passive_leader Question

[aelius]

I'm attemtping to create a side 2 leader that simply sits there until your hero moves next to him, at which point they will talk. The problem I am having is that the side 2 leader keeps wandering off. In the side 2 [side] tag I have the following:

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	[ai]
		passive_leader=yes
	[/ai]

which I think is the correct code? I wonder if the fact that I change his keep into grassland in the pre-start event is interfering with the passive_leader tag? Anyone with good success using passive_leader in 1.1.1?

- b.

[zookeeper]

I'm not sure about passive_leader, except that I once had some similar problems with it. More reliable would be to use ai_algorithm=idle_ai, but that would make the whole side be completely idle, which might not be what you want. Other way could be to put a name=side turn event which sets the movement points (unit.moves) of the unit to 0 every time it's side is about to take it's turn.

[scott]

Try this:

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[event]
name=side turn

[store_unit]
variable=passive_store
[filter]
description=leadername
[/filter]
[/store_unit]

{VARIABLE passive_store.moves 0}

[unstore_unit]
variable=passive_store
[/unstore_unit]

{CLEAR_VARIABLE passive_store}

[/event]

Works fine. You can surround the innards with an [if] statement if you want to turn it off after a point. If you don't want it to recruit, you would have to remember to adjust its gold too. I haven't tested it with a leader, but I assume it would still try to recruit.

[aelius]

Well, I thought it worked like a charm. The leader still moves and attacks. The actual code that I use in my scenario is:

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[event]
	name=side turn
	first_time_only=no

	[store_unit]
		variable=passive_store
		[filter]
			description=Ukark
		[/filter]
	[/store_unit]
	
	{VARIABLE passive_store.moves 0}

	{DEBUG_MSG $passive_store.moves}

	[unstore_unit]
		variable=passive_store 
	[/unstore_unit]

	{CLEAR_VARIABLE passive_store}
[/event] 

Adding a debug message and a first_time_only=no. The game reports his movement as 0 at the beginning of his side turn, but he still moves and attacks. I may have to resort to idle_ai...
- b.

[scott]

I think so. I thought it was working for me on Gryphon Mountain, but I must be mistaken. The movement is wiped out and then immediately restored due to how side_turn works. Sorry.

[Noyga]

To disable the movement of your leader, you can do something like this :

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	[event]
		name=prestart
		[object]
			silent=yes
			[filter]
				description=Ukark
			[/filter]
			[effect]
				apply_to=movement
				set=0
			[/effect]
		[/object]
	[/event]

He will be still able to attack...

[Elvish_Pillager]

Set his current moves in a side turn event. Last I checked, units with 0 moves crash the game.

[scott]

Set his current moves in a side turn event. Last I checked, units with 0 moves crash the game.

The first thing won't work. The second thing is correct.

I'm trying to see if changing goto_x and goto_y work. A recent bugfix makes these work for AI units.

[Xan]

I'm trying to see if changing goto_x and goto_y work. A recent bugfix makes these work for AI units.

Only if he runs out of movement points, otherwise he can just use the rest afterwards.

[scott]

So if you set goto_x and goto_y to his current location in a side turn event, he'll still move?

[Xan]

Since the goto command will be done, the normal ai will use the rest of his moves.

[Noyga]

Last I checked, units with 0 moves crash the game.

Well i tried and it worked fine with me, except the number of movement point was bogus in the status bar.