ForestDragon's WML questions

[Ravana]

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dependencies=Ageless_Era,XP_Modification,Plan_Your_Advancements_Mod,Switch_Leader,Color_Modification,Ally_Village_Modification

[ForestDragon]

thanks

[ForestDragon]

hi everyone again, and sorry for bothering you with somewhat stupid questions, but here it is:

i would like something to randomly select a unit in a radius around a unit. i need it for a boss fight, where the boss casts random spells on random units.

[Astoria]

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[store_unit]
    [filter]
        side=whatever
        [filter_location]
             x,y=whatever
             radius=whatever
        [/filter_location]
    [/filter]
    kill=no
    variable=target_selection
[/store_unit]

{VARIABLE_OP target_idx rand "0..$($target_selection.length - 1)"}

The targeted unit should then be target_selection[$target_idx].

[zookeeper]

{VARIABLE_OP target_idx rand "0..$target_selection.length"}

Except target_idx can end up out-of-bounds by one. What you want is:

{VARIABLE_OP target_idx rand "0..$($target_selection.length - 1)"}

[ForestDragon]

so, if i understand you two correctly, the stored unit is the one whom the random selects around?
and, if i want, say, to so something to the selected unit, i should use this?:

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x,y=target_idx.x,target_idx.y

well, thanks for the help

[Astoria]

{VARIABLE_OP target_idx rand "0..$target_selection.length"}

Except target_idx can end up out-of-bounds by one. What you want is:

{VARIABLE_OP target_idx rand "0..$($target_selection.length - 1)"}

so, if i understand you two correctly, the stored unit is the one whom the random selects around?
and, if i want, say, to so something to the selected unit, i should use this?:

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x,y=target_idx.x,target_idx.y

No, you need to do x,y=$target_selection[$target_idx].x,$target_selection[$target_idx].y

[ForestDragon]

ok, thanks!

[ForestDragon]

hi, once again, i apologise if the sheer amount of wml questions of mine is getting on your nerves, but oh well, here it is:

i am trying to have a filter for a movement type, but it isn't working, i think i messed up with the [filter_wml] part

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        [filter]
           side=1,2
       [and]
            [filter_wml]
               [unit_type]
                 movement_type=mounted
               [/unit_type]
            [/filter_wml]
       [/and]
       [and]
        [not]
            [filter_wml]
                [status]
                    not_living="yes"
                [/status]
            [/filter_wml]
        [/not]
       [/and]
        [/filter]

[Ravana]

I doubt you can access it, but try just without [unit_type].

[zookeeper]

When you look at a unit via :inspect (or in a savefile), do you see a [unit_type] tag inside it and then a movement_type= key inside that? You don't, so your [filter_wml] cannot match.

So, you can't filter by movetype directly, but you can of course filter by individual movement/defense/resistance values and probably get effectively the same result that way.

[ForestDragon]

When you look at a unit via :inspect (or in a savefile), do you see a [unit_type] tag inside it and then a movement_type= key inside that? You don't, so your [filter_wml] cannot match.

So, you can't filter by movetype directly, but you can of course filter by individual movement/defense/resistance values and probably get effectively the same result that way.

ok, i did it like this, and it worked:

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            [filter_wml]
               [unit]
                  undead_variation=mounted
               [/unit]
            [/filter_wml]

it's much simpler than your solution, and it works not only on those with 'mounted' movement_type, but also wolves, and elvish riders, ect.

[beetlenaut]

That was a good idea, but just be careful of counting on it. If a zombie wolf gets created, for example, that could change.

[zookeeper]

That cannot work. There's no [unit] tag to filter for in a unit any more than there is a [unit_type] tag.

[beetlenaut]

Well, I mean using undead_variation is a good idea at least.