alpaca's Script-O-Rama

[alpaca]

ER said that there is a destroy_unit command in Kingdoms, maybe now the problem will become trivial.

Which problem? Being able to destroy buildings doesn't help us in the least with attrition

[Epistolary Richard]

destroy_unit - but as you mentioned that takes out an entire unit rather than reducing the number of men in a unit (which would be the desired result).

[alpaca]

Whoops sorry I was overjoyed at the prospect of being able to destroy buildings so I misread it

[CavalryCmdr]

Re-Emergent factions

I realize this thread (on this site at least) is pretty much dead, but I figured I'd still put this out there.

A problem (depending on the intentions of the script writer of course) with your solution is that a random horde will spawn when the last city is captured if any family member still lives.

If you only want your scripted army to appear at your designated time change

horde_min_units 10
horde_max_units 20
horde_max_units_reduction_every_horde 10
horde_min_named_characters 2

to

horde_min_units 0
horde_max_units 0
horde_max_units_reduction_every_horde 0
horde_min_named_characters 0

I'm not sure if they all have to be 0, but I know this works.
This way the faction will die normally, but still remain in the code to be revived at a later date.

This will record as an error in the log

14:56:45.739 [script.err] [error] Script Error in medimod/data/descr_sm_factions.txt, at line 22, column 32
file: "descr_sm_factions.txt": horde_min_units should be nonzero!

but otherwise causes no problems.

It is also a good idea to script in neutrality with all factions at the point of death as, because they are still present, thier relations (stance and faction standing) prior to death is still remembered by other AI factions. Thus, if you kill a factions you will always be considered 'AtWar' with them even though they are dead. This also causes some complications on re-birth as the horde AI is uncontrolable and will not consider previous relations until a setlment is occupied.

[Monkwarrior]

Just in case it is useful for somebody, I report here a method to start the campaign in the middle of the initial year, instead of at the beginning.

Let's say we want a 12 turns per year campaign, but it must start in September of 1212.

We use alpaca's script modified in this way:

declare_counter season_counter
		set_counter season_counter 9

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
	inc_counter season_counter 1
	
	; 0 equals winter
	if I_CompareCounter season_counter == 0
		console_command season winter
	end_if
	if I_CompareCounter season_counter > 0
		console_command season summer
	end_if
	; Reset the counter on the autumn turn so that it'll be 0 next turn
	if I_CompareCounter season_counter == 11
		set_counter season_counter -1
	end_if
end_monitor

But the year (seen using show_hud_date = true configuration option) will change in turn 12, not in turn 4. For this purpose we must add new options:

declare_counter season_counter
		set_counter season_counter 9
declare_counter year_counter
		set_counter year_counter 0

monitor_event FactionTurnStart FactionIsLocal
	inc_counter season_counter 1
	
	; 0 equals winter
	if I_CompareCounter season_counter == 0
		console_command season winter
	end_if
	if I_CompareCounter season_counter > 0
		console_command season summer
	end_if
	; Reset the counter on the autumn turn so that it'll be 0 next turn
	if I_CompareCounter season_counter == 11
		set_counter season_counter -1
	end_if

		if I_CompareCounter season_counter == 0
			inc_counter year_counter 1
		end_if

		if I_CompareCounter year_counter == 1
			console_command date 1213
		end_if

		if I_CompareCounter year_counter == 2
			console_command date 1214
		end_if
; more lines are needed depending on the duration of the campaign.

end_monitor

I've used this system in the first tests of a campaign with 50 turns per year, beginning in the 34 turn of the first year, and it works (only tested the first "New Year Event").

[anweRU]

I'd like to set a script similar to the very first script in this thread, i.e. adding money to a faction that captures a settlement. However, I want to add a different set of conditions:

For example, consider Jerusalem:
If a Catholic faction captures Jerusalem from a Muslim faction, it gets bonus money.
Otherwise, it doesn't.
If a Muslim faction captures Jerusalem from a Christian faction, it gets bonus money.
Otherwise, it doesn't.

So I need to check the faction that owned the settlement before its capture. Also, would I need to repeat this script for every faction, i.e. Moors, Egypt & Turks for the Muslims, and England, etc. for the Catholic?