The Complete EDB Guide - discussion

[Ramashan]

I have coded in a building tree with more than one upgrade and have had it work fine. But I'm trying to make a tree that up grades different buildings for different factions. The code looks like this;

building taverns
{
    levels tavern tavern_faction1 tavern_faction2 tavern_faction3 tavern_faction4 
    {
        tavern requires factions { pontus, dacia, egypt, armenia, numidia, } 
        {
            capability
            {
            }
            construction  1 
            cost  200
            settlement_min village
            upgrades
            {
                tavern_faction1
                tavern_faction2
                tavern_faction3
                tavern_faction4
            }
        }
        tavern_faction1 requires factions { pontus, dacia, } 
        {
            capability
            {
            }
            construction  2 
            cost  800 
            settlement_min town
            upgrades
            {
            }
        }
        tavern_faction2 requires factions { egypt, } 
        {
            capability
            {
            }
            construction  2 
            cost  800 
            settlement_min town
            upgrades
            {
            }
        }
        tavern_faction3 requires factions { armenia, } 
        {
            capability
            {
            }
            construction  2 
            cost  800 
            settlement_min town
            upgrades
            {
            }
        }
        tavern_faction4 requires factions { numidia, } 
        {
            capability
            {
            }
            construction  2 
            cost  800 
            settlement_min town
            upgrades
            {
            }
        }
    }
    plugins 
    {
    }
}

I can build the tavern but I don't get the option to build any of the factional upgrades. What am I doing wrong or overlooking? Any help would be appreciated.

[Thor the Bassist]

You could try making the effects faction specific rather than the buildings faction specific although that code looks right so it should work.

[Aradan]

Try changing the conditionals like that:

1st-faction: requires factions { pontus, dacia, } or factions { egypt, armenia, numidia, } and hidden_resource non-existant
2nd-faction: requires factions {egypt, } or factions { armenia, numidia, } and hidden_resource non-existant
3rd-faction requires factions {armenia, } or factions { numidia, } and hidden_resource non-existant
4th-faction: requires factions {numidia, }

[Ramashan]

I did as you suggested Aradan and now I can construct the next level. However, it seems to just completely ignore the the requirements and the construction tree shows only the info for what ever building level is next in the building tree regardless if the faction is a requirement or not.

[lim_lucky]

I have coded in a building tree with more than one upgrade and have had it work fine. But I'm trying to make a tree that up grades different buildings for different factions. The code looks like this;

This is a continuation from my earlier post, I believe my upgrade options will the solution.

	gov2 requires factions { ... }
	{
		capability
		{
;imperium
		law_bonus bonus 1 requires factions { romans_julii, }
		population_loyalty_bonus bonus -1 requires factions { romans_julii, }
		taxable_income_bonus bonus 1 requires factions { romans_julii, }
;new colony
		happiness_bonus bonus -1 requires factions { carthage, }
		law_bonus bonus 1 requires factions { carthage, }
		trade_base_income_bonus bonus 1 requires factions { carthage, }
;controlled allied state
		taxable_income_bonus bonus 4 requires factions { numidia, }
		happiness_bonus bonus -1 requires factions { numidia, }
;satrapy
		law_bonus bonus -2 requires factions { armenia, }
		taxable_income_bonus bonus 1 requires factions { armenia, }
		recruits_morale_bonus bonus -1 requires factions { armenia, }
		}
		construction  2
		cost  400
		settlement_min town
		upgrades
		{
		gov3 requires factions { romans_julii, } and not hidden_resource italy
		gov4 requires factions { romans_julii, } and not hidden_resource italy
		gov5 requires factions { romans_julii, } and not hidden_resource italy
;client states
		gov3 requires factions { carthage, }
;hegemony
		gov4 requires factions { carthage, }
;punic colony
		gov5 requires factions { carthage, } ;and hidden_resource
;hyparchy
		gov4 requires factions { egypt, } ;and hidden_resource
;royal satrapy
		gov4 requires factions { armenia, } ;and hidden_resource armenia_home
		}
	}

[Dol Guldur]

I have not had time to digest this yet, but an exit error report is not a good sign. Even if there is no underlying potential game-breaking issue, the error may mask more serious reports associated with other elements of the modification.

I would avoid any error reports whatsoever.

[lim_lucky]

I have not had time to digest this yet, but an exit error report is not a good sign. Even if there is no underlying potential game-breaking issue, the error may mask more serious reports associated with other elements of the modification.

I would avoid any error reports whatsoever.

In response to your concerns, I have extracted the error after exiting the game. I hope you can enlighten me on the seriousness of such an error because I usually try to ignore such errors and add a simple condition to avoid such errors from occurring.

Script Error in exrm/data/export_descr_buildings.txt, at line 10059, column 4. Building DB error - faction romans_julii has a gap in building prior to gov6

The line 10059 corresponds to the last line in export_descr_buildings.txt
I will skip many of the unnecessary coding and jump to the crucial parts because the coding is correct as the game is able to load. The reason for the "gap" is because the structure of my government building for romans_julii is as follows:

;building levels
levels gov1 gov2 gov3 gov4 gov5 gov6 gov7 gov8

;gov1
upgrades
{
gov2 requires factions { romans_julii, } and not hidden_resource italy
gov6 requires factions { romans_julii, } and hidden_resource italy
gov7 requires factions { romans_julii, } and hidden_resource italy
}

;gov2
upgrades
{
gov3 requires factions { romans_julii, } and not hidden_resource italy
gov4 requires factions { romans_julii, } and not hidden_resource italy
gov5 requires factions { romans_julii, } and not hidden_resource italy
}

;gov3
upgrades
{
gov8 requires factions { romans_julii, }
}

;gov4
upgrades
{
gov8 requires factions { romans_julii, }
}

;gov5
upgrades
{
gov8 requires factions { romans_julii, }
}

;gov6
upgrades
{
gov8 requires factions { romans_julii, }
}

;gov7
upgrades
{
gov8 requires factions { romans_julii, }
}

I haven't tested this code out but I suppose it should remove the exit error, i.e. by attaching a hidden resource requirement which will not be present at all.

gov1 requires factions { romans_julii, } and not hidden_resource not_here

I have not fully tested what I discovered because I have yet to link up the rest of the buildings for all the factions. If it works, I do not need to rely simply on scripts to settle the complex building requirements like some mods like EB has done. Once I have settled all the government details of all the factions, I would do a test and show my findings.

[Dol Guldur]

We look forward to your findings. Seems interesting!

Do remember to test it both ways (positively and negatively) as sometimes a piece of redundant or useless code that is not reported as incorrect may nevertheless pass as a positive and mislead.

I meant, with the exit report, that the game seems to only report one error (or one sort of error) and it therefore may mask another error at work - so it's always good to make sure you resolve an exit error when it appears.

Best of luck.