Custom ability doesn't do anything

[Anagkai]

...except being indicated on the unit.

So, the unit has said ability. Also I have a good number of other abilities, that do work, so it seems there is a problem with that specific one.

What it should do: Everytime a unit adjacent to and on the same side as a unit with this abilitiy dies, said side should get 1 gold.

Here's the ability code:

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#define ABILITY_RECYCLING
    [dummy]
        id=recycling
        name= _ "recycling"
        female_name= _ "female^recycling"
        description=_ "This unit will produce one gold whenever an adjacent allied unit dies."
    [/dummy]
	[event]
		id=recycling_produce_gold
		name=die
		first_time_only=no

		[filter_adjacent]
			ability=recycling
			adjacent=n,ne,se,s,sw,nw
		[/filter_adjacent]
	
		[gold]
			side=unit.side
			amount=1
		[/gold]

		text= _ "+1 Gold"	
	[/event]
#enddef

Hope, somebody can give me a clue...

[Ravana]

side=unit.side - no such side exists.
text= _ "+1 Gold" [event] does not use text key.

[zookeeper]

Wherever it is you call that macro is not a place where [event] is recognized.

And [filter_adjacent] in an [event] has no meaning.

[Anagkai]

-Why would that side not exist? Does a "die" event not have the associated (i.e. dying) unit as a variable?
-Can I use the [print]-tag?
-How would I go about implementing an ability that needs an event.
-Do I need to put the filter_adjacent inside the [filter]?

[Pentarctagon]

-Why would that side not exist? Does a "die" event not have the associated (i.e. dying) unit as a variable?

He means it should be $unit.side, not unit.side as it is, since there is in fact no side that is literally the value "unit.side".

[skeptical_troll]

-How would I go about implementing an ability that needs an event.
-Do I need to put the filter_adjacent inside the [filter]?

-You can see some examples of unit abilities here. The [abilities] tag does not support [event], you can put it somewhere else, like inside the unit definition or in the relevant scenarios.
-yes

[Bitron]

If you want to have the event inside your abilities tag, you can try this:

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#define YOUR MACRO
	[dummy]
		# your dummy
	[/dummy]

	[/abilities] # jump out of the abilities tag

	[event]
		# your event
	[/event] 

	[+abilities] # go back in
#enddef