spawn barbs within culture borders.

[keldath]

hello,

can some1 help me how to allow barbs to be spawned in cultural borders and also, even where there isnt fog of war?

 

[Tholal]

In the DLL, you want to edit CvGame::createBarbarianUnits()

And this is the line you probably want to edit.

pPlot = GC.getMapINLINE().syncRandPlot((RANDPLOT_NOT_VISIBLE_TO_CIV | RANDPLOT_ADJACENT_LAND | RANDPLOT_PASSIBLE), pLoopArea->getID(), GC.getDefineINT("MIN_BARBARIAN_STARTING_DISTANCE"));

 

[keldath]

hi,

thank you,

any idea what should be instead of that?

ok i located this - "RANDPLOT_NOT_VISIBLE_TO_CIV | RANDPLOT_ADJACENT_LAND | RANDPLOT_PASSIBLE",

i guess this tells the barbs where to spawn - is the a line names something like randplot_inside culture border? and maybe - sea plot?

*****

ok i found in the map that there are these flags:

RANDPLOT_NOT_CITY
RANDPLOT_NOT_VISIBLE_TO_CIV
RANDPLOT_PASSIBLE
RANDPLOT_ADJACENT_LAND
RANDPLOT_ADJACENT_UNOWNED
RANDPLOT_UNOWNED
RANDPLOT_LAND

the 3 bolds, are the current spawn order as i understand,

maybe a new flag of the map can be defined? rand_plotowned_land?
that says owned players land?

***
well im tring some stuff - ive only put this - RANDPLOT_NOT_CITY in the pPlot = GC.getMapINLINE().syncRandPlot, lets see what happens.

 

[Tholal]

I would try simply removing the RANDPLOT_NOT_VISIBLE_TO_CIV option and see what happens.

 

[platyping]

If you just remove that without adding other restrictions, then the barb can spawn directly on the city itself and capture it the moment it is spawned

 

[keldath]

maybe replace this then ? RANDPLOT_NOT_CITY?

lets say, i only use RANDPLOT_NOT_CITY, and all other restrictions are off,

will i get spawns everywhere but a city?

but also inside culture borders?

 

[platyping]

I guess so, but again it can spawn
1) directly on your workers and capture them
2) spawn on peaks and oceans or stuck in ice

 

[Tholal]

I guess so, but again it can spawn
1) directly on your workers and capture them

That would be easy enough to fix. Just do a check on the plot for VisibleEnemyUnit before the plot gets marked as a valid spawn spot.

2) spawn on peaks and oceans or stuck in ice

Yeah. I would leave the RANDPLOT_PASSIBLE check in place.

 

[keldath]

That would be easy enough to fix. Just do a check on the plot for VisibleEnemyUnit before the plot gets marked as a valid spawn spot.

interesting,

can you explain?

do i need a new flag that act the same as the rand stuff about but just one that checks for enemy visibility?

i tired to do something like that and failed - i know i need to add those into
cvgame.cpp+h and aidefines.h (with this one i got messed up )

could you help by telling me what to write there?

thanks anyway for all the help here so far.

 

[Tholal]

do i need a new flag that act the same as the rand stuff about but just one that checks for enemy visibility?

i tired to do something like that and failed - i know i need to add those into
cvgame.cpp+h and aidefines.h (with this one i got messed up )

Actually, now that I dig into the code, it looks like it already discounts occupied tiles as spawn locations. In CvMap::syncRandPlot, the very first section:

		if ((iArea == -1) || (pTestPlot->getArea() == iArea))
		{
			bValid = true;

			if (bValid)
			{
				if (iMinUnitDistance != -1)
				{
					for (iDX = -(iMinUnitDistance); iDX <= iMinUnitDistance; iDX++)
					{
						for (iDY = -(iMinUnitDistance); iDY <= iMinUnitDistance; iDY++)
						{
							pLoopPlot	= plotXY(pTestPlot->getX_INLINE(), pTestPlot->getY_INLINE(), iDX, iDY);

							if (pLoopPlot != NULL)
							{
[COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]								if (pLoopPlot->isUnit())
								{
									bValid = false;
								}[/B][/COLOR]
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}

 

[keldath]

humm,

so it means that i can just replace the code to no_city from not_visble in cvgame and it should work?