Modability ?

[performer]

Hi,
I never tried to make events for EU II, but I do it for CK. Unfortunately, there are many restrictions in CK (no new traits for characters, no new province effects). Will the modability in EU IIIbe better?

In this case, I have a suggestion: it would be cool if a modder can use own variables to mark a country, monarch or courtier via event.
Example: Event "The Monarch has a young mistress". The event gives some effects (lower stats, because he just spend time in bed, or whatever the modder wants to do). In addition, the modder uses one extra variable (VAR10 value = yes ) to mark the "young mistress". So he can trigger another event with the conditions "ruler = xx" (same ruler) and "VAR10 = yes": "The rulers mistress wants more money for her clothes".

Just an idea ...

 

[Havard]

Hi,
I never tried to make events for EU II, but I do it for CK. Unfortunately, there are many restrictions in CK (no new traits for characters, no new province effects). Will the modability in EU IIIbe better?

Yes, it will.

In this case, I have a suggestion: it would be cool if a modder can use own variables to mark a country, monarch or courtier via event.
Example: Event "The Monarch has a young mistress". The event gives some effects (lower stats, because he just spend time in bed, or whatever the modder wants to do). In addition, the modder uses one extra variable (VAR10 value = yes ) to mark the "young mistress". So he can trigger another event with the conditions "ruler = xx" (same ruler) and "VAR10 = yes": "The rulers mistress wants more money for her clothes".

Just an idea ...

You can do this by creating a country specific flag.

 

[performer]

Hi,

thanks for answering. And good news, btw.
But how will the country specific flags work?

Performer

 

[Sereglond]

As well as I know, flag is a variable of 2 posible values {true, false} (boolean variable).
So country specific flag is just a special boolena variable for chosen country.

But there is a question: will it realy be boolean variable or integer?

 

[Rotten Venetic]

Boolean values take up one bit while integers take up a byte (8 bits) so I would suggest booleans, for tidyness and economy in programming. Even if it is an unsignificant resource save, it would be a nice eye candy to me to see that values intended to be boolean are boolean not something else.

That is not to say we shouldn't be able to check for values of integer variables, which is also an integrated part, I think, in such a game!

 

[Flori]

If I am not mistaken you shoulf find examples for moddability in Johan's Weekly updates... maybe you want to dig around a bit.

/flo

 

[unmerged(60236)]

Although EUIII will be all modable with the exception of the hardcored files...i think that a "scenario editor", with extensive options, should be added none the less.

 

[Rotten Venetic]

It will be inherent, present within the game and its modability facilities - in short, there's no reason why, after going through the trouble of making it so moddable for us, the dev team should go through the torments of creating a scenario editor as well.

Flo: Too lazy ; see my sig