Need help with Modding Events

[Roman617]

So, I created a event by reverse engineering events already there I came up with this:

namespace = rome_test_event

rome_test_event.1 = {
  
    type = country_event
    title = "rome_test_event.1.t"
    desc = "rome_test_event.1.desc"
    picture = romans_marching
    goto_location = root
    trigger = {
        tag = ROM
        NOT = {
            has_variable = rome_test_100_flag
        }
    }
    immediate = {
        set_variable = { 
            name = rome_test_100_flag
        }
    }
    option = {
        name = "rome_test_event.1.a"
        ai_chance = {
            factor = 100
        }
        C:ROM = {
            create_unit = {
                name = "Roman Army 1"
                location = p:2
                while = {
                    count = 20
                    add_subunit = heavy_infantry
                }
                while = {
                    count = 5
                    add_subunit = horse_archers
                }
                while = {
                    count = 5
                    add_subunit = heavy_cavalry
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

I localized it afterwards. Then to see if it worked I went into a new game to see if it would trigger and it never did. Does anyone know why its not working?

I don't know if this helps but here's what I localized:

rome_test_event.1.t:0 "The New Recruits"
rome_test_event.1.desc:0 "Rome has gotten a new contingent of troops"
rome_test_event.1.a:0 "Very Good"

 

[rivtaldm]

Event triggers aren't checked monthly as they are in other Paradox titles; if you want the trigger checked monthly or yearly you need to put it in the appropriate on_action file.

 

[Roman617]

Thanks so much, you're a life saver!!!

 

[Praetorian44]

Event triggers aren't checked monthly as they are in other Paradox titles; if you want the trigger checked monthly or yearly you need to put it in the appropriate on_action file.

Do you happen to know how the weight_multiplier works? I know that it modifiers the chance that random on_actions will occur, but not sure of the specifics.

 

[Stars_and_Bars]

Do you happen to know how the weight_multiplier works? I know that it modifiers the chance that random on_actions will occur, but not sure of the specifics.

Well you can make events that will always fire each year, and those that have a less than 100% chance to fire. I'd assume that the weight multiplier sums all the weights and does the event weight/sum to find the probability of firing, but if that's not the case, you'd just have to keep the sum of the weights fixed to 100 to not be confused.

 

[rivtaldm]

Do you happen to know how the weight_multiplier works? I know that it modifiers the chance that random on_actions will occur, but not sure of the specifics.

In the random section of an on_action you'll have values which correspond to the chance of each event (or no event if there's a blank entry) happening exactly like in EU4. Weight multipliers in the events in question then multiply by the base value for that event in the on_action file.

E.G. If the on_action entries have 900 = 0 and 100 = my_event.1, no weight multipliers or a weight multiplier that was equal to 1 would result in a 100/1000 chance that my_event.1 fires. If the weight multiplier in my_event.1 was equal to 2, it would result in a 200/1100 chance of the event firing and so forth.

 

[Praetorian44]

In the random section of an on_action you'll have values which correspond to the chance of each event (or no event if there's a blank entry) happening exactly like in EU4. Weight multipliers in the events in question then multiply by the base value for that event in the on_action file.

E.G. If the on_action entries have 900 = 0 and 100 = my_event.1, no weight multipliers or a weight multiplier that was equal to 1 would result in a 100/1000 chance that my_event.1 fires. If the weight multiplier in my_event.1 was equal to 2, it would result in a 200/1100 chance of the event firing and so forth.

Thank you for explaining