[help] Events on leader level up

[Autonomous Duck]

Hi guys,

It's the first time I'm trying to make a mod. Spent yesterday with some trial and error, which was fun but what I want isn't happening yet so I hope you have some tips.

What I want to do is a little series of events where when an admiral reaches level 5 in a military republic, he or she can become a sort of Julius Ceasar. So you get a little window when the admiral reaches level 5 saying this very experienced and popular admiral could be trouble. I'm already running into trouble with this bit and haven't started the next part. Next I want that when the admiral enters the capital system there is a chance he/she will try to take over (cross the Rubicon/land on the capital planet) maybe you can stop this with some influence or else your government form will change into a military dictatorship with the erstwhile admiral as leader of the empire.

Just for some character to add to your empire, with a few more of these events for other government types/empire traits I hope to add a bit more flavor to your empire. Also it's fun to try to mod something .

That's the plan at least.

On to the code:

I've got an on-action:

on_leader_level_up = {
    events = {
        mod_extra_events.2 #gatekeeper for various events
    }
}

Actual events:

namespace = mod_extra_events

country_event = {
    id = mod_extra_events.1
    title = "mod_extra_events.1.name"
    desc = "mod_extra_events.1.desc"
    picture = GFX_evt_federation_fleet
    location = ROOT
   
    is_triggered_only = yes
   
    trigger = {
        is_country_type = default
        has_government = military_republic
        hidden:fromfrom = { #hidden:fromfrom?
            leader = {       
                has_leader_flag = ambitious_admiral   
            }       
        }
    }
   
    immediate = {
        fromfrom = {
            leader = { save_event_target_as = officer }
            solar_system = { save_event_target_as = system }
        }
    }
   
    option = {
        name = "mod_extra_events.1.name.a"
#start event chain   
    }
}

country_event = {
    id = mod_extra_events.2
    hide_window = yes
    is_triggered_only = yes

    immediate = {
        from = { #error!  [[12:13:39][effect_impl.cpp:143]: Script Error: Invalid context switch[from], file: events/extra_events_1.txt line: 41, Scope:
                #type=country
                #id=0
                #random={ 791423972 791423972 }]
                # fromfrom also errror
            if = {
                limit = {
                    leader_class = admiral
                    has_level > 3   
                }
                set_leader_flag = ambitious_admiral
                owner = { country_event = { id = mod_extra_events.1} }
            }
        }
    }
}

Of course also a bit of not-finished flavor text but that's not important yet I guess (it's in the zipped attached mod).

Most of this code is just copy & paste and modified a bit, so there could be glaring mistakes. I'm not sure I fully understand scope. Are there any guides for that, I couldn't find any.

In any case when I use the console with: "mod_extra_events.2" I get the following error in the error.log [
[12:13:39][effect_impl.cpp:143]: Script Error: Invalid context switch[from], file: events/extra_events_1.txt line: 41, Scope:
type=country
id=0
random={ 791423972 791423972 }
]

Now I guess because the event then is a country scope, not a leader scope? But if I use "skills 1" to level up an admiral to 5 nothing happens either. (that why now it's got "has_level > 3" before I had "has_level = 5" but well there was no difference and it's an easy change).

Does anyone know how to make this happen? Do you need more information from me? Thanks for taking a look!

 

[Axelius]

Well, the error is because, as you expect, you're trying to use a leader as from without getting one assigned. From trying Skills 1 in vanilla it seems that might not be triggering on_leader_level_up. I suggest simply trying it by leveling your admirals up the hard way. To reduce unnecessary event firing you may also want to change the trigger of event 1 and add a limit to the owner={ country_event} part.

Also, note that in the current build, declaring an on_action in another file will overwrite any previous identitcal on_action. So if you want leaders to still be able to gain traits from leveling up, you need to rewrite the on_action to

on_leader_level_up = {
events = {
leader.20 #gatekeeper for various events
mod_extra_events.2 #gatekeeper for various events
}
}

This should be fixed by 1.1 from what Divine has said.

 

[Autonomous Duck]

Thanks!

First gonna level some admirals and see what happens. Tried a bit but was too eager so my generals died haha. Good tip about the the event firing, gonna take a look at that if it works with a admiral that levels up. Great tip about the on_action, would've never figured that out.

Update: It didn't work. Not sure why, will try some more things if I can find the time.