iWeight

[Ambreville]

Does a higher number give a higher priority when using the weight xml tag, or is it the other way around?

For example, with events -- is an event with an iWeight of 5000 more likely to happen than one with an iWeight of 10? (Since an automatic trigger happens with an IWeight of -1, I'm wondering if the latter does indeed have the higher trigger chance).

 

[Shiggs713]

For example, with events -- is an event with an iWeight of 5000 more likely to happen than one with an iWeight of 10? (Since an automatic trigger happens with an IWeight of -1, I'm wondering if the latter does indeed have the higher trigger chance).

yes, higher = more likely with events. -

 

[Ambreville]

OK -- thanks for the confirmation.

I'm trying to get a recurring event to happen about every four to six turns as an average. I tried boosting the iWeight to 5000, but that doesn't seem to do the trick. I can have it happen every turn... but that's overkill...

 

[Dryhad]

I think it's possible to set up delayed triggers so that, once the event goes off, it sets itself up to go off 5 turns later. That could probably be used to achieve more what you want, the random events are just too random.

 

[Ambreville]

Not quite. You can delay an "additional event" and you can "reset an event" so that it appears not to have been triggered. I didn't see any difference between switching on the Recurrent tag vs. resetting a given event.

The above is interesting but it doesn't work the way I need it. Additional events require "additional events" -- by this I mean separate events. For example, Trigger #1 brings Event #1, which brings Event #2, which in turn brings Event #3, etc. You end up with LOTS of events in your Event Info file.

It's too bad you can't set up the XML to trigger Event #1 which loops back to Event #1 once again. I get a CTD if I do that, even if the event clears itself in the process. That's really unfortunate.

Setting the event's iWeight at 17000 gives me roughly 10-12 turns between each recurring event. And that's with the overall frequency of events doubled (in Global Defines). But I've seen two consecutive events, then nothing for 12 turns... very unpredictable.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Fierabas made a quick tutorial on how to set up an Event to recur every X# of turns.

Here is a Link to the thread.

In his example, set up a Wonder to trigger an event every 10 turns. The event was to spawn a unit. So Every 10 Turns, the Wonder Spawned a unit (like the Civ3 Statue of Zeus/Knights Templar).

It wont be random that way.

 

[Ambreville]

Awesome!! Thanks for the reminder on this!