Modding quick questions and answers!

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If you want to override vanilla localization entries your file needs to go in localization/<language>/replace.

You, my friend, are an absolute godsend. Thanks so much! Easiest fix ever!

 

[Mixael]

I can't answer your first question, but the answer to the second is a definitive 'yes':—

# set global variable
set_global_variable = {
    name = mongol_empire_has_spawned
    value = yes
}

# to check for it in a trigger
exists = global_var:mongol_empire_has_spawned

You can also save things other than a boolean as the value, such as a scope or a flag:—

# set global variable as a character
set_global_variable = {
    name = ruler_of_ganges
    value = root
}

if = {
    # to check for it in a trigger…
    limit = {
        exists = global_var:ruler_of_ganges
        global_var:ruler_of_ganges = {
            is_alive = yes
        }
    }

    # …and do something with him!
    global_var:ruler_of_ganges = {
        trigger_event = {
            id = south_asia.0013 #Someone else has taken my title
            days = 3
        }
    }
}

These are all adapted from vanilla code, just to give you examples.

Ah I see, I always searched the files for "global_flag", should have just gone with global. Thanks!

 

[RashHellstorm]

I've been searching the forums without any luck regarding the following. Please excuse me if otherwise (and please just direct me to anything related if exists).
I need to work with dead characters. I am assuming the required data to mark a character as dead is the following.

1065.12.27 = {
        death = "1065.12.27"
    }

Is there any other requirement?

Also, no right click interactions seem to exist for dead characters and I suspect they can't trigger events. Is there any way to work around these limitations with a mod?
I am considering creating a 'dead' copy of characters for this purpose but I would rather work with the original entity if possible.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mixael]

How do I get an event to trigger for every player or the host player on game start? It seems simple enough to do but I just can't get it to work.

on_game_start = {
    effect = {
        root = {
            trigger_event = {
                id = fmaa.0002
                days = { 2 200 }
            }
        }
    }
}

I'm guessing that root isn't correct here, but nothing else I've tried works.

 

[YTnuBF]

How do I get an event to trigger for every player or the host player on game start? It seems simple enough to do but I just can't get it to work.

on_game_start = {
    effect = {
        root = {
            trigger_event = {
                id = fmaa.0002
                days = { 2 200 }
            }
        }
    }
}

I'm guessing that root isn't correct here, but nothing else I've tried works.

Did you already try using the next on_action block in that same file, called on_game_start_after_lobby = { } ?

The description says that it's "Like on_game_start, except it is called once the host (or player, in single player) exits the lobby..."

Also you might need to change root into every_player.

 

[Thomas_Oak]

Does anyone know the correct way to limit a trait to only one gender? I rather stupidly thought it would be as follows but it sends the error report into a panic.

trait_name = {
    index = 7501
    potential = {
        is_female = no
    }

Should it just be potential = { is_male } ?

ps the error spewed out is:
Error: is_female trigger [ Wrong scope for trigger: none, expected character ]

 

[yoloswag6969]

Is there any mod or any vanilla way to cheat "customization points" in the ruler designer?

The mere existence of it makes me not want to play the game as a custom ruler.

 

[Mixael]

Did you already try using the next on_action block in that same file, called on_game_start_after_lobby = { } ?

The description says that it's "Like on_game_start, except it is called once the host (or player, in single player) exits the lobby..."

Also you might need to change root into every_player.

Didn't think of that, but sadly doesn't work either. Tried every_player already, now with the after_lobby too, but nope.

 

[YTnuBF]

Try a launcher event instead and add its ID inside the events block

on_game_start_after_lobby = {
    events = {
       EVENT_NAME_ID.1
    }
}

at the end there.

The ID of the event can be anything corresponding to an appropriate namespace.
The code of the event that is used to launch the actual event can be something like :

EVENT_NAME_ID.1 = {
    type = empty
 
    hidden = yes
 
    immediate = {
        every_player = {
            trigger_event = {
                id = fmaa.0002
                days = { 2 200 }
            }
        }
    }
}

 

[Abcunbekannt75]

Where can i change the dynasty splendor level for the game start ?
I only have defined it in the boomarks but i am still getting this error: [20:20:14][bookmark.cpp:172]: Bookmark character 'temptd_eragon_bm_name_eragon' has invalid dynasty scripted
But my custom character still has my custom dynasty name when i start the game.

 

[Vasoli]

I can't answer your first question, but the answer to the second is a definitive 'yes':—

...

Do you know how to access this variables from gui? Also do you know how can I access global lists from gui as well?

One more thing does anybody know how to get bool values from gui, I already asked this question but nobody answered.

PS: Am I only one suffering huge amount of game crashes and freezes?

 

[Anyasia]

I've been searching the forums without any luck regarding the following. Please excuse me if otherwise (and please just direct me to anything related if exists).
I need to work with dead characters. I am assuming the required data to mark a character as dead is the following.

1065.12.27 = {
        death = "1065.12.27"
    }

Is there any other requirement?

Also, no right click interactions seem to exist for dead characters and I suspect they can't trigger events. Is there any way to work around these limitations with a mod?
I am considering creating a 'dead' copy of characters for this purpose but I would rather work with the original entity if possible.

Thanks in advance.

To mark a character as dead in the history files (for characters that exist before the game begins), that is indeed all you need. You can also add various other things if you want, but they're not necessary.

1066.10.14 = {
    death = {
        death_reason = death_battle
        killer = 140
    }
}

I've been trying to work with dead characters myself, and they seem entirely immune from any action you can take from them, so working with copies is probably the best you can hope for, unfortunately.

Does anyone know the correct way to limit a trait to only one gender? I rather stupidly thought it would be as follows but it sends the error report into a panic.

trait_name = {
    index = 7501
    potential = {
        is_female = no
    }

Should it just be potential = { is_male } ?

ps the error spewed out is:
Error: is_female trigger [ Wrong scope for trigger: none, expected character ]

Not in potential, but just in the root block of the trait:—

valid_sex = all/male/female # Defaults to all, trait can only be had by characters of this sex

Is there any mod or any vanilla way to cheat "customization points" in the ruler designer?

The mere existence of it makes me not want to play the game as a custom ruler.

Customization points do nothing but block achievements. You can go over the limit without any other incapacitation, and since using a mod will disable achievements anyway, there's no need to cheat the limit in the first place. Go hog wild!

Do you know how to access this variables from gui? Also do you know how can I access global lists from gui as well?

One more thing does anybody know how to get bool values from gui, I already asked this question but nobody answered.

PS: Am I only one suffering huge amount of game crashes and freezes?

I'm not entirely sure how to check for specific values from GUIs—honestly, the lack of documentation on how to work with them is quite a hindrance—but if you only need to check for the existence of the global variable, rather than its set value (i.e., if it's only going to be set to a boolean value), you can create a scripted gui that is only visible if the variable is set (it doesn't need to actually display anything, so don't worry about that!), then check for its visibility as a means of checking whether the variable is set.

# common/scripted_guis/global_variable.txt
mongol_empire_spawned = {
    is_shown = { exists = global_var:mongol_empire_has_spawned }
}

# in your GUI
datacontext = "[GetScriptedGui('mongol_empire_spawned')]"
visible = "[ScriptedGui.IsShown(GuiScope.SetRoot(GetPlayer.MakeScope).End )]"

You should be able to do the same thing in tags other than visible; I'm just using it as an example 'cause that's how I did things in my mod. You might also be able to use this to check for the other boolean values you need, but you'll have to play around with that, 'cause it's beyond my competency at that point.

 

[Vasoli]

I'm not entirely sure how to check for specific values from GUIs—honestly, the lack of documentation on how to work with them is quite a hindrance—but if you only need to check for the existence of the global variable, rather than its set value (i.e., if it's only going to be set to a boolean value), you can create a scripted gui that is only visible if the variable is set (it doesn't need to actually display anything, so don't worry about that!), then check for its visibility as a means of checking whether the variable is set.

# common/scripted_guis/global_variable.txt
mongol_empire_spawned = {
    is_shown = { exists = global_var:mongol_empire_has_spawned }
}

# in your GUI
datacontext = "[GetScriptedGui('mongol_empire_spawned')]"
visible = "[ScriptedGui.IsShown(GuiScope.SetRoot(GetPlayer.MakeScope).End )]"

You should be able to do the same thing in tags other than visible; I'm just using it as an example 'cause that's how I did things in my mod. You might also be able to use this to check for the other boolean values you need, but you'll have to play around with that, 'cause it's beyond my competency at that point.

You can actually directly check if variable exist in gui and do some more things with them:

on_start = "[GetVariableSystem.Set('var_name', 'some_value')]" #this should set some value to it, but I not sure what type is that value
on_start = "[GetVariableSystem.Clear('var_name')]" #this should remove this variable
on_start = "[GetVariableSystem.Toggle( 'var_name' )]" #not exactly sure what it does
trigger_when = "[GetVariableSystem.Exists('var_name')]" #this is checking if variable exists and it is returning bool, this might be used, but it is not geting bool value of variable, but rather if variable exists.

text = "GetVariableSystem.Get( 'var_name' )" #this is returing variable as CString, so we cannot get bools this way
trigger_when = "GetVariableSystem.HasValue( 'var_name', 'some_value' )" #From what I understad this is comparing 2 strings values and it is returning bool. This can be used, but for me it is waste of resurces to compare 2 strings

Also this can be used for geting CFixedPoint value from Scope (in this case player character) and converting it comparing to some value and simulating a bool value (1 for true (yes), 0 for false (no)) :

visible = "[EqualTo_CFixedPoint( GetPlayer.MakeScope.Var( 'acs_sort_by' ).GetValue, '(CFixedPoint)1')]"

But all of this does not solve a problem how to get bool variable directly. Not from global variables, not from scope variables. And getting bool variable directly would be ideal for performance.

About list, for now I know how to get variable list from the scope:

fixedgridbox = { #other container can be used as well
    datamodel = "[GetPlayer.MakeScope.GetList('var_list_name')]"

    #later for items:
    item = {
       widget_type_name = {
           datacontext = "[Scope.GetCharacter]" // if we had a list of characters

       }
    }
}

But I have no idea how to get global variable list.

PS: If someone is interested how to get scoped typed variable (in this example type of scope is Title) here is a code:

datacontext = "[Character.MakeScope.Var( 'var_name' ).Title]" #Character is a scope from which this variable is retrieved
onclick = "[DefaultOnCoatOfArmsClick(Title.GetID)]" #usage of this variable

 

[Tatterhood]

I've been searching the forums without any luck regarding the following. Please excuse me if otherwise (and please just direct me to anything related if exists).
I need to work with dead characters. I am assuming the required data to mark a character as dead is the following.

1065.12.27 = {
        death = "1065.12.27"
    }

Is there any other requirement?

You don't actually need to write the date twice, just death = yes works fine. But what you have will work.

As for other things, I'm pretty sure for performance reasons the game stores no more info on dead characters than it needs to, so I suspect trying to make it possible to interact with them won't work, but I haven't tried it.

 

[Mixael]

I don't think it 's possible, but could you make knights counter certain unit types? They are only defined in the defines.lua and you can't really add new defines afaik.

 

[akkaro]

Not sure of it’s the right place to ask, but can anyone explain to me the concept of character pools? ... or point me to some place where I can find info about it? ... in debug mode you have a map with colored character pools ... ok, so what’s up with that?

Another thing: how do cities at barony level work now? ... can they have court members? ... or better: if a female mayor gets some bastards what happens to her kids on succession? ... will everone in court just get wiped out?

 

[Anyasia]

You can actually directly check if variable exist in gui and do some more things with them:

on_start = "[GetVariableSystem.Set('var_name', 'some_value')]" #this should set some value to it, but I not sure what type is that value
on_start = "[GetVariableSystem.Clear('var_name')]" #this should remove this variable
on_start = "[GetVariableSystem.Toggle( 'var_name' )]" #not exactly sure what it does
trigger_when = "[GetVariableSystem.Exists('var_name')]" #this is checking if variable exists and it is returning bool, this might be used, but it is not geting bool value of variable, but rather if variable exists.

text = "GetVariableSystem.Get( 'var_name' )" #this is returing variable as CString, so we cannot get bools this way
trigger_when = "GetVariableSystem.HasValue( 'var_name', 'some_value' )" #From what I understad this is comparing 2 strings values and it is returning bool. This can be used, but for me it is waste of resurces to compare 2 strings

Also this can be used for geting CFixedPoint value from Scope (in this case player character) and converting it comparing to some value and simulating a bool value (1 for true (yes), 0 for false (no)) :

visible = "[EqualTo_CFixedPoint( GetPlayer.MakeScope.Var( 'acs_sort_by' ).GetValue, '(CFixedPoint)1')]"

But all of this does not solve a problem how to get bool variable directly. Not from global variables, not from scope variables. And getting bool variable directly would be ideal for performance.

About list, for now I know how to get variable list from the scope:

fixedgridbox = { #other container can be used as well
    datamodel = "[GetPlayer.MakeScope.GetList('var_list_name')]"

    #later for items:
    item = {
       widget_type_name = {
           datacontext = "[Scope.GetCharacter]" // if we had a list of characters

       }
    }
}

But I have no idea how to get global variable list.

PS: If someone is interested how to get scoped typed variable (in this example type of scope is Title) here is a code:

datacontext = "[Character.MakeScope.Var( 'var_name' ).Title]" #Character is a scope from which this variable is retrieved
onclick = "[DefaultOnCoatOfArmsClick(Title.GetID)]" #usage of this variable

This is all really helpful, thanks!

Do you happen to know if there's a way to read character flags in the same way?

 

[Tatterhood]

Not sure of it’s the right place to ask, but can anyone explain to me the concept of character pools? ... or point me to some place where I can find info about it? ... in debug mode you have a map with colored character pools ... ok, so what’s up with that?

The game grabs characters from there for stuff like inviting physicians or knights. Some characters are just generated to fill the pool, but it's also where characters go when they leave courts, if they don't immediately find another court to visit. However there is definitely a lot I don't understand about how it works, it's not very well-documented.

 

[DYLAN_1]

Can anyone verify if they crash while editing a coat of arms and saving the file while the game is running? Before 1.2 there wouldn't be an update in-game, and you wouldn't crash. Now you just crash.

 

[osoerk]

A question : I just wanted to make a simple traits like Saoshyant/Saoshyant Descendant(I wanted to make X trait in ruler designer and then my descendants have automatically Y traits from it.), but it wasn't possible with only traits-code. I've read some Saoshyant-related code and it looks like you should make a birth event for it and do something in on_birth_child function, right? Then, should I overwrite all the on_birth_child?

I've made events, common/traits and common/on_action folders and overwritten the whole on_birth_child function code with an additional self-made birth event, but it didn't work. Could someone give me a hint?