einayim
Warlord
I believe you should check the scroll icon on the upper right instead.
Sukritact's Events and Decisions
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I believe you should check the scroll icon on the upper right instead.
thank you! It works now, cool
Daigotsu Max
Franco-Hiberno-Catalan
Hey Sukritact, how are the civilization specific decisions coming along?
No rush obviously, I just ask because between E&D and cultural diversity, I think civ-specific events would be the last step in making the core civs interesting again
No rush obviously, I just ask because between E&D and cultural diversity, I think civ-specific events would be the last step in making the core civs interesting again
DonStamos
Mobster Inc©
Is it possible to have a decision grant a "bonus" religious belief (from the in-game list) that doesn't take up the normal religious belief slots?
JFD
Kathigitarkh
Not really. With Whoward's DLL, you can sort of do it, though, by "enhancing" your Pantheon. That's nothing to do with decisions - what you can do with decisions is only limited to your skill and to what we have available in Lua.
DonStamos
Mobster Inc©
Hm. The idea I have is to give all cities in the empire a free mosque as part of a decision. I'm presuming that means the civ in question will need to have the Mosques belief, right?
JFD
Kathigitarkh
Oh, well, that's certainly doable. You don't need the belief - the belief just allows Mosques to be purchased (the Mosque of Djenne Wonder gives a free Mosque, IIRC). Just give every city a Mosque like you would any other building.
DonStamos
Mobster Inc©
That fixes that. Thanks a ton, JFD!
llamapower
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When a decision comes up and I click on an option, the game crashes. It'll then give me another decision when I reboot to the same turn and won't crash until the next decision pops up but its kind of annoying. Any ideas why?
llamapower
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Sometimes it is but really it appears to be any decision.
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DonStamos
Mobster Inc©
How do you define a random AI Civ for an event?
I'm doing one for Vlad based on the story where he nailed hats to emissaries' heads. I'm also looking at JFD's All-German Crown event for structure. I know {1_CivName} is supposed to display the name of the chosen Civ, which for his event is picked from a defined list of German Civs that may/may not be in the game. Since I'm not sure which Civs would be in a game with Vlad, how would I have the lua define which Civ's emissaries they are?
On a related note, and mainly because I couldn't find it elsewhere, what is the difference between {1_CivName} and {2_CivName}? I'm kinda presuming the first is the adjective and the second is the formal, but I'm not sure.
I'm doing one for Vlad based on the story where he nailed hats to emissaries' heads. I'm also looking at JFD's All-German Crown event for structure. I know {1_CivName} is supposed to display the name of the chosen Civ, which for his event is picked from a defined list of German Civs that may/may not be in the game. Since I'm not sure which Civs would be in a game with Vlad, how would I have the lua define which Civ's emissaries they are?
On a related note, and mainly because I couldn't find it elsewhere, what is the difference between {1_CivName} and {2_CivName}? I'm kinda presuming the first is the adjective and the second is the formal, but I'm not sure.
JFD
Kathigitarkh
I wouldn't look at the All-German Crown event, on account of the fact that it doesn't exist anymore
Here's an example of finding a random civ:
Code:
local activeCivs = {} [COLOR="Red"]-- define a local table where all active players are going to be stored[/COLOR]
local count = 1 [COLOR="Red"]-- counter for the spot that the active player is going to take in the table[/COLOR]
for playerID = 0, GameDefines.MAX_MAJOR_CIVS - 1 do [COLOR="Red"]-- loop over all major civs[/COLOR]
local otherPlayer = Players[playerID] [COLOR="Red"]-- define the player object for the major civ in the loop[/COLOR]
if not (otherPlayer:IsHuman()) and Teams[otherPlayer :GetTeam()]:IsHasMet(player:GetTeam()) then [COLOR="Red"]-- make sure the other player isn't the human player (AI's don't need this flavour, and if you're getting the event, we don't want to be talking about ourselves.) And make sure the player receiving the event knows the civ. Though you can use as conditions you see fit.[/COLOR]
activeCivs[count] = otherPlayer [COLOR="Red"]-- add them to the table[/COLOR]
count = count + 1 [COLOR="Red"]-- tell the counter to make room for the next player in the loop[/COLOR]
end
end
randomCiv = randomCivs[GetRandom(1, #randomCivs)] [COLOR="Red"]-- choose a random civ from the table we just filled out, between 1 and the number of civs in that table[/COLOR]
if randomCiv == nil then return false end [COLOR="Red"]-- if for some reason you return nil, stop here, but otherwise, we've chosen a random civ[/COLOR]I recommend you define randomCiv as a local variable outside the event (you can see examples of these under the "Globals" heading in most of my events; just use
Code:
local randomCivThen we can convert some unreadable TXT_KEYs with the civ's name, like so:
Code:
Locale.ConvertTextKey("TXT_KEY_JFD_SOMETHING", player:GetName(), randomCiv:GetName())Then our text tiself would have two placeholders, {1_CivName} and {2_CivName} for example, where the first would be filled with the return value of "player:GetName()" and the second with the return value of "randomCiv:GetName()." It doesn't matter what these placeholders are called, so long as the number at the beginning corresponds to the order in which they are sent by the ConvertTextKey method. In this case, player:GetName() returns the leader's name, but you can use anything that returns a string or integer.
Hopefully this helped.
Opera
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I just had an event, "a Great Star" or something alike, that gives a choice between a free great scientist or 2 free great artists. I chose the artists and the popup didn't disappear... I clicked on the scientist option and I got one, then I could click it again and get another. Then it disappeared. Is this a known bug?
JFD
Kathigitarkh
Just tested it in-game and both work fine.
Whenever you get a problem like this - and that goes for everyone - it is essential that you post your Lua and Database.logs (Lua, at least) and preferable that you post the mods you're using and what civ you're playing as. Nearly impossible to diagnose any bugs without that info, as everyone's game setups, and the times at which bugs occur, are unique. In this case, there definitely should be something in the Lua log.
DonStamos
Mobster Inc©
I wouldn't look at the All-German Crown event, on account of the fact that it doesn't exist anymore
Here's an example of finding a random civ:
Code:local activeCivs = {} [COLOR="Red"]-- define a local table where all active players are going to be stored[/COLOR] local count = 1 [COLOR="Red"]-- counter for the spot that the active player is going to take in the table[/COLOR] for playerID = 0, GameDefines.MAX_MAJOR_CIVS - 1 do [COLOR="Red"]-- loop over all major civs[/COLOR] local otherPlayer = Players[playerID] [COLOR="Red"]-- define the player object for the major civ in the loop[/COLOR] if not (otherPlayer:IsHuman()) and Teams[otherPlayer :GetTeam()]:IsHasMet(player:GetTeam()) then [COLOR="Red"]-- make sure the other player isn't the human player (AI's don't need this flavour, and if you're getting the event, we don't want to be talking about ourselves.) And make sure the player receiving the event knows the civ. Though you can use as conditions you see fit.[/COLOR] activeCivs[count] = otherPlayer [COLOR="Red"]-- add them to the table[/COLOR] count = count + 1 [COLOR="Red"]-- tell the counter to make room for the next player in the loop[/COLOR] end end randomCiv = randomCivs[GetRandom(1, #randomCivs)] [COLOR="Red"]-- choose a random civ from the table we just filled out, between 1 and the number of civs in that table[/COLOR] if randomCiv == nil then return false end [COLOR="Red"]-- if for some reason you return nil, stop here, but otherwise, we've chosen a random civ[/COLOR]
I recommend you define randomCiv as a local variable outside the event (you can see examples of these under the "Globals" heading in most of my events; just useNo need to define what's in it. This way, you can retrieve info about the civ rolled anywhere in the event.Code:local randomCiv
Then we can convert some unreadable TXT_KEYs with the civ's name, like so:
Code:Locale.ConvertTextKey("TXT_KEY_JFD_SOMETHING", player:GetName(), randomCiv:GetName())
Then our text tiself would have two placeholders, {1_CivName} and {2_CivName} for example, where the first would be filled with the return value of "player:GetName()" and the second with the return value of "randomCiv:GetName()." It doesn't matter what these placeholders are called, so long as the number at the beginning corresponds to the order in which they are sent by the ConvertTextKey method. In this case, player:GetName() returns the leader's name, but you can use anything that returns a string or integer.
Hopefully this helped.
It helped a TON! My only question is about the text key you used in the example to retrieve the civ name: does it matter what text key is put in that spot in the code?
I don't have updated versions of all your civs yet, so Prussia still has the All-German Crown decision I've been trying to reverse engineer lol
JFD
Kathigitarkh
You don't need Sukritact's MCIS. Its a tool for modders to incorporate into their own mods, and not really needed for users. And yes, Viregel might want to take a look at those errors about the Kalmar Union.
However, I can't find anything that relates to the issue you were having; which is odd. Hopefully it's a one-time occurrence.
No, it doesn't matter what text key is put there.
DonStamos
Mobster Inc©
Just wanted to see if I coded this right (and what the last bit of code down at the bottom does). I'm mostly concerned that I'm referencing the random civ correctly in the outcome code and that the faith/gold rewards happen even if the war/denounce/DOF don't. My apologies for butchered formatting, btw, I'm still figuring out how to post it all pretty like you do:
Spoiler :
JFD
Kathigitarkh
You can always post large bits of code to pastebin, for easier reading.
You'll probably want to move the randomCiv stuff into the event function, and you'll also need to define randomCiv itself as a local variable outside of the function.
This was the cause of problems I had with events firing for civs that they shouldn't. Use this instead; it achieves the same thing, but appears to work more accurately:
This is something I don't use anymore; instead I use World Events. Chuck this add the top of your file:
And call it like so:
I've also gotten out of the terrible, blasphemous habit of putting direct text in my Lua (mostly), so that should probably be converted into something like:
With "TXT_KEY_WALLACHIA_EVENT_MESSAGE" filled out in your gametext xml file with the original text.
Peter, I see Be weary of mistakes like this. They'll kill the entire file.
Random Civ is a player object, so you'll want to replace GameInfoTypes[randomCiv] with randomCiv:GetCivilizationType() - randomCiv is basically a variable filled with a player object, like pPlayer (which is the variable filled with the player object receiving the event). GameInfoTypes is a shortcut to asking the game to look up a particular item in the database and to retrieve its ID. RandomCiv is returning a player object created in this Lua state, not an item (like a unit or building) that already existed in the game database.
So in the end, it should all look like this:
You'll probably want to move the randomCiv stuff into the event function, and you'll also need to define randomCiv itself as a local variable outside of the function.
Code:
if not pPlayer:GetCivilizationType() == GameInfoTypes["CIVILIZATION_WALLACHIA"]This was the cause of problems I had with events firing for civs that they shouldn't. Use this instead; it achieves the same thing, but appears to work more accurately:
Code:
if pPlayer:GetCivilizationType() ~= GameInfoTypes["CIVILIZATION_WALLACHIA"] thenThis is something I don't use anymore; instead I use World Events. Chuck this add the top of your file:
Spoiler :
And call it like so:
Code:
JFD_SendWorldEvent(pPlayer:GetID(), Locale.ConvertTextKey("[COLOR_POSITIVE_TEXT]{1_LeaderName}[ENDCOLOR] has returned emissaries sent to their empire with their hats nailed to their heads, sparking war with {2_CivName}.", pPlayer:GetName(), randomCiv:GetName())I've also gotten out of the terrible, blasphemous habit of putting direct text in my Lua (mostly), so that should probably be converted into something like:
Code:
JFD_SendWorldEvent(playerID, Locale.ConvertTextKey("TXT_KEY_WALLACHIA_EVENT_MESSAGE", pPlayer:GetName(), randomCiv:GetName()")With "TXT_KEY_WALLACHIA_EVENT_MESSAGE" filled out in your gametext xml file with the original text.
Peter, I see
Be weary of mistakes like this. They'll kill the entire file.Random Civ is a player object, so you'll want to replace GameInfoTypes[randomCiv] with randomCiv:GetCivilizationType() - randomCiv is basically a variable filled with a player object, like pPlayer (which is the variable filled with the player object receiving the event). GameInfoTypes is a shortcut to asking the game to look up a particular item in the database and to retrieve its ID. RandomCiv is returning a player object created in this Lua state, not an item (like a unit or building) that already existed in the game database.
So in the end, it should all look like this:
Spoiler :
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