Modding - Quick questions

[Undecided]

So I'm having a bug where an AI is abusing a decision (firing them off rapidly, possibly non-stop). I want to find out what decision this is. However, it's also a "hidden" decision (cult?), meaning it does not show up on the normal in-game log.

Is there a way I can find out what decision/action the a particular AI is taking?

 

[SchwarzKatze]

So I'm having a bug where an AI is abusing a decision (firing them off rapidly, possibly non-stop). I want to find out what decision this is. However, it's also a "hidden" decision (cult?), meaning it does not show up on the normal in-game log.

Is there a way I can find out what decision/action the a particular AI is taking?

How do you even know that if you can't see it? Massive slowdown or something?

 

[Undecided]

How do you even know that if you can't see it? Massive slowdown or something?

Society decisions add points to the visibility character variable. So using char-info you can infer the frequency of ability use.

Additionally, it's a known bug, which is specifically why they added " ai_check_interval" in 2.8. Without it the AI spams society decisions as often as the game permits. The new variable allows a degree of randomness to whether they use an ability once it becomes available.

 

[ShamanMcLamie]

So I have two questions again.
I'm trying to get the dynamic mercenary company to have a very specific flag type. I've looked at the decision code and have tried so many different things, but non of them are working. Anyone have any ideas.

Also anyone know how to have hospitals already built at the start of the game. I've tried a ton of different things and the closest I've gotten is a hospital is built, but it is treated like another barony and not in the extended buildings tab.

 

[Auirus]

You should be able to do a third-party targeted decision that targets yourself, with the artifact as the third party. (Look at the code for the send artifact to china decision for guidance. Note that the Jade dragon decision is an offmap decision, and so doesn't need filter and ai_filter. A regular targeted decision would still need those)

Wow that totally slipped my mind, thanks! I've used artifacts in 3rd party recently but didn't consider a self targeted one.

 

[Fiery Phoenix]

In what file is the "interested_in_society" flag set?

 

[IlikeTrains]

So I have two questions again.
Also anyone know how to have hospitals already built at the start of the game. I've tried a ton of different things and the closest I've gotten is a hospital is built, but it is treated like another barony and not in the extended buildings tab.

In effects it's done by:

create_hospital = <province_ID>

Maybe it works in history too?

 

[chatnoir17]

It seems that you can update mods on steam workshop only 100 times. I have tried to upload my mod again and again, but failed. The data is 133 MB so it is rather big, but it doesn't matter because reducing the file size couldn't solve the problem.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=333442855

PS. Solved. Caused by a bad internet.

 

[ShamanMcLamie]

In effects it's done by:

create_hospital = <province_ID>

Maybe it works in history too?

I've seen that code and have tried to use it, but I don't know where to use it?

 

[Omniscient]

I've seen that code and have tried to use it, but I don't know where to use it?

I believe the command needs to be fired from the owner of the province. (At least for events, I don't know if it works in the history files)

 

[CounterfeitDragon]

Is there any file where the inner workings of the different successions are actually defined/coded? The succession_laws file just points to several different types, which I couldn't find anywhere else in the game files...?

 

[Omniscient]

Is there any file where the inner workings of the different successions are actually defined/coded? The succession_laws file just points to several different types, which I couldn't find anywhere else in the game files...?

They're all hard coded and can't be modded at all.

 

[CounterfeitDragon]

They're all hard coded and can't be modded at all.

Dang. I suspected as much, but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.

 

[Rydelfox]

When the game loads one of my event files, it only loads the first 57 events, but the file contains 70. What can cause it to not load the later events?

 

[Omniscient]

When the game loads one of my event files, it only loads the first 57 events, but the file contains 70. What can cause it to not load the later events?

Missing brackets in one event can break all events that come after it. It'd recommend putting your mod through the validator.

 

[Rydelfox]

Can't find any mismatched open/close braces, have the same total number of each. I'm not seeing anything in the Validator, but with the massive number of errors for 2.8 code, it's difficult to pick anything out.

 

[Auirus]

Can't find any mismatched open/close braces, have the same total number of each. I'm not seeing anything in the Validator, but with the massive number of errors for 2.8 code, it's difficult to pick anything out.

Sometimes a missing "=" can break the events too. I've had it happen before.

 

[alderbane]

I need a triggered-only event to fire every time a new character is created by decision/event, rather than born. Normally, I'd do this with an on_action; however, there doesn't seem to be one for this purpose. Is it possible to simulate an on_action for newly created characters, and if so, how might this be accomplished?

 

[blackninja9939]

I need a triggered-only event to fire every time a new character is created by decision/event, rather than born. Normally, I'd do this with an on_action; however, there doesn't seem to be one for this purpose. Is it possible to simulate an on_action for newly created characters, and if so, how might this be accomplished?

There is currently no on_action for it, your best bet otherwise is to find every instance of create_character and its education variants in the script files and for each one add/edit the new_character clause to fire the event you want on them.

 

[alderbane]

There is currently no on_action for it, your best bet otherwise is to find every instance of create_character and its education variants in the script files and for each one add/edit the new_character clause to fire the event you want on them.

That's what I was afraid of. There are hundreds of such instances, unfortunately.