally Posted by Red Spot

I've tried that, got the impression you where saying that a create unit command with amount "1" wouldnt be adjusted downward, but that doesnt seem the case.

I've thought about making a monitor for each of my "armour era's" (in my game every level of armour has to be invented like gunpowder) but all that means is that after 20-ish turns in a new era the reinforcements may spawn again..

Anyway I've got some other way of working slightly around the situation and have also found out that reloading the campaign(save) "fixes" the monitor again ...

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Yeah I was thinking just that. Weird stuff. Maybe the console_command create_unit works better? I think it uses almost the same syntax (but probably also the same code).

create_unit <settlement/character_name> <unit_id> <opt:how_many> <opt:exp/armour/weapon>

**Red Spot** · 08-31-2007, 12:22

so basicly just add "console_command" in front of it ..??

from;
create_unit London, Armored Sergeants, num 2, exp 0, arm 0, wep 0

to;
console_command create_unit London, Armored Sergeants, num 2
(to start without armour/weapon upgrades)

will try, thanks ;)

ps; something that might be interesting, nothing special may just save others the time to test it, a little code for being able to set a flag in EDB when crusades are active;

Code:

	monitor_event CrusadeCalled IsCrusade

		set_event_counter crusade_active 1
	end_monitor

	monitor_event CrusadeEnds IsCrusade

		set_event_counter crusade_active 0
	end_monitor

(change "IsCrusade" to "IsJihad" for Jihads ...)

Edit;
just tried the console command thingy, worked like a charm!!

the formatting is diffirent;
console_command create_unit London "Feudal Knights" 8 1 1 1

numbers represent the same as with the regular command, though the number of units, in the example 8, is capped at 5 units
the good thing is that it does not adjust itself downwards, it spawns what it can and than when it can again the full number (of max 5 units)

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**alpaca** · 08-31-2007, 14:24

Ok good, one problem less.

As for the current challenge: Don't try anything with reduce_unit_strength. Unfortunately it freezes the game.

**Epistolary Richard** · 09-01-2007, 14:06

The only idea I recall being mooted to represent Attrition was to make every unit a general's bodyguard (i.e. add the general_unit attribute to them in edu) as the size of bodyguards can be controlled in the trait files.

The drawbacks to such an idea though are heavy as you would lose the unit picture, and as soon as each unit 'captain' died the entire unit would be gone. Might work for a small scale mod with not many units, but a lot of 'character', but certainly not suitable for the standard, larger scale mods people make.

**alpaca** · 09-01-2007, 14:53

Originally Posted by Epistolary Richard

The only idea I recall being mooted to represent Attrition was to make every unit a general's bodyguard (i.e. add the general_unit attribute to them in edu) as the size of bodyguards can be controlled in the trait files.

The drawbacks to such an idea though are heavy as you would lose the unit picture, and as soon as each unit 'captain' died the entire unit would be gone. Might work for a small scale mod with not many units, but a lot of 'character', but certainly not suitable for the standard, larger scale mods people make.

Hey ER, nice of you to stop by

Aye, I pondered the option, too. In addition to what you mentioned I imagine it would seriously slow the game down because triggers like CharacterTurnEnd would have to be checked for each unit on the map (which is about the number of characters times 20)

The current "canonical" way of doing it is like in EB to limit movement rates and morale.

I had a quite nice idea what could be done but what I mentioned above kind of ruined it. You could still randomly kill off whole units but that's not a very attractive option, either.