Modify canrecruit in a scenario [Solve]

[Cluric]

Hi,

I have a little problem with "canrecruit".
In my scenario, I've an AI player "passive", and next I've an event where I want to make this player "active" and allow him to recruit unit.

Here the definition of the side. "Trolloc" is a kind of unit I've create before. They appear/move/fight perfectly, and as you can see I define "canrecruit=no" and "ai_special = "guardian"" because it could be long before the side 2 be active, and I'll prefer he don't move or recruit units !

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[side]
	side=2
        type="Trolloc"
        id="ChefTrolloc2"
        name=_ "Chef Trolloc"
	ai_special = "guardian"
        canrecruit=no
	recruit="Trolloc"
        {GOLD 60 75 90}
        team_name="Engeances"
        user_team_name=_ "Engeances"
        controller=ai
	{INCOME  0 5 10}
 [/side]

Next, I creat an event to "activate" the player.

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[event]
     name=moveto
     # When player 1 come near to player 2
     [filter]
          side=1
          x=32-40
          y=19-23
     [/filter]
     [modify_side]
	       side=2
	       canrecruit = yes
     [/modify_side]
     [message]
          # A message which is correcly print to the screen (I check)
    [/message]
 [/event]

However, it didn't works ! I even tried to switch the side 2 to "human", and I found that I can't recruit.

I really don't understand where is the problem. Can somebody help me ?

[Dunno]

I think the problem is, that it's not the side that recruits. It's a unit. So you need to modify a unit in order to let a side recruit. It may be confusing, but when you define a side in [side] tags you also define a unit. Id, type, canrecruit, ai_special even recruit (iirc) all define a unit although they are in the [side] tag. Hope I helped

[Cluric]

I know the tag [side] define I also define a new unit. Here there is an unit named "Chef Trolloc" based on the type unit "Trolloc", and identified by the ID "chefTrolloc2. I know too than only this unit gave the ai_special "guardian" but it's not a problem because at the beginning this Chief can't recruit.

I don't think the kind of unit is a problem, because I've a side 3 defined exactly by the same code (except ID, "guardian" and canrecruit), and side 3 works without problem.
When I desactivate fog to see what the AI of side 2 do, I see that indeed it does not move and does not create new units (contrary to side 3).

My event to change that seems to work, because I can see the message, however the side 2 continue to do... nothing.

This is probably due to a stupid mistake on my part but ... I can't find it

[SkyOne]

Dunno probably means that Chef Trolloc doesn't really have to be the leader at the first time. So you can start side=2 with "no_leader=yes". Then modify him to "canrecruit=yes" in the event.

Another way is that put him "canrecruit=yes" + "passive_leader=no" in his [ai] tag, and recruit=blank at the start.
Then at the event, use [allow_recruit] tag to make him recruitable.

There may be another way to do, I think, but my brain doesn't work as well at this moment... because of own problem...

[Cluric]

Skyone, thanks a lot for your answers. I just tried the second method you propose, and It works. My problem is solve but...

I still do not understand why my own method did not work. If someone can explain it to me, it would be helpful.

I'm afraid I have misunderstood something, and I have similar problems in the future.

[SkyOne]

I may be wrong, but "canrecruit=no" is a very unusual action. The game doesn't consider as he/she is the leader.
And this:

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     [modify_side]
          side=2
          canrecruit = yes
     [/modify_side]

needs "id=ChefTrolloc2" in the tag...
This is not an exact answer as I think, though... I am like a zombie currently...

[JaMiT]

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     [modify_side]
	       side=2
	       canrecruit = yes
     [/modify_side]

If you check the documentation for [modify_side], you might notice that canrecruit= is not listed, and (in bold) it is explicitly stated that the listed properties are the only ones that [modify_side] can affect.

Furthermore, canrecruit= is not an attribute of a side (see SideWML -- it's not there), so there is no reason [modify_side] should support that attribute. What it is is an attribute of SingleUnitWML, so what you want to do is modify a unit, not modify a side.

[Dunno]

Furthermore, canrecruit= is not an attribute of a side (see SideWML -- it's not there), so there is no reason [modify_side] should support that attribute. What it is is an attribute of SingleUnitWML, so what you want to do is modify a unit, not modify a side.

That is actually what I've been trying to say, but my brain isn't working too fast right now, either. Especially when tackling foreign language

[Cluric]

Well, another error due to my lack of attention to read the documentation.

Thank you for your explanations, actually there is no reason for "can_recruits" is applicable into the [modify_side].
Sorry, I didn't understand your explanation Dunno.

Problem solve