Starting setups available, help on changes?

[Grandpa Troll]

I am looking at the DiffDb.txt, I am starting Diety (God) mode I believe, and I see where i can change starting gold for both me and AI, and the point I am trying to clarify/change if possible is this, >>>>>>>>>

I am trying to make it where i can start a game with "X" amount of settlers and make them UNBUILDABLE apart from the ruins..(Risks.txt..love this little jewelmine!! )..ok...I see where the ai has (2) units to start with and a chance for human to start with an extra settler, but is it possibel to make a line in the text to start with "X" units, (units being settlers)?

I remember someone once responded I could make a trigger..but..er..um.. ifin you get the picture, i aint the brightest bulb in the room or the shiniest apple on the tree, but, I am looking for someway to make it so that maybe ai and me each start with maybe 25 cities/settlers then only ruins are available or even war .

If anyone plays me online, thats my textbook trademark, EXCLUSIONS of bpoth Stealth and Settlers from game, except ruins.
Anyone have any feedback, let the hair go with the hide, and kick it to the curb, let the fur fly and lets have at it, Im game for any ideas!


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[Locutus]

Hmm, my CtP1 SLIC coding is very rusty but this should be easy so let's give it a try:

trigger 'LOQ_MoreSettlers' when (g.player > 0) {
	if (g.year == 0) {
		i = 0;
		SetUnitByIndex(1, g.player, 0);
		while (i < 23) {
			CreateUnit(g.player, UnitType("UNIT_SETTLER"), unit.1.location, 1);
			i = i + 1;
		}
	} else {
		DisableTrigger('LOQ_MoreSettlers');
	}
}

Put this in script.slc or scenario.slc and see if it works. Assuming DiffBD.txt is set in such a fashion that all players get 2 units, this code will make sure all players get 25 settlers (to make it a different number, just change 23 to the number you want minus 2 (to correct for the 2 settlers from DiffDB).

[Immortal Wombat]

you don't need to define integers in SLIC1?

[Locutus]

Nope. And it doesn't know for loops, does built-in variables differently and has an even more incomprehensible triggering system than CtP2

[J Bytheway]

This particular feature is part of Keygen's PBEM Mod Lite - from his scenario.slc I copy (with some major modifications):

Trigger 'StartUp' when (unit.beginturn && (g.year == 0)) {
  ExtractLocation(unit.location, StartLocation);
  While (i < 3) {
    CreateUnit(g.player,UnitType("UNIT_SETTLER"),StartLocation,0);
    i = i + 1;
  }
  i = 0;
}

[Locutus]

D'oh! I forgot the i = i + 1 part for my code (fixed now)

Other than that, it is (should be) different code to accomplish exactly the same thing. One thing though: there can only be 9 units per tile, so if you want more than 9 settlers, they don't all fit in one tile, that's why I gave createunit a 1 as argument rather than a 0, that will create settlers 1 tile from the starting position, wherever it's legal.

[J Bytheway]

I think you might run in to trouble passing unit.1.location to the function, but perhaps not.

[Locutus]

I'm pretty sure that should work, but I'll test...

[Locutus]

Tested it. My code at least works like a charm (didn't bother to test Keygen's code, I'm sure it works as well).

[Grandpa Troll]

Ok.. help me please, I can find almost any file within the CTP folder, but WHERE do you place these codes?

Help me..plullease!!

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[Locutus]

As I stated in the first post in this thread, in either scenario.slc or script.slc (ctp_data\default\gamedata\ )

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Locutus
As I stated in the first post in this thread, in either scenario.slc or script.slc (ctp_data\default\gamedata\ )

Ok..I have another question, whenever i go to that file it requests I pick a program to open it with..do you..um..have any suggestions??????


Thanks

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[Locutus]

Any text editor will do fine. NotePad, EditPlus, UltraEdit, whatever...

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Locutus
Any text editor will do fine. NotePad, EditPlus, UltraEdit, whatever...

Sa-Weet!

U hooked me up with EditPlus earlier this week!


Off to "challenge" myself....

[Grandpa Troll]

Ok..thanks for the insight, now there are in script.slc 3147 lines and in scenario.slc a brief description..

Questions please?

#1 Is there anywhere I need special to add one of those?

#2 If I placed in scenario.slc would I simply add that to my scenario file and it would read it?

Or do i need to add to both?

Thanks, I smell some possibilities and I am also seeing in BOLD print the signature for Immortal Wombat from Mike Breitkreutz, Firaxis

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