Help with modding

lucaluca · Nov 1, 2009

I'm trying to create a few events for the mod Magna Terra. First i'd like to modify this event

Code:

country_event = {

	id = 1053

	trigger = {
		TAG = PAR
		ruler = {
			military = 0 
		}
		NOT = { has_country_flag = parthian_horde }
		any_neighbor_country = {
			has_country_flag = parthian_nation
		}
	}

	mean_time_to_happen = {
		days = 1
	}

	title = "EVTNAME1053"
	desc = "EVTDESC1053"


	immediate = {
		set_country_flag = parthian_horde
	}

	option = {
		name = "EVTOPTA1053"
		ruler = {
			horse_archers = THIS
			horse_archers = THIS
			horse_archers = THIS
			horse_archers = THIS
			cavalry = THIS
			cavalry = THIS
			cavalry = THIS
			cavalry = THIS
			heavy_infantry = THIS
			heavy_infantry = THIS
			heavy_infantry = THIS
			heavy_infantry = THIS
			archers = THIS
			archers = THIS
			archers = THIS
			archers = THIS
		}
	}
}

so that it doesn't happen before the year 604. I was thinking of adding in the trigger 'year = 604'. Is this correct and will this make the event happen only in the year 604 or from 604 onward?

I was also wondering whether there is a list of all the event ids used and if there is a way to launch events from the keyboard during the game.

Thanks in advance

Hardradi · Nov 1, 2009

so that it doesn't happen before the year 604. I was thinking of adding in the trigger 'year = 604'. Is this correct and will this make the event happen only in the year 604 or from 604 onward?

Have a look in events/flavor.txt. For the Pyrhss event it has:

Code:

	trigger = {
		tag = EPI
		exists = MAG
		war_with = ROM
		[B]NOT = { year = 480 }[/B]
		NOT = { has_country_flag = pyrrhus_ftw }
	}

I was also wondering whether there is a list of all the event ids used and if there is a way to launch events from the keyboard during the game.

I dont think so regarding the events id listing. Try "alt+21" or "alt 21" to trigger a "console". Then I think you can just type "event = XXXXXX".

lucaluca · Nov 1, 2009

Hardradi said:
Have a look in events/flavor.txt. For the Pyrhss event it has:

Code:

trigger = { tag = EPI exists = MAG war_with = ROM [B]NOT = { year = 480 }[/B] NOT = { has_country_flag = pyrrhus_ftw } }

I dont think so regarding the events id listing. Try "alt+21" or "alt 21" to trigger a "console". Then I think you can just type "event = XXXXXX".

fast response, thanks

Cheexsta · Nov 1, 2009

lucaluca said:
so that it doesn't happen before the year 604. I was thinking of adding in the trigger 'year = 604'. Is this correct and will this make the event happen only in the year 604 or from 604 onward?

From 604 onward. If you want it to only trigger in 604 and no later, you'll have to use a combination of year = 604 and NOT = { year = 605 }.

There is no definitive list of events in the game, no. It would be good to have one...

Camara · Nov 1, 2009

Wow, my mod is spreading to other threads

Really guys, thanks for the help.

I'm thinking in some events for the chinese nations, like the wall of china (may increase defensiveness?), but I have too much to do

Phi · Nov 1, 2009

It's very easy to create a list of used event ids. But it is useless to do this for the vanilla events, since you already know, that Paradox uses the ids from 1 - 10.000.

Nonetheless I could post a list of used ids in Vanilla 2.2 ... (more correct: a link to a list).

edit: to be clear: a list of event ids is easy. A list of event ids with at least the titles of the events, would need a little bit programming, but is also easy. A list of event ids with a good summarization would be a lot of work.

lucaluca · Nov 1, 2009

Phi said:
It's very easy to create a list of used event ids. But it is useless to do this for the vanilla events, since you already know, that Paradox uses the ids from 1 - 10.000.

Nonetheless I could post a list of used ids in Vanilla 2.2 ... (more correct: a link to a list).

edit: to be clear: a list of event ids is easy. A list of event ids with at least the titles of the events, would need a little bit programming, but is also easy. A list of event ids with a good summarization would be a lot of work.

are the ids used 1 to 10,000 also in version 2.2? I just wanted to know which ids are used so to minimize the possibility of repeating them for new events

lucaluca · Nov 1, 2009

Cheexsta said:
From 604 onward. If you want it to only trigger in 604 and no later, you'll have to use a combination of year = 604 and NOT = { year = 605 }.

There is no definitive list of events in the game, no. It would be good to have one...

ok thanks.

Camara said:
Wow, my mod is spreading to other threads
Really guys, thanks for the help.

I'm thinking in some events for the chinese nations, like the wall of china (may increase defensiveness?), but I have too much to do

I'm just modifiying slightly for now... I changed Maurya to buddhist, made south India a different culture group, reduced Maurya population, and make Maurya's province pop splits 10.10.80. Then i'll add splinter events for the small Indian nations (ala Sophene, Corduene etc. in the Seleucid empire), make the parthian and bactrian indipendence likely to happen from 515 and 504 onward, but the parthian horde event only from 577 onward (Parthia was defeated by the Seleucids at first). I'll also modify the province histories in Central Asia and Iran slightly

Phi · Nov 2, 2009

lucaluca said:
are the ids used 1 to 10,000 also in version 2.2? I just wanted to know which ids are used so to minimize the possibility of repeating them for new events

Simply consider the ids from 1 to 10.000 as reserved for Paradox - unless you want to override some of the events in your mod. There are 999.999 - 10.000 = 989.999 ids left for your events.

lucaluca · Nov 6, 2009

I'd like to know whether this event looks correct, doesn't seem to fire...

Code:

# Greco-Bactria
country_event = {

	id = 10199

	trigger = {
		not = { exists = GBK }
		not = { has_country_flag = bactrian_nation }
		owns = 279		# Bactriana
		owns = 280		# Oxiana
		owns = 281		# Transoxiana
		owns = 282		# Sogdiana
		owns = 283		# Paraetacene
		owns = 284		# Fergana
		owns = 285		# Drepsiani

		or = {
			or = {
				279 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
				280 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
				285 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

	mean_time_to_happen = {
	
		months = 360

		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			ruler = { military = 4 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			ruler = { military = 3 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			ruler = { military = 2 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			ruler = { military = 1 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			not = { stability = -1 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			not = { stability = -2 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.6
			year = 504
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.6
			year = 654
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.6
			year = 704
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 1.2
			stability = 3
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 1.2
			stability = 2
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			has_civil_war = yes
		}
	}

	title = "EVTNAME10199"
	desc = "EVTDESC10199"

	option = {
		name = "EVTOPTA10199"	# I should have seen this coming
		GBK = {
			add_core = 279
			add_core = 280
			add_core = 281
			add_core = 282
			add_core = 283
			add_core = 284
			add_core = 285
			add_core = 278
                        add_core = 359
		}
		279 = { secede_province = GBK }
		280 = { secede_province = GBK }
		281 = { secede_province = GBK }
		282 = { secede_province = GBK }
		283 = { secede_province = GBK }
		284 = { secede_province = GBK }
		285 = { secede_province = GBK }
                278 = { secede_province = GBK }
                359 = { secede_province = GBK }
		stability = -1
		set_country_flag = bactrian_nation
	}
}

The 'owns' triggers mean the nation needs to own all of the provinces listes or just one of them?

Also I tried to fire events from the console with the command 'event = xxxxxx' but it doesn't recognize the event id, it reads 'id #0 doesn't exist', does anyone know what might be the reason?

Thanks in advance

Descartes · Nov 6, 2009

Yep, the nation needs to own all of the provinces. And you're supposed to write 'event xxxxxx', without the equals sign.

lucaluca · Nov 6, 2009

Descartes said:
Yep, the nation needs to own all of the provinces. And you're supposed to write 'event xxxxxx', without the equals sign.

ok thanks

since you are here

for the decisions, what's the difference between "potential" and "allow"?

Phi · Nov 6, 2009

potential = the decision is shown
allow = the decision is enabled

lucaluca · Nov 6, 2009

Phi said:
potential = the decision is shown
allow = the decision is enabled

thanks

Cheexsta · Nov 8, 2009

Code:

# Greco-Bactria
country_event = {

	id = 10199

	trigger = {
		not = { exists = GBK }
		not = { has_country_flag = bactrian_nation }
		owns = 279		# Bactriana
		owns = 280		# Oxiana
		owns = 281		# Transoxiana
		owns = 282		# Sogdiana
		owns = 283		# Paraetacene
		owns = 284		# Fergana
		owns = 285		# Drepsiani

This part is all fine.

Code:

		or = {
			or = {
				279 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
				280 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
				285 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

Woah! Lots of OR's and AND's. I find that using such a heavy combination of OR and AND is really hard to get working properly. Here's how I'd code it:

Code:

		or = {
			279 = {
				has_governor = yes
					governor_scope = {
						or = {
							not = { military = 2 }
							traits = maniac
							traits = incapable
							traits = dumb
							traits = foolish
							traits = coward
						}
					}
				}
			}
			280 = {
				has_governor = yes
					governor_scope = {
						or = {
							not = { military = 2 }
							traits = maniac
							traits = incapable
							traits = dumb
							traits = foolish
							traits = coward
						}
					}
				}
			}
			285 = {
				has_governor = yes
					governor_scope = {
						or = {
							not = { military = 2 }
							traits = maniac
							traits = incapable
							traits = dumb
							traits = foolish
							traits = coward
						}
					}
				}
			}
			279 = { has_governor = no }
			280 = { has_governor = no }
			285 = { has_governor = no }
		}

It just feels a bit neater that way, and I'm pretty confident it would work.

Regarding potential vs allow: as already stated, achieving the potential triggers means the decision (or law) will be visible to that country, whereas allow are the triggers that you see when you look at the "?" tooltip. Whenever I make a law or decision, I always make all of the triggers part of the allow section at first, just to test that they're all working. Anything I don't want displayed (eg "tag = X" or "government = Y") can then go into the potential section.

lucaluca · Nov 8, 2009

Cheexsta said:

Code:

# Greco-Bactria
country_event = {

	id = 10199

	trigger = {
		not = { exists = GBK }
		not = { has_country_flag = bactrian_nation }
		owns = 279		# Bactriana
		owns = 280		# Oxiana
		owns = 281		# Transoxiana
		owns = 282		# Sogdiana
		owns = 283		# Paraetacene
		owns = 284		# Fergana
		owns = 285		# Drepsiani

This part is all fine.

Code:

		or = {
			or = {
				279 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
				280 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
				285 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

Woah! Lots of OR's and AND's. I find that using such a heavy combination of OR and AND is really hard to get working properly. Here's how I'd code it:

Code:

		or = {
			279 = {
				has_governor = yes
					governor_scope = {
						or = {
							not = { military = 2 }
							traits = maniac
							traits = incapable
							traits = dumb
							traits = foolish
							traits = coward
						}
					}
				}
			}
			280 = {
				has_governor = yes
					governor_scope = {
						or = {
							not = { military = 2 }
							traits = maniac
							traits = incapable
							traits = dumb
							traits = foolish
							traits = coward
						}
					}
				}
			}
			285 = {
				has_governor = yes
					governor_scope = {
						or = {
							not = { military = 2 }
							traits = maniac
							traits = incapable
							traits = dumb
							traits = foolish
							traits = coward
						}
					}
				}
			}
			279 = { has_governor = no }
			280 = { has_governor = no }
			285 = { has_governor = no }
		}

It just feels a bit neater that way, and I'm pretty confident it would work.

Regarding potential vs allow: as already stated, achieving the potential triggers means the decision (or law) will be visible to that country, whereas allow are the triggers that you see when you look at the "?" tooltip. Whenever I make a law or decision, I always make all of the triggers part of the allow section at first, just to test that they're all working. Anything I don't want displayed (eg "tag = X" or "government = Y") can then go into the potential section.

thanks Cheextsa, but I actually copied that event from vanilla (the Parthia event), so you are indirectly criticizing Johan or Doomdark

Actually my version works, i've seen it fire in 475 AUC (and was shocked).

I made another very similar event:

Code:

country_event = {

	id = 1050

	trigger = {
		not = { exists = QPT }
		not = { has_country_flag = parthian_nation }
		owns = 276		# Astauene
		owns = 207		# Hyrcania
		owns = 208		# Parthia
		owns = 209		# Tabae
		owns = 277		# Traxiane
		or = {
			or = {
				207 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
				208 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
				209 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
                                276 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
                                277 = {
					or = {
						has_governor = no
						and = {
							has_governor = yes
							governor_scope = {
								or = {
									not = { military = 2 }
									traits = maniac
									traits = incapable
									traits = dumb
									traits = foolish
									traits = coward
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

	mean_time_to_happen = {
	
		months = 360

		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			ruler = { military = 4 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			ruler = { military = 3 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			ruler = { military = 2 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			ruler = { military = 1 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			not = { stability = -1 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			not = { stability = -2 }
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.6
			year = 515
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.6
			year = 654
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.6
			year = 704
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 1.2
			stability = 3
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 1.2
			stability = 2
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			has_civil_war = yes
		}
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.9
			war = yes
                }
		modifier = {
			factor = 0.3
			not = { capital_scope = { controlled_by = this }
                        }
                }
	}

	title = "EVTNAME1050"
	desc = "EVTDESC1050"

	option = {
		name = "EVTOPTA1050"					# I should have seen this coming
		276 = { secede_province = QPT }
		277 = { secede_province = QPT }
		207 = { secede_province = QPT }
		208 = { secede_province = QPT }
		209 = { secede_province = QPT }
		stability = -1
		set_country_flag = parthian_nation
	}
}

It fires from the console (don't know in-game yet). Since it would create a "Parthia" with noculture and noreligion and make the game freeze, then I added QPT (the Parthia region) and its revolt to the history folder, and made them greek. It creates Greek Parthia then. However, it still looks like the game crashes after 3 months... Maybe some characters are still noculture/noreligion?
Also I'm not sure about this:

Code:

modifier = {
			factor = 0.3
			not = { capital_scope = { controlled_by = this }
                        }

I want to make it so if the capital of the owner is occupied, the event will likely fire (Egypt conquered Antioch in the third Syrian war). If it works, I will remove the years trigger (too deterministic IMO).

Cheexsta · Nov 8, 2009

I wasn't criticising, just speaking out of experience

If anything, I was criticising my own inability to use OR and AND tags together properly.

As for the noculture Parthia, have you tried using the PAR tag rather than QPT?

lucaluca · Nov 8, 2009

Cheexsta said:
I wasn't criticising, just speaking out of experience If anything, I was criticising my own inability to use OR and AND tags together properly.

As for the noculture Parthia, have you tried using the PAR tag rather than QPT?

that's the vanilla event... but since the dahae/parni are now in game, the historical events can be better represented (the satrap Andragoras revolted and couldn't defend against the Parni/Parthians who invaded).

lucaluca · Dec 11, 2009

can someone help me make a flag out of this picture? I tried but i couldn't get the size right...

Thanks

Camara · Dec 11, 2009

In the attachment, in tga format.

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