[Event Help] Trying to debug a planet-size-increase mod.

[ShadowDragon868]

The events code is really obtuse.

I'm trying to debug one of the increase-planet-size mods from the Workshop, for personal use and also so I can poke the author and tell him "Yo, this is what's wrong with your mod."

It looks very simple, but it's not working. It looks very much as if he's copy-pasted the successful increase capitol size edict mod and made some changes.

The devil seems to be in the scope. For reference, here's the increase capitol size mod's event:

namespace = planetincrease_size

event = { #Initial event triggered for players
   id = planetincrease_size.1
   hide_window = yes
   is_triggered_only = yes

   immediate = {
     every_country = {
       limit = { is_ai = no }
       capital_scope = {
         change_planet_size = 1
       }
       
     }
   }
}

And here's the generic "increase any planet's size" event.

namespace = planetworldevent_size

planet_event = { #Initial event triggered for players
   id = planetworldevent_size.1
   hide_window = yes
   is_triggered_only = yes

   immediate = {
         change_planet_size = 1       
     }
   }
}

Firstly, I can see that there's an extra curly bracket at the end, but fixing that doesn't actually do anything.
The problem is, I think, the lack of an event scope; the event doesn't seem to have any way of telling the game which planet it wants to increase the size of. I can't tell if it's eating your 150 influence to increase the size of a random planet, or just throwing it down a black hole.

Can anyone more wise to the ways of events give me a hand here?

 

[Onimuru]

How is the generic event triggered? It's a planet event so it's already in the correct scope. Which planet is being targeted depends on the trigger.

 

[ShadowDragon868]

Through an edict. I was just having a poke in population improved to see how they do their fiddly stuff.

Here's the edit:

planet_edict = {
   name = "planetworld_size"
   influence_cost = 250
   length = 0
   potential = {
      NOT = {
      planet_size = 25
      }
   }
   allow = {
   }

   effect = {
     custom_tooltip = edict_planetworld_size.tooltip         
     planet_event = { id = planetworldevent_size.1 }
     }
     
   ai_weight = {
     weight = 0
   }
}

 

[ShadowDragon868]

I'm thinking I need to have the edict set a flag which the other event references?

 

[ShadowDragon868]

I've come to the conclusion that the mod the mod I'm trying to debug from was made very, very badly.

As I'm reading this, the increase homeworld size mod, when triggered, selects ALL COUNTRIES, then limits it only to player countries, then only to the homeworld, and increases the size. Meaning if you were using it in a MP game, you and all human players would gain planet size.

 

[ShadowDragon868]

The error log suggests that the edict cannot find the event, rather than an issue with scoping.

Hrm. That's... Odd. The name appears to be the same. Let me try changing all the IDs.

 

[Naselus]

Need to add 'location = root' to the event.

namespace = planetworldevent_size

planet_event = { #Initial event triggered for players
    id = planetworldevent_size.1
    is_triggered_only = yes
    hide_window = yes
    location = ROOT
   
    immediate = {
         change_planet_size = 1      
     }
}

 

[ShadowDragon868]

Well, changing all the names works, but broke the tooltip. This, I think I can fix.

 

[ShadowDragon868]

Need to add 'location = root' to the event.

Really? Because it just worked without location = root.
Paradooooooooooooox!

 

[ShadowDragon868]

Well, this is frustrating. Apparently, [Root.GetName] works just fine in a tooltip, but not in an edict description. Paradoooooox!

 

[Onimuru]

I don't know what's wrong with that mod,looks fine.

To create a fix for multiplayer you can tag players with a flag on a 1 year pulse ( excluding player already tagged ) though.

 

[Onimuru]

Also location shouldn't be an issue, I'm pretty sure that's just for a popup window so you can click the icon to pan to the event location.

 

[ShadowDragon868]

It isn't an issue, Onimuru, but I like to polish my stuff properly. Thanks, though, you helped me get this thing working, and I'll make note of that in the description. Also Naselus, though for some reason he seems to have deleted his posts in this thread.