Modding hopes,dreams and curses

[J.J.E.]

So obvious I'm surprised it hasn't been asked yet.

Commands which would let us script events like Pearl Harbor.

Please. Some way to target units in a specific province.

The idea is good enough, but let's take Pearl Harbor as an example: How would you make sure that the US even has ships stationed there if years have passed in the game. Such a command would be very difficult to actually function properly IMHO.

 

[unmerged(34399)]

Senario Editor

I'm using v1·03, but am having touble with the editor.

Every time I make a "User Defined" country, I try and give them some Theoretical and some Applied technologies. Theoreticals I can hand out just fine, but every time I try to activate Applied ones, like Large Shipyards or Basic Submachinegun, it won't become active. It will be highlighted blue in the research menu, but it won't have an affect on anything, ever.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

 

[jdrou]

I'm using v1·03, but am having touble with the editor.

Every time I make a "User Defined" country, I try and give them some Theoretical and some Applied technologies. Theoreticals I can hand out just fine, but every time I try to activate Applied ones, like Large Shipyards or Basic Submachinegun, it won't become active. It will be highlighted blue in the research menu, but it won't have an affect on anything, ever.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

Welcome to the forum. Unfortunately you've made a few mistakes here:
1. This post has nothing to do with this thread; you should have started a new one. (Maybe you just hit the wrong button.)
2. You are using an ancient version of the game (1.03); the current patch version is 1.06c (available for download from sticky thread in the main forum).
3. The scenario editor doesn't work well for certain things; one of those is technology. Adding tech with the editor only adds it to the list of techs that country has, it doesn't apply any actual effects. Since theories have no effects you wouldn't notice any problem with them. If you want to edit application techs you will need to modify the scenario files (.inc) with a text editor.

 

[unmerged(12544)]

"delete_devision which = -1" command

does not work at all for me, it should also work for a single unit like the help-file says, like

"delete_devision type = destroyer which = 1233" (1233 is the unit id)

you can enter an id instead of "-1", but right now that can't work because every unit type has its own id series, so country XXX can have id = 1233 as a destroyer, a inf division and a fighter at the same time and we can not yet specify the unit type.

 

[jdrou]

"delete_devision which = -1" command

does not work at all for me,

AFAIK it only works on divisions in units created in-game (type=4712, maybe 4713). (See bug report here.) I suspect the non-random version will only work on type 4712 as well since there's no way to specify a type. I have been meaning to try defining units in the scenario as type 4712 to see if it works on them so you might try that.

 

[unmerged(12544)]

Thanks.
And another wish. Make flags available for ALL countries (global), with the exclusion of AI_control. Right now e.g. a JAP flag can only be used by JAP and no other tag.

One more:
province_priorities = { } in the AI files, when you you include this in a new AI file all old values will be erased. I would like the option to either erase old values, or just add and remove new ones. like

province_priorities = { ADD 1070 = 100 }

province_priorities = { REMOVE 1070 = 100 }

province_priorities = { 1070 = 100 } should still overwrite all old ones

the same system should work for area_multiplier and country_priorities and similar variables, that overwrite all old values.

 

[KaiserChicken]

Is there any way to remove those nasty Sphere of Influence Threatened events?

 

[elbasto]

Is there any way to remove those nasty Sphere of Influence Threatened events?

Have you tried deleting the content from the event files?

 

[jdrou]

Have you tried deleting the content from the event files?

He probably tried that two years ago.

 

[Dr Rare]

Hoi1 Emergency!!

@jdrou
Sorry to post OT
But your pm box is full so i cant send you one about this problem.

Problem...I cant contact Havard (i have sent pms and email to his eu site and Admin here but nothing)
His valuable Hoi Modding site "Havards Hoi Hacking Haven" has been down for a month????

Can you help or contact him please????

Dr

 

[jdrou]

Sorry, I forgot that sent messages count towards the total. Cleaned up now. I sent Havard a PM on the 10th which he just read yesterday according to the confirmation so he was probably out of contact for a while. Maybe try contacting him again in a day or two if the site is still down.

 

[Dr Rare]

Sorry, I forgot that sent messages count towards the total. Cleaned up now. I sent Havard a PM on the 10th which he just read yesterday according to the confirmation so he was probably out of contact for a while. Maybe try contacting him again in a day or two if the site is still down.

Thanks a lot jdrou ,fingers crossed!!

Never realized how much i used that site till it was missing!!!

I did already send him PM's but they are unread ,i did wonder if his box was full or that possibly forum members cant tell if a mod has read there message as most PM's i have ever sent to mods are as unread??

Merry Xmas to you Mr Fixit

Dr

EDIT 2008 its all sorted now!!!Thanks jdrou
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