Is it possible to create an event that works with savegames?
Or do they only work with new games, not with old savegames?
Or do they only work with new games, not with old savegames?
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If you're referring to putting in an event, then booting up a savegame and having that event work, yes, that works with all events.
OK. I am trying to make an event that makes Bolivian independent from Peru (since it never happens in the game), but I still couldn't make it work. 
ShrineGuard said:
PMLF said:OK. I am trying to make an event that makes Bolivian independent from Peru (since it never happens in the game), but I still couldn't make it work.
Put it in the forums, we may help.
This is the event:
#########################################################################
# Union Peru-Bolivia dissolves
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 16803
random = no
country = PEU
name = "Bolivian Independence"
desc = "Bolivian Independence"
style = 0
date = { day = 15 month = july year = 1894 }
offset = 15
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1920 }
action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = prestige value = -25 }
command = { type = independence which = BOL }
}
}
Obs: It's based on another Peruvian event, but with some modifications.
#########################################################################
# Union Peru-Bolivia dissolves
#########################################################################
event = {
id = 16803
random = no
country = PEU
name = "Bolivian Independence"
desc = "Bolivian Independence"
style = 0
date = { day = 15 month = july year = 1894 }
offset = 15
deathdate = { day = 30 month = december year = 1920 }
action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = prestige value = -25 }
command = { type = independence which = BOL }
}
}
Obs: It's based on another Peruvian event, but with some modifications.
Well, since this event will only fire during 1894-1920, it will be useless until that date range comes about, which is too late in the game. What is the date in your savegame?
And it doesn't need to be defined as such, at least not regarding this particular event.
Have you tried triggering it yourself? Ie: F12, then type event 16803 PEU.
Is the event in a new file or in the original Peru.txt? If it's in a new file, then it'll have to be added to db\events.txt
PMLF said:
Have you tried triggering it yourself? Ie: F12, then type event 16803 PEU.
Is the event in a new file or in the original Peru.txt? If it's in a new file, then it'll have to be added to db\events.txt
Yep. I tried it and it didn't work. I didn't get any error message either.
Scythe said:
Apparently no event at all seems to work when I trigger it myself. Not even the original events.
The problem isn't with the savegame, as each time Vicky loads, it accounts for all of the event files and new events, so adding in an event would not affect a savegame. The problem must somehow lie in the event itself, though I cannot see what that problem is.
Neither can I, really...everything seems to be fine, at a glance.
Now this makes for a more serious problem....the original events shouldn't have any problems being triggered at all, even using the "console" (F12).
PMLF said:
Now this makes for a more serious problem....the original events shouldn't have any problems being triggered at all, even using the "console" (F12).
I could make the event work in another savegame file (still in 1855), but Bolivia didn't get the independence although the event did happen.
PMLF said:
Then that would only have 2 explanations, off the top of my head:
a)The event was manually triggered by the human player, who is controlling a a different country (not Peru...let's say Brazil) and the "PEU" part was missing in the F12 console. The event shows up for the human player, but nothing happens since he doesn't control the BOL provinces and can't give them independence.
b)The command is somehow wrong, by syntax or spelling mistakes.
Btw, since you said "still in 1855"...that means you either triggered the event or changed the date in the event text file, didn't you?
Scythe said:
a) Actually the event did happen for Peru (it was in the news: Peru had "The bolivian Independence), but I suppose something is missing in the event.
b) I triggered it by myself.
EDIT: It doesn't explain why I can trigger events myself in one savegame file, but not in the other one.
PMLF said:
Well the independence command should be enough, it works with other events. I'd actually believe that something else is slightly wrong, but in any case I can't seem to identify the problem...guess I'll try to test it in my copy in a few minutes.
The *only* reason that I can think for this part of the problem would be that the date is too late or too early for it to work in that savegame, but apparently that's not the case, you say...so there's no other reason for this difference, as far as I know. Must be a bug or something in your configuration/system.