Make iMaxPlayerInstances based on other units?

[ice2k4]

A quick question to more advanced modders than me:

In the CIV4UNITClassInfos.xml file each Unit Class has

iMaxPlayerInstances set to -1 (if unlimited) and a positive interger if limited (such as missionaries are 3.)

I want to know if I can do something like this where the max amount of units for a unit type (or class) is based on the number of units of another unit type (or class.)

For instance, I would like to make it where you need 3 axeman to build have one worker. But, I don't want to limit the amount of axeman you can have/build.

How would I go about doing this?

 

[RogerBacon]

There is a mod that lets you set limits on the % pf your units that can be of a particular class or type. It probably wouldn't be too hard to mod that to use ratios of unit classes.

Roger Bacon

 

[ice2k4]

Hmmm, well I don't really know any c++ to be modding the mod sought of speak. But, I will look into it.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

 

[ice2k4]

Well, does anyone know if this is possible?

I'm doing a mafia based mod (Gangs of New York)

and I want to make it where your only allowed to train/build a caporegime unit for every three soldati units you have.

 

[Belizan]

It is certainly possible, but easiest done in the Python layer. Either do a count of the number of Soldati in CanTrain of CvGameUtils, or for efficiency, maintain a counter of soldati for each faction incrementing on built (or if capturable), and decrementing in unitLost...

 

[Chalid]

There already is such a counter. You just have to query that counter in the cannotTrain/canTrain function.

The number of Axemen a player possess is something like

pPlayer.getUnitClassCount(gc.getInfoTypeForString("UNITCLASS_AXEMAN"))

and this has to be compared to

pPlayer.getUnitClassCount(gc.getInfoTypeForString("UNITCLASS_WORKER"))

for your example. pPlayer is of course a CyPlayer object.

 

[Belizan]

Even easier then