add_division problem, please help

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I'm trying to mod an event that gives away free warships to Ger, but while I see it firing according to the log, it doesn't seem to give the ships. The ledger doesn't show new ships appearing, and with nofog on they don't show up where they are supposed to.

My event uses this:

command = { type = add_division which = cruiser when = 396 }
command = { type = add_division which = battleship when = 396 }

I hope I'm right that "cruiser" is for PC, and "battleship" for PDN? The id 396 is for Königsberg, but as said, they don't show up even if the event is clearly triggered. Does it play a role if the unit class is already active? But Germany already has PCs, though I'm not sure if the AI has already PDNs active - but other nations clearly have (UK builds them like mad). How can I make this work?

Or does add_division work only for land units? If so, is there any way to add ships?

 

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Hm, this is quite strange: I did some tests and when I remove the "when = 396" part they are shown in the ledger once a new month starts. But 396 is correct for Königsberg, I checked it with the showid cheat.

 

[OHgamer]

It may be that naval units are always deployed to the units in reserve ready to deploy section??? Dunno, I don't think i've ever done an add unit with naval unts, just land units.

Perhaps try to have the unit appear in the sea province adjacent to Konigsburg?

 

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Hm, good idea, will try that tomorrow

 

[jdrou]

The event_commands.txt is wrong; instead of when it should be where. (I have fixed the wiki to reflect this: http://www.paradoxian.org/vickywiki/index.php/Commands#add_division .)

 

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Thx

But it seems there are other things not working:

When deleting units the Wiki says you can specify a random unit (naval or land) by using:

command = { type = delete_unit which = -1 }

....and also that -2 would mean deleting a random land unit only, while -3 kills a random naval unit only.

Using -1 works fine, but the two other options seem to have no effect, even when the event fires correctly otherwise. But I rather would like to specifiy exactly if the event hits army or navy.

Also I'm getting confusing results when adding manpower, sometimes it seems to work, and sometimes not. Has anybody experience with this stuff?