gold adding event help... PLEASE!!!

[zengetsu88]

Hey everybody! I need help with an event that I am placing into my eras file.
This event loads when the game starts and It is supposed to continually check if the is a certain unit on the battlefield (called: Trigon of Wealth)
If this unit is on the field then it is supposed to give its user one gold for every unit on the field at the beginning of the user's turn.

Here is what I got.

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#define TRIGON_WEALTH_THING
[event]
    name=prestart
    
    [if]
        [have_unit]
            [filter]
                side=$side_number
                type=Trigon of Wealth
            [/filter]
        [/have_unit]
    [then]
        [event]
            name=side turn
            first_time_only=no

            [store_unit]
                [filter]
                    side=$side_number
                [/filter]
                variable=units
            [/store_unit]
            
            [store_gold]
                side=$side_number
                variable=gold
            [/store_gold]

            {FOREACH units i}
                {VARIABLE_OP gold add 1}
            {NEXT i}
            
            [unstore_gold]
                variable=gold
                find_vacant=no
            [/unstore_gold]
            
            {CLEAR_VARIABLE units}
            {CLEAR_VARIABLE gold}
        [/event]
    [/then]
    [/if]
    {CLEAR_VARIABLE my_side}
[/event]
#enddef

I'm not sure what im doing wrong. I hate the stupid side thing and I always have trouble with that so i assume my side declaration is part of the reason.

Lastly this is for multiplayer, not campaign or a scenario.

[Ceres]

a) no [filter] in [have_unit].
b) you don't need to unstore gold. [unstore_gold] doesn't exist.
c) I'm not sure if side_number is already defined in a prestart event, and if, it won't be anything but 1.

[Reepurr]

This event loads when the game starts and It is supposed to continually check if the is a certain unit on the battlefield (called: Trigon of Wealth)

In that case, you don't want prestart, you want side turn. That makes it happen each side turn (when each player has a go, in other words).

As Ceres said, [have_unit] has no filter. If it makes it easier for you to remember, think of [have_unit] as a filter, but for [if] and [set_menu_item].

[zengetsu88]

Okay I did the fixes ya'll told me to do.
It is still not working.

here's what I got:

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#define TRIGON_WEALTH_THING
[event]
    name=prestart
    
    [if]
        [have_unit]
            side=1
            type=Trigon of Wealth
        [/have_unit]
    [then]
        [event]
            name=side turn
            first_time_only=no

            [store_unit]
                [filter]
                    side=1
                [/filter]
                variable=units
            [/store_unit]

            {FOREACH units i}
                [gold]
                    amount=1
                    side=1
                [/gold]
            {NEXT i}
            
            {CLEAR_VARIABLE units}
        [/event]
    [/then]
    [/if]
[/event]
#enddef

Thanks for the help so far!!!

[DEATH_is_undead]

Okay I did the fixes ya'll told me to do.
It is still not working.

here's what I got:
#define TRIGON_WEALTH_THING
[event]
name=prestart

[if]
[have_unit]
side=1
type=Trigon of Wealth
[/have_unit]
[then]
[event]
name=side turn
first_time_only=no

[store_unit]
[filter]
side=1
[/filter]
variable=units
[/store_unit]

{FOREACH units i}
[gold]
amount=1
side=1
[/gold]
{NEXT i}

{CLEAR_VARIABLE units}
[/event]
[/then]
[/if]
[/event]
#enddef



Thanks for the help so far!!!

If I recall correctly, [store_unit] does not need a filter.

[zookeeper]

If I recall correctly, [store_unit] does not need a filter.

You don't recall correctly.

[DEATH_is_undead]

If I recall correctly, [store_unit] does not need a filter.

You don't recall correctly.

Heh, then its [kill] I must be thinking of.... Disregard my post, then.

[bigkahuna]

Two things:

1. Where are you putting the macro {TRIGON_WEALTH_THING} within the scenario? It needs to be toplevel (inside the [scenario] tag, outside any [event] tags.)

2. If in a prestart event, the game ONLY checks at the FIRST time you start the scenario if you have the "Trigon of Wealth" unit. What you need to do is put it in an event named "side 1 turn" as so:

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#define TRIGON_WEALTH_THING
[event]
    name=side 1 turn   
    first_time_only=no 
    [if]
        [have_unit]
            side=1
            type=Trigon of Wealth
        [/have_unit]
        [then]
            [store_unit]
                [filter]
                    side=1
                [/filter]
                variable=units
            [/store_unit]

            {FOREACH units i}
                [gold]
                    amount=1
                    side=1
                [/gold]
            {NEXT i}
            
            {CLEAR_VARIABLE units}
        [/then]
    [/if]
[/event]
#enddef

[Reepurr]

...What? side 1 turn?

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[event]
    name=side turn
    first_time_only=no

would work just as well for all players, not just player 1.

[bigkahuna]

Right, but he is trying to do specifically side 1. If he does a normal side turn, he'd have to do yet another variable check to see if $side_number equalled 1.

[Reepurr]

If this unit is on the field then it is supposed to give its user one gold

Its user, not side 1. The [gold] was only given and changed to side 1 when ceres said that on a prestart event, it'll only be 1.

Originally, it was supposed to happen each turn, for each side. A bit like the way an Elvish Shaman's healing is triggered.

[zengetsu88]

If this unit is on the field then it is supposed to give its user one gold

Its user, not side 1. The [gold] was only given and changed to side 1 when ceres said that on a prestart event, it'll only be 1.

Originally, it was supposed to happen each turn, for each side. A bit like the way an Elvish Shaman's healing is triggered.

Thank you, yes that is what I'm going for. And its not for a scenario but for multiplayer era. But it makes sense that I need to do the check inside the "side turn" event and remove the prestart.

I will do some fixes and get back to ya'll.

Thanks for the input so far!!!

[zengetsu88]

Alright here is what I got.

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#define TRIGON_WEALTH_THING
[event]
    name=side turn   
    first_time_only=no

    [store_side]
        side=$side_number
        variable=self
    [/store_side]

    [if]
        [have_unit]
            side=self
            type=Trigon of Wealth
        [/have_unit]

        [then]
            [store_unit]
                [filter]
                    side=self
                [/filter]
                variable=units
            [/store_unit]

            {FOREACH units i}
                [gold]
                    amount=1
                    side=self
                [/gold]
            {NEXT i}
           
            {CLEAR_VARIABLE units}
        [/then]
        {CLEAR_VARIABLE self}
    [/if]
[/event]
#enddef

It is still not working. I know that the problem is coming from the "side=" stuff. I hate side declaration, because I can never get it to work. I want this to be used on whichever side is currently playing. But it is purely not working.

Thanks everbody for the input so far.

[Ceres]

Why don't you just go with side=$side_number for the [have_unit] and the [gold] also?

[Reepurr]

It's $self.side anyway, since $self is a container variable.