A Validator for EU3

**gigau** · 10-09-2009 09:14

I think i'm getting there. I've completed the files. Now i just need to do some tidying up. The EU3 folder for the Validator will be online during the week-end.

I guess that there will still be some triggers and commands still absent (and therefore might come up as supposed bugs), so we shall have to improve it further with your input.

One known issue (at least until Jamie550 finds a solution) : the scope "THIS". As far as i can tell, the "THIS" scope can be used as a province or a country scope within a country scope, or as a province or a country scope within a province scope. Therefore, at some point, either the Validator can be set not to check for some bugs, or it reports a bug that is not one. For the moment, i have it report the bug (i just dismiss that part of the report).

**Darken** · 10-09-2009 16:37

great work Gigau, Jamie550, and all others!
this looks like it will be a great tool for modders.

**Jamie550** · 12-09-2009 09:23

Something that may be of interest

**gigau** · 12-09-2009 10:38

Oh yes ! It is of interest. Is it availlable in the current download link ?

If not, here are the files i worked on for EU3, if you want to implement them before uploading the new version.

**Jamie550** · 12-09-2009 10:45

Originally Posted by gigau

Oh yes ! It is of interest. Is it availlable in the current download link ?

If not, here are the files i worked on for EU3, if you want to implement them before uploading the new version.

Not yet, as you can see from the screenshot there are still many things to do before release is possible

EDIT: Your changes are excellent

**Jamie550** · 12-09-2009 11:29

Hmm, lots of vanilla events seem to assume that you don't need the owner={} clause to switch to country level in the triggers. Do you know if this is correct? If so, I'll change the ProvinceTrigger to inherit from CountryTrigger which should solve the problem.

**gigau** · 12-09-2009 11:42

I'm not sure that the "owner = {" can really be bypassed. I don't think the ProvinceTrigger inheriting from CountryTrigger as it will overlook true crash-causing bugs. I think it is better to add an unnecessary owner scope that overlook some bugs... but that's just my opinion.

**Jamie550** · 12-09-2009 13:06

Originally Posted by gigau

I'm not sure that the "owner = {" can really be bypassed. I don't think the ProvinceTrigger inheriting from CountryTrigger as it will overlook true crash-causing bugs. I think it is better to add an unnecessary owner scope that overlook some bugs... but that's just my opinion.

Alright, ProvinceTrigger shall continue to inherit from plain ol' Trigger

**lutharien** · 12-09-2009 19:38

This validator is awesome.
I have a question concerning FROM. I assume that it is valid where THIS is valid, but only for those events that have the property is_triggered_only = yes. Is it possible to add this feature to the validator?

**17blue17** · 12-09-2009 21:08

Bug report

In Gigau's much appreciated update I believe that in History Countries.txt the code

Optional = { Left = "unit_type" Right = TechGroup }

Should be under the CountryFile section rather than the CountryEventList section.

**17blue17** · 12-09-2009 23:31

I understand you can define a leader under a ruler like the following:

Code:

define_ruler = {
			      name = "Babur I"
			      regent = no
			      female = no
			      DIP = 8 MIL = 9 ADM = 8
			      leader = {
				name = "Babur I"
				shock = 4
				fire = 5
				siege = 2
				maneuver = 6
				}
			}

but the updated EU3 files report this as an error.

I think this was added for NA as the change log for NA says:

Added a new effect called, "define_ruler" which has the following syntax. define_ruler = { name = "name" regent = yes/no female = yes/no DIP= <num> MIL = <num> ADM = <num> leader= { <same as in define_general> }}

**gigau** · 13-09-2009 00:03

Originally Posted by 17blue17

Bug report

In Gigau's much appreciated update I believe that in History Countries.txt the code

Optional = { Left = "unit_type" Right = TechGroup }

Should be under the CountryFile section rather than the CountryEventList section.

Thanks... the bug report had me running mad...not finding the solution that was right under my nose

Originally Posted by 17blue17

I understand you can define a leader under a ruler like the following:

Code:

define_ruler = {
			      name = "Babur I"
			      regent = no
			      female = no
			      DIP = 8 MIL = 9 ADM = 8
			      leader = {
				name = "Babur I"
				shock = 4
				fire = 5
				siege = 2
				maneuver = 6
				}
			}

but the updated EU3 files report this as an error.

I think this was added for NA as the change log for NA says:

Added a new effect called, "define_ruler" which has the following syntax. define_ruler = { name = "name" regent = yes/no female = yes/no DIP= <num> MIL = <num> ADM = <num> leader= { <same as in define_general> }}

That's strange because the original Countries.txt file i have shows :

Code:

		Monarch = {
			Single = { Left = "name" Right = String }
			Single = { Left = { Literal = "adm" Literal = "ADM" } Right = PositiveInt }
			Single = { Left = { Literal = "dip" Literal = "DIP" } Right = PositiveInt }
			Single = { Left = { Literal = "mil" Literal = "MIL" } Right = PositiveInt }
			Optional = { Left = "female" Right = Bool }
			Optional = { Left = "leader" Right = Leader }
			Optional = { Left = "regent" Right = Bool }
		}

The orange line indicates that the monarch can be a general...

Here's an udate of the files for EU3 (place the folder and the EU3.txt file in the Data directory of the Validator.

**17blue17** · 13-09-2009 00:08

deleted as not an error

**gigau** · 13-09-2009 00:11

Originally Posted by 17blue17

The effect

change_province_name = “Uskudar”

results in a bug of

Invalid character " "

with a rectangle in the " ". I don't know why as it appears you have the effect in the files with an answer of string?

Here again, i'm surprised : i have an event changing the name of the province... and the Validator doesn't report any bug...

If Jamie550 allows me, i could upload the version i currently have...

**gigau** · 13-09-2009 00:14

Originally Posted by lutharien

This validator is awesome.
I have a question concerning FROM. I assume that it is valid where THIS is valid, but only for those events that have the property is_triggered_only = yes. Is it possible to add this feature to the validator?

I'm not aware of such limitation concerning FROM (although i'm no event-scripting expert), but it makes sense, i guess. However, i'm not sure the Validator can discriminate such a thing between a regular event and a triggered only event.

**17blue17** · 13-09-2009 00:19

Originally Posted by gigau

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The orange line indicates that the monarch can be a general...

I agree but it still results in a bug report for some reason so we are missing something in the syntax

**gigau** · 13-09-2009 00:27

Originally Posted by 17blue17

I agree but it still results in a bug report for some reason so we are missing something in the syntax

Well, the surprising fact is that the Validator doesn't report the monarch-generals of the MEIOU history files (or the vanilla ones for that matter). I wonder if that wouldn't be a problem of version of the files.

Jamie, can i upload my complete Validator, while we await your new version ?

**17blue17** · 13-09-2009 00:57

Originally Posted by gigau

Well, the surprising fact is that the Validator doesn't report the monarch-generals of the MEIOU history files (or the vanilla ones for that matter). I wonder if that wouldn't be a problem of version of the files.

Jamie, can i upload my complete Validator, while we await your new version ?

I think we are talking about two separate things

I am talking about an effect. I believe the bug fix would be to add to commands.txt the following in yellow:

Code:

RulerClause = {
			Optional = { Left = "name" Right = String }
			Optional = { Left = "regent" Right = Bool }
			Optional = { Left = "female" Right = Bool }
			Optional = { Left = "DIP" Right = Int }
			Optional = { Left = "ADM" Right = Int }
			Optional = { Left = "MIL" Right = Int }
			Optional = { Left = "leader" Right = LeaderClause}
		}

I hope I did this correctly - at least it made the error go away.

Thanks again

**17blue17** · 13-09-2009 01:17

deleted as not an error

**gigau** · 13-09-2009 01:29

Originally Posted by 17blue17

I think we are talking about two separate things

[...]
I hope I did this correctly - at least it made the error go away.

My mistake. You did it correctely. Thanks for the correction.

Originally Posted by 17blue17

I wonder on the syntax of the following effect:

Optional = { Left = "change_province_name" Right = String }

If I use in an event file:

change_province_name = "Istanbul" using " " then an error of Invalid character

If I remove the quotes then the error goes away.

The mod guide says quotes are needed.

I then tried Right = Untyped with no change - ie the error still shows up. So what should Right = be for a text in quotes?

As far as i know, String works for text with or without quotes (at least, that's how it works for me). Could you show me the line of the report ?

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