Newer, Beefier Version of Event Syntax Checker Available

unmerged(12357) · Jul 22, 2003

I have made some major changes to my Event Checker program, that are now available for download. I have renamed this project as "EU2 Lint", as an analogy to the lint programs which are utilities to check for bugs in C programs.

In addition to event parsing, it now can deal with the leader and monarch files, and all three of these types can be validated either separately or in a single execution. If leaders and/or monarchs are analyzed before the events, triggers and commands will make sure any leader/monarch ID that is referenced has been defined. I have also tied in the country.csv and text.csv as optional sources of information. The country tags defined in country.csv will be used to match with leader.TAG and monarch.TAG (and warn if TAG is invalid) filenames, and will make sure event references to country tags are valid. If the text.csv option is used, the script will validate any event name/description looking like ACTION* or EVENT* and make sure the corresponding string is a key in the text.csv file.

Since validation of a large number of files takes some time, you have the ability to save leader and monarch analyses to a data file in one step, and then import those data files for their ID references in a separate step. All three modes of operation (leader, monarch, and event) generate tab-delimited data files for all the objects they successfully parse, which can easily be brought into a spreadsheet later.

All of the command line options to this perl program can be intimidating, so the easiest way to use this is to use the example batch scripts in the win32 subdirectory as a starting point.

The online version is now using the latest code.

Most importantly for me, I have redesigned the code to allow for better code reuse. This will allow maintenance and enhancements to the scripts to be made more easily. In fact, I had done this before the leader/monarch addition, which made the addition of those a no-brainer!

Download at http://www.katica.org/cer28/eu2/. This link is unchanged from the previous version, so nothing needs to be changed in the Utilities and Tools threads in the forums.

Stonewall · Jul 23, 2003

Thank you...so very much. The one thing we've needed is a program that can identify id conflicts quickly and this appears to be that program. I wish I knew how to use perl.

Languish · Jul 23, 2003

Nice work RM... and i particularly like the use of the word "beefier"

wryun · Jul 23, 2003

Thanks v. much; it's a great tool.

Might be an idea to use perlcc or perl2exe so people don't have to install perl on their nice shiny Windows boxes.

unmerged(5110) · Jul 23, 2003

i have a special request to make!!!

This program is excellent!!! is there any way to

(a) make it work for HoI
(b) make it so it checks AI files for EU2
(c) make it so it checks AI files for HoI

(special special request)
(d) make it so i can make a custom text file called, say, commands.txt, which has every command/trigger/etc, what attributes they can hold, and what their range is??

for example:

command = { type = addmerchant which = ### value = 1-6 }

^ means that it will be possible to validate a command which allows you to add a merchant in the CoT in province ID ###. The range of the value can only be from 1 to 6.

If this is possible please get back to me!! Thanks for the great work you are loved by all!! ^_^

Jayavarman · Jul 23, 2003

This is beautiful, thanks!

Kaigon · Jul 24, 2003

Wonderful! Marvellous! What a masterpiece!

Truly great work RM... saves A LOT of time...

unmerged(12357) · Jul 25, 2003

Originally posted by wryun
Might be an idea to use perlcc or perl2exe so people don't have to install perl on their nice shiny Windows boxes.

I've looked at these, but so far I haven't convinced myself to spend the money. I've thought about adding the perl.exe itself along with the minimal required extra files, but haven't gotten the chance to try it yet. It would definitely make it easier for the average user.

unmerged(12357) · Jul 25, 2003

Originally posted by XieChengnuo
(a) make it work for HoI
(b) make it so it checks AI files for EU2
(c) make it so it checks AI files for HoI

With the improvements I made to the architecture, all of these could be done without too much difficulty. I will be on vacation soon, but I will give the AI files a try when I get back. I can't comment on HoI syntax, since I'm not familiar with it.

(special special request)
(d) make it so i can make a custom text file called, say, commands.txt, which has every command/trigger/etc, what attributes they can hold, and what their range is??

for example:

command = { type = addmerchant which = ### value = 1-6 }

^ means that it will be possible to validate a command which allows you to add a merchant in the CoT in province ID ###. The range of the value can only be from 1 to 6.

Now that is the easiest of the requests! You can get by with a cut/paste from a similar rule pretty safely. For the one you mentioned, you would just add the following block of code somewhere within the elsif ($state eq '<action_command>') section of EU2\Parse\EventParser.pm (i.e., around line 605):

if ( EU2:

arse::EventParser::matches( $toks, qw( type = addmerchant which =

rovince,rand: value = :int,1,6: ))) {
splice (@$toks, 0, 9);
next;
}

Nothing to recompile, just save the changes and re-run the lint.pl script.

wryun · Jul 25, 2003

Originally posted by Recess Monkey
I've looked at these, but so far I haven't convinced myself to spend the money. I've thought about adding the perl.exe itself along with the minimal required extra files, but haven't gotten the chance to try it yet. It would definitely make it easier for the average user.

perlcc comes with standard perl (i.e. it's free), though it is supposed to be not of production quality. Not that I've used it, but it might be worth a try. I think the perl requirement likely deters many/most users, even if it is much more convenient to run your checker offline rather than on.

unmerged(5110) · Jul 26, 2003

Originally posted by Recess Monkey
Now that is the easiest of the requests! You can get by with a cut/paste from a similar rule pretty safely. For the one you mentioned, you would just add the following block of code somewhere within the elsif ($state eq '<action_command>') section of EU2\Parse\EventParser.pm (i.e., around line 605):

if ( EU2:arse::EventParser::matches( $toks, qw( type = addmerchant which = rovince,rand: value = :int,1,6: ))) {
splice (@$toks, 0, 9);
next;
}

Nothing to recompile, just save the changes and re-run the lint.pl script.

...

i am sad because i have no idea what you are saying, unfortunately!! There is no way to make it so that it will accept a text file that is in the same folder? Because I am blank dumb when it comes to this perl programming thing!

Cat Lord · Jul 26, 2003

Not having perl, I have tried the cgi version.

Interestingly enough, I get 3 errors on an event script that I know is perfectly valid (i.e. has been tested, independantly from me, is loading and work very well).

The 3 errors display as:

Code:

[COLOR=firebrick]
Syntax error in object Event, state <trigger>, at line 539 char 1, with buffer 'event 171403 } random = no country = ARG name ='
Syntax error in object Event, state <start>, at line 2028 char 0, with buffer 'The League of Cambrai event = { id = 110003 random'
Syntax error in object Event, state <action_command>, at line 3741 char 14, with buffer 'type = loansize value = 300 } command = { type'
[/COLOR]

Any idea ?

Cat

Khephren · Jul 26, 2003

I'm pretty sure the correct command for loansize is..

command = { type = loansize which = x }

but maybe value is interchageable

Jayavarman · Jul 26, 2003

Originally posted by Khephren
I'm pretty sure the correct command for loansize is..

command = { type = loansize which = x }

You are correct... well, at least according to Havard's Event Scripting Guide.

Cat Lord · Jul 26, 2003

Originally posted by Khephren
I'm pretty sure the correct command for loansize is..

command = { type = loansize which = x }

but maybe value is interchageable

You're right ! They were mistakes !

Bugger, EU2 never complain about them, and the event were launch properly !

Cat

Cat Lord · Jul 26, 2003

Forget what I said !

Recess Monkey, I love you, your online parsing page is now in my all time favourite !

Cat

PS: I think you should have win a personal avatar just for that. This is an awesome tool to help building scenarios.

Jayavarman · Jul 26, 2003

Originally posted by Cat Lord
You're right ! They were mistakes !

Bugger, EU2 never complain about them, and the event were launch properly !

Cat

Some things EU2 ignores without warning... When you test events, you should also hover mouse over actions and see if effects are all there, because if command is written improperly, effect should be missing when you hover mouse over action in event box.

Cat Lord · Jul 26, 2003

Originally posted by Phillip V
Some things EU2 ignores without warning... When you test events, you should also hover mouse over actions and see if effects are all there, because if command is written improperly, effect should be missing when you hover mouse over action in event box.

Hopefully, the 3 mistakes had no impact whatsoever on our game (it is a challenge between players sharing the same save and custom events file and trying to do the best VP score with a particular country, for a given time. I call it the ScrAARbble, see my sig. Alas for you english-only speaking people, it is all in French

):

One was a trigger on an event that must have happened before it fires (and the ID of the event in the bad trigger condition was false BTW), so I supposed EU2 ignore this trigger line as the event happened properly.

The other was a # missing at the beginning of a comment, but hopefully I always put # at the end of my comments.

The last (loansize) is an event that will only fire in the next turn, so I have time to correct it.

Thanks again.

Cat

Cat Lord · Jul 26, 2003

Last but not least

[teasing mode]
Did anyone run it against all the base EU2 event files to find all the remaining bugs for Paradox ?
[/teasing mode]

Cat

Jayavarman · Jul 26, 2003

Re: Last but not least

Originally posted by Cat Lord
[teasing mode]
Did anyone run it against all the base EU2 event files to find all the remaining bugs for Paradox ?
[/teasing mode]

Cat

I was thinking of doing that, but I am way too lazy.

Also, I trust Johan and Paradox.

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