Start a civ with no units.

[Mike4Life]

I'm working on a mod where a civ needs to initially spawn with nothing. I have code that will spawn units later, but for now this is a roadblock in my mod.
I have tried using the "kill" function on units in the starting turn but for some strange reason that does not work.

 

[Nefliqus]

I'm working on a mod where a civ needs to initially spawn with nothing. I have code that will spawn units later, but for now this is a roadblock in my mod.
I have tried using the "kill" function on units in the starting turn but for some strange reason that does not work.

check function GetGameInitialItemsOverrides()

 

[Gedemon]

killing units at first turn should work (using it in some of my mods)

 

[Mike4Life]

killing units at first turn should work (using it in some of my mods)

The way I originally tried to write the code was:

Spoiler :

if (totalturns) == 0 then
pPlot = Map.GetPlot(75,34);
pPlot:GetUnit(0):Kill(true, -1);
end

Am I doing this right?

 

[Gedemon]

assuming 75,34 is the starting plot, you'll only kill the settler this way, the second unit is on another (random) nearby plot.

To remove all units for a specific player, I do

for unit in player:Units() do
	unit:Kill(true, -1)
end

 

[Mike4Life]

Still not working. What am I doing wrong now?

function GreeceRemoveCiv (Greece_PlayerID)
local player = Players[Greece_PlayerID]
-- kill all units
for unit in player:Units() do
unit:Kill(true, -1)
end
end

 

[whoward69]

Without seeing how the parameter to GreeceRemoveCiv is determined and where/when the function is called, impossible to say.

 

[Mike4Life]

Without seeing how the parameter to GreeceRemoveCiv is determined and where/when the function is called, impossible to say.

Here's the portion of the parameter:

elseif(playerCiv == GetCivID("CIVILIZATION_GREECE")) then
Greece_PlayerID = i;

And here's the portion where the function is called:

GameEvents.PlayerDoTurn.Add(function(iPlayer)
local totalturns = Game.GetGameTurn();
if (totalturns) == 0 then
GreeceRemoveCiv();
end

 

[Gedemon]

PlayerDoTurn is not fired before the beginning of the second turn of the game (for the AI), that's your problem here.

 

[Mike4Life]

PlayerDoTurn is not fired before the beginning of the second turn of the game, that's your problem here.

Thank you. By any chance, is there a event for the beginning of the game?

 

[Gedemon]

Events.SequenceGameInitComplete
Events.LoadScreenClose

 

[Nefliqus]

I think that function GetGameInitialItemsOverrides() is more useful then killing units, just see this example from Inca DLC. You can use it in map script.

function GetGameInitialItemsOverrides()
    return {
        -- Prevent granting initial techs since we are explicitly setting them here.
        GrantInitialFreeTechsPerTeam = {
            [Spain_PlayerID] = false,
            [France_PlayerID] = false,
            [England_PlayerID] = false,
            [Inca_PlayerID] = false,
            [Aztec_PlayerID] = false,
            [Iroquois_PlayerID] = false
        },

        -- Prevent setting initial gold since we are setting it explicitly in this script.
        GrantInitialGoldPerPlayer = {
            [Spain_PlayerID] = false,
            [France_PlayerID] = false,
            [England_PlayerID] = false,
            [Inca_PlayerID] = false,
            [Aztec_PlayerID] = false,
            [Iroquois_PlayerID] = false
        },
        
        -- Prevent initial units per player since we are placing them in this script.
        GrantInitialUnitsPerPlayer = {
            [Spain_PlayerID] = false,
            [France_PlayerID] = false,
            [England_PlayerID] = false,
            [Inca_PlayerID] = false,
            [Aztec_PlayerID] = false,
            [Iroquois_PlayerID] = false
        }    
    };
end

 

[killmeplease]

this is a very useful thread!
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