Scenario Events and stuff

[Maquiladora]

Can someone answer a few questions, mostly slic related...

1. How do i stop all players from using ANY diplomacy at all with each other via slic? Including stopping the human from initiating diplomacy.

2. If a named unit is killed, how do i make a popup? Like for example if the "HMS Repulse is sunk by the Japanese", when the Japanese attack and sink that particular named unit? It will be a generic unit though (ie unit_battlecruiser) or would i need to create a special unit_hmsrepulse? (that seems overly complicated though for one unti) but it will be killed at game start anyway so...

3. How do i spawn units on a given turn, and the make them attack a specific city or tile in the next turn/s?

I think i could probably dig some of these answers from the Alexander scenario etc eventually but it never works when i try to hack pieces from it.

Okay ive got plenty more questions, but these will do for now.

[hexagonian]

Re: Scenario Events and stuff

Originally posted by Maquiladora
Can someone answer a few questions, mostly slic related...
1. How do i stop all players from using ANY diplomacy at all with each other via slic? Including stopping the human from initiating diplomacy.

You don't need SLIC, just go into diplomacyproposal.txt and add
Disabled
to all of the proposals you want to turn off

Originally posted by Maquiladora
2. If a named unit is killed, how do i make a popup? Like for example if the "HMS Repulse is sunk by the Japanese", when the Japanese attack and sink that particular named unit? It will be a generic unit though (ie unit_battlecruiser) or would i need to create a special unit_hmsrepulse? (that seems overly complicated though for one unti) but it will be killed at game start anyway so...

I'm guessing that you will have to create a new unit and then create a SLIC trigger for the actual event (Ben says that it is easy to do, and I'm hoping to see it pulled off in War of the Ring), but if all you need is a message at the beginning of the game, I hijacked Dale's Diplomod messagebox (diplomod_str.txt) and used it for my own beginning game message. You need to be using Diplomod though.

Originally posted by Maquiladora
3. How do i spawn units on a given turn, and the make them attack a specific city or tile in the next turn/s?

Another thing that I would like to see in War of the Ring, so I'm hoping the SLICers can pull some magic out of their hats...

[Immortal Wombat]

Re: Scenario Events and stuff

Originally posted by Maquiladora
2. If a named unit is killed, how do i make a popup? Like for example if the "HMS Repulse is sunk by the Japanese", when the Japanese attack and sink that particular named unit? It will be a generic unit though (ie unit_battlecruiser) or would i need to create a special unit_hmsrepulse? (that seems overly complicated though for one unti) but it will be killed at game start anyway so...

If you can guarantee it's location at the beginning of the game, then you don't need to define a new unit. If you cannot, then by far the easiest way is to have a UNIT_HMS_REPULSE.

Then you need something like this:

HandleEvent(BattleAftermath) 'is_hms_repulse_still_around' pre {
     int_t i;
     unit_t tmpUnit;
     int_t here;
     // assuming REPULSE owner is 1
     for(i=0; i < PlayerUnitCount(1); i = i + 1){
         GetUnitByIndex(1, i, tmpUnit);
         if(tmpUnit.type == UnitDB(UNIT_HMS_REPULSE)){
             here = 1;
         }
     }
     if(!here){
          message(1, 'hmsrepulse_dead');
    }
}

messagebox 'hmsrepulse_dead' {
Show();
Title(ID_HMS_REPULSE_DEAD_TITLE);
Text(ID_HMS_REPULSE_DEAD);
}

3. How do i spawn units on a given turn, and the make them attack a specific city or tile in the next turn/s?

Without going in to too much detail, you'll need to know the locations they'll be spawned in, do CreateUnit functions for each one (as used in the AtG scen), then store each one, probably best to use a unit array. Then on the next beginturn for their owner, check they're still alive, and use a MoveOrder or Battle order perhaps to force the attack. I don't know if this works properly.
Try looking at Peter Triggs reSLICed WW2 scenario. This might have examples of this kind of thing.

[Pedrunn]

1.

HandleEvent(NewProposal) 'StopAllProposals' pre {
	return STOP;
}

Even if the human sends a proposal the diplo screen will close and nothing happens.

[Maquiladora]

Thanks to all Thats got a few out of the way.

Im gonna work a little on my own slic writing while i work on the cosmetics of my scenario so i wont be asking anymore just yet.

By the way, what does cityid.txt do exactly? Been staring at it for the past 2 hours and i still dunno. It wasnt modifed for citymod2 though, so im guessing its defunct or i just wont need to change it.

[Pedrunn]

3. Can be done with a variation of the frenzy AI. :

And use three events in a beginTurn handler:
CreateUnit
MovePathOrder (to be close to the city, doenst work properly to move one tile)
MoveOrder (to move inside the city)

[Pedrunn]

what does cityid.txt do exactly?

Nothing. CTP1 Left over.

[Maquiladora]

Ah okay, good.

One more question, if i create an event for say: if the human player attacks the Neutral Civ they get all gold taken away for 10 turns. But make it so the human can still pay upkeep+wages, but limit them to no rush buying money, perhaps change the gold amount to 100 after the turn has been played ready for next turn. Also i want to prevent the AI from attacking the Neutral Civ, civ number 7.

[Pedrunn]

The new Question: UNTESTED and May Contain Syntax errors

int_t PlayerRemovedGold[];

HandleEvent(BattleAftermath) 'BlaBlaBlabyPedrunn' pre {
int_t tmpGold;
	if(IsHumanPlayer(player[0])) { 
		if (GetEffectiveRegard(player[0], Player[1]) > 300) {
			PlayerRemovedGold[player[0]] = PlayerGold(player[0]);
			AddGold(player[0], -PlayerRemovedGold[player[0]]); 
		}
	}
}

HandleEvent(EndTurn) 'BlaBlaBla2byPedrunn' pre {
	if(PlayerRemovedGold[player[0]] != 0) {
		AddGold(player[0], PlayerRemovedGold[player[0]]);
		PlayerRemovedGold[player[0]]= 0;
	}
}

I gotta adimit i dont like this idea at all .

[Maquiladora]

Dont worry im saving all these

Yeah im not sure about that either, but i dont want to completely stop the player from not being able to attack the neutrals, but i also want to give the human a penalty if they choose to attack at some point, ill see.

Im planning plenty of events, mostly attack/message popup related, but this would provide the human with a good strategic choice too.

[Pedrunn]

if i create an event for say: if the human player attacks the Neutral Civ they get all gold taken away for 10 turns.

The code removes all the gold from the human player if they attack a nutral civ only for one turn. And thats all it does

[Maquiladora]

Yeah i read that part right then. I guess thats not as bad, but as the human will know the consequences for attacking a neutral nation, they could spend all their money before they attack so it doesnt get taken away.

[Immortal Wombat]

er... is the only other use for gold rush-buying? It would be much easier to prevent that, rather than messing with the amount of gold they actually have.

[Maquiladora]

cross posted abit there

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
er... is the only other use for gold rush-buying? It would be much easier to prevent that, rather than messing with the amount of gold they actually have.

Yeah, i just dont want the human to have the ability to rush buy units if they want to gain an advantage by attacking a neutral. But i think taking away their money for several turns and giving a popup telling them, has more atmosphere, no?

[Maquiladora]

Or,

If say, Britain attacks a Neutral city, Germany and Japan receive 5000 gold each, sort of like the Neutrals paying for help but no need to deduct the Neutrals money because theyll be unplayable and no one will notice.