Adopting a Policy Branch

[Shamrocalypse]

I can't seem to find a way to adopt a policy branch from a lua script. For some reason Player:CanAdoptPolicy(i) and PlayeroAdoptPolicy(i) don't seem to work for the policy branches (always return false and do nothing, respectively), but they work for the sub-policies. The branches are listed along the sub-policies in the Policies table, so I figure it should use the same function. Also Player:HasPolicy(i) reports the correct state for the branches as well as sub-policies. Player:SetPolicyBranchUnlocked() also seems to have no effect. Anyone had luck doing this action programmatically?

 

[whoward69]

Anyone had luck doing this action programmatically?

All the time (modified code from my Policies LiveTuner Panel mod)

function grantPlayerPolicy(pPlayer, sPolicy)
  privateGrantPlayerPolicy(pPlayer, sPolicy)
end

function privateGrantPlayerPolicy(pPlayer, sPolicy)
  local iPolicy = GameInfo.Policies[sPolicy].ID

  if (not pPlayer:HasPolicy(iPolicy)) then
    for i, sRequiredPolicy in ipairs(requiredPolicies(sPolicy)) do
      privateGrantPlayerPolicy(pPlayer, sRequiredPolicy)
    end

     -- Need to adopt the branch?
    if (GameInfo.Policies[iPolicy].PolicyBranchType == nil) then
      for pBranch in GameInfo.PolicyBranchTypes{FreePolicy = sPolicy} do
        pPlayer:SetPolicyBranchUnlocked(pBranch.ID, true)
      end
    end

    pPlayer:SetHasPolicy(iPolicy, true)
  end
end

Probably more complex than you need, in that if you gramt a 2nd tier policy it will (recursively) grant any required 1st tier policies as well and also adopt the branch if necessary.

 

[Shamrocalypse]

Thanks man! Apparently I just wasn't passing the second bool arg to SetPolicyBranchUnlocked. That function doesn't consume the available policy (and I'm trying to simulate the user selecting this), but I can workaround it by doing a DoAdoptPolicy for the first policy in the branch (which consumers the policy choice), then SetHasPolicy(i, false) to retract the extra one. Not elegant, but functional.