modify ai tag help please!

[J-bros]

Hi all,

The trick to the scenario we're working on is for the player's ally (side 2) to delay helping the player until an event is fired. We succeeded in keeping side 2 motionless:

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    [side]
    	side=2
    	controller=ai
    	user_team_name= _ "Rodriguez"
    	team_name=team1
    	type=TG Highwayman
    	id=Rodriguez
    	name= _ "Rodriguez"
    	unrenamable=yes
    	{GOLD 0 0 0}
    	{INCOME 0 0 0}
    	recruit=TG Ruffian,TG Thug,TG Addict,TG Wrestler
    	[ai]
    		[avoid]
    			x=1-71
                        y=1-31
                [/avoid]
        [/ai]
    [/side]

The [avoid] tag pretty much disallows side 2's units from moving anywhere on the map (71x31 is the size of the map).

That works to keep side 2 from moving, but it's been trouble getting them to mobilize. Essentially, after a certain event is fired, I want the ai tag above to go away, allowing side 2 to do some damage. Suggestions?

Thanks as always,
J-bros

[Elvish_Hunter]

Use the [modify_ai] tag in that event: http://wiki.wesnoth.org/DirectActionsWM ... dify_ai.5D

[mattsc]

There are a number of other ways you can do this too, depending on what exactly you want. You could set controller=null for Side 2 either from the beginning (in which case I think you need to create the leader of the side manually) or in the prestart or start event. In this case, units will not do anything (not even defend themselves when attacked) and the side will not show up in the statistics either. You then change it to controller=ai for mobilizing the side.

Or, you could have an event

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[event]
    name=side 2 turn refresh
    first_time_only=no

    [if]
        some condition
        [then]
            {MODIFY_UNIT side=2 moves 0}
        [/then]
    [/if]
[/event]

and you make sure that 'some condition' is met at the beginning, and not met after you mobilize the side. In this case, units will not move, but they will attack enemy units that move next to them.

[J-bros]

Thanks you guys!

I took mattsc's second suggestion and it works perfectly.

J-bros