[CREATION] How do you think a WW II Era only units would work?

[EPW]

Really? Have a look at some of the slic mods in the downloads section. I'm pretty sure user variables are used in messages there like [var.value].

Well, if it does exist it certainly isn't documented. I'll check it out.

mines on oil goods

I don't see anyway to check for this ?

[EPW]

Really? Have a look at some of the slic mods in the downloads section. I'm pretty sure user variables are used in messages there like [var.value].

I had to go back to a post made by Mr. Ogre in 1999 to figure out how to get this to work, but it works! debugslic = yes must be set. Thanks Maq.

[Grandpa Troll]

I had to go back to a post made by Mr. Ogre in 1999 to figure out how to get this to work, but it works! debugslic = yes must be set. Thanks Maq.

Wow, been awhile since I heard that name!

[EPW]

Progress Report

What's Done:
Oil Resource and Oil Refinery Count. Currently each one 20 oil/fuel per turn. You can save fuel from turn to turn.

Unit Maintenance in Oil. Each mechanized unit takes a certain amount of oil to maintain, which is subtracted at the beginning of each turn.

If you do not have enough oil to cover your maintenance costs, damage and movement penalties occur until you have 25 oil. In other words, if your Oil Count is negative, you recover Oil by penalizing your units until you have 25 oil.

Moving a unit one square uses up oil depending on that units "burnrate." When you run out of fuel, all your mechanized units movement points are set to zero.*

What I am working on:
New Messages which tell you your oil amount, Maintenance Costs, etc. The old messages are out of date. keyboard command to popup said message.

Future:
Increase oil/per turn if Oil resource is mined if possible.
Modify PW based on End-Turn Oil Amount.
Oil-trade with allies if possible.
Use less oil if uses road/train if possible.


*This causes the dreaded invisible unit glitch, may be revised.

[Maquiladora]

*This causes the dreaded invisible unit glitch, may be revised.

So you encountered that one too What you can do is reset the unit's moves, then you can deduct just enough movement based on unit type. How do you reset the unit's moves? I guess you could kill it and create a new one (with the same HP if damaged, or veteran).

[EPW]

Another possibility is to let you keep moving, but your unit is damaged as a result.

[EPW]

(with the same HP if damaged, or veteran)

What functions return these values?

[Maquiladora]

What functions return these values?

Built-in variable unit.hp, for veteran I don't know. I can't see any function, but have you tried IsVeteran(unit)?

[EPW]

Wow, I fixed it without having to kill all the units.




Okay Okay hatschy and/or Tamerlin fixed it and I just copied.

[Maquiladora]

So how'd you do it?

[EPW]

SetOrder(1, 10); //teleport command
AddOrder(unit, unit.location)

Issue the teleport command of course! It resets movement to 0.

[Grandpa Troll]

Very cool EPW!

[EPW]

Quick SLIC question. I run the following function at the beginning of every turn to get the oil resource and oil refinery count and it works fine. However, if I try to run it while you are playing a turn, it does not work.

messagebox 'OilResourceandRefinaryCount' {
	Abort();
	aCity = 0;
	oilResource = 0;
	refCount = 0;
	while(aCity < player.cities) {
		SetCityByIndex(1, g.player, aCity);
        oilResource = oilResource + CityCollectingGood(city.1,5);
		if(CityHasBuilding(city.1, "IMPROVE_OIL_REFINERY")) {
			refCount = refCount + 1;
		}
		aCity = aCity + 1;
	}
	oilProduction = oilValue * oilResource + refValue * refCount;
}

This is the trigger that activates it during the turn, though I don't see how it could cause it to fail:

messagebox 'OilInfo' {

	Message(g.player, 'OilResourceandRefinaryCount'); 
	Message(g.player,'MaintenanceCost');
	Text(ID_OIL_INFO_A);
	Title(ID_OIL_INFO_TITLE);
	MessageType("BOMB_CABINET");
	
}

[Maquiladora]

How is the 'OilInfo' msgbox triggered, and does 'MaintenanceCost' not fire too?

[EPW]

Player Trigger:

Trigger 'OilInfoButton' when (key.1.pressed)
{	
	//Triggers OilInfoScreen
	Message(g.player, 'OilInfo');
}

Start of turn trigger:

Trigger 'OilisGood' when (IsHumanPlayer(g.player)) {
	//variable resets
	warning = 0; //warning message
	oilCount = 0;
	check = 0; //for 'movingisbad' trigger
	//Calculates Unit Oil Maintanence Cost
	Message(g.player, 'MaintenanceCost');	
	//Counts Oil Resources and Refinaries, then reports total oil to player
	Message(g.player, 'OilResourceandRefinaryCount');
	//Calculates oil each player has at beginning of their turn
	Message(g.player, 'turnStartOil');
	//Punishment for not having enough fuel at beginning of turn to cover Maintanence Costs
	Message(g.player, 'BeginTurnPunishment');
	//Oil Info Message
	Message(g.player, 'OilInfo');
}

Yes, MaintenceCost is fired. In fact, testing show that OilInfo fires - but doesn't go into the while loop.