Problems with switch_allegiance variable

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I am having a problem directing tward a specific unit. I want to use the "value = [unit id]" variable, but nothing I try seems to work but the "-1" option for random selection. I want to directly point to a specific unit. As you set up divisions with "id = { type = [number] id = [number] } " it should be possible. Has anyone had success using this form of the command, or did I find another "Bug" in the HOI engine.

All help in this area will be greatly appreciated. If anyone at Paradox can assist, maybe it's the format of the variable I have wrong. I'm a retired programmer, so maybe I can help iron out a few bugs.

 

[jdrou]

I don't know if anyone has gotten unit-affecting commands to work by specifying unit ids. It may use 'corp' id rather than 'division' id. There doesn't seem to be any way to specify the type in addition to the id and ids are only unique for a given type. There is no way to read the id of a unit so you could only affect those that were created at the start of the scenario and they may no longer exist when the event fires. For practical purposes the only way to use unit-affecting event commands is with random units (and those only seem to affect corps created during the game i.e. usually type = 4712).