new production unit - barracks

ff03k64

@Numetalfan Google drive is basically a storage space on the internet. Other versions are dropbox, microsoft onedrive, and apple has icloud. I am sure there are a million other ones as well, you could do a search for cloud storage and probably find a few of those other options.

ff03k64

@beelee

@ Numetalfan right on. I'm having trouble accessing your xml. Can you put it in a zip file an upload it ? I forget how to change it the way it currently is

I think you would want to just copy and paste it into a text editor, but you will need the new icons and graphics anyway. Though i think it will play without them, it will just be annoying.

beelee

@ff03k64 yea if you don't have the image it'll keep throwing the error but yea units folder should be all that's really needed. Can ignore the other stuff

beelee

@Numetalfan this will take a bit to go through but one thing is when you do your unitAttachment do them all at once. So instead of this:

</attachment>

</attachment>

it'd be:

<attachment name="unitAttachment" attachTo="barracks" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.UnitAttachment" type="unitType">
<option name="isFactory" value="true"/>
<option name='canProduceXUnits' value='2'/>
</attachment>

we probably don't want barracks as a factory as mentioned previously but will get to that

wc_sumpton

@ff03k64

You want to require different production facilities to produce different units. You have that worked out. But you also want China to be able to place units without production facilities. Triggers will need to be created that '-reset-' the 'requiresUnits' values prior to China's placement, and then reassign those values. Or China will need a different set of units.

Cheers...

Numetalfan

the online help has an example

Numetalfan

OK, I need help doing that.

first I added triggers to my properties:

now in the attachment section I need the correct coding. the trigger should be activated when it is the Chinese to play and the trigger has to be switched back when the Germans start at the latest, even better when the Chinese end their turn.

my first code lines are

but I know this is just crap - I have no idea how to program such a trigger - please help

ff03k64

@Numetalfan There is probably a game property that you need to set as well but i think you need some rulesattachments as well. Maybe not all of these, but some depending on exactly what you are trying.

    <attachment name="rulesAttachment" attachTo="Chinese" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.RulesAttachment" type="player">
      <option name="movementRestrictionTerritories" value="Chinghai:Ningxia:Sikang:Yunnan:Hupeh:Fukien:Suiyuan:Manchuria:Kiangsu:Kwangtung"/>
      <option name="movementRestrictionType" value="allowed"/>
      <option name="productionPerXTerritories" value="2"/>
      <option name="placementAnyTerritory" value="true"/>
      <option name="placementCapturedTerritory" value="true"/>
      <option name="placementPerTerritory" value="3"/>
    </attachment>

Numetalfan

@ff03k64

I have all this already, as my game is a derivate of the wwii v3-41 where the chinese are part of

the problem is:

with my

the Chinese functions are blocked, especially

now Infantry require a factory or SmallFactory or barracks and the Chinese have none of it

thats why I need a trigger for the Chinese to deactivate the placment restrection for them, the reactivate that

ff03k64

@Numetalfan edit: deleted a bunch of stuff.

I would make a new unit for chinese infantry

beelee

@ff03k64 yea a separate chinese unit would be the way to go imo. Probably similar amount of work and will give more flexibility. Will have fewer triggers firing as well, which should help game speed. Maybe not a lot but ...

Numetalfan

sounds like a plan, indeed:

  <!-- US Chinese Placements -->

  <unitPlacement unitType="Chinese_infantry" territory="Fukien" quantity="1" owner="Chinese"/>
  <unitPlacement unitType="Chinese_infantry" territory="Hupeh" quantity="1" owner="Chinese"/>
  <unitPlacement unitType="Chinese_infantry" territory="Suiyuan" quantity="1" owner="Chinese"/>
  <unitPlacement unitType="Chinese_infantry" territory="Yunnan" quantity="1" owner="Chinese"/>
  <unitPlacement unitType="fighter" territory="Sikang" quantity="1" owner="Chinese"/>
  <unitPlacement unitType="Chinese_infantry" territory="Sikang" quantity="1" owner="Chinese"/>
  <unitPlacement unitType="Chinese_infantry" territory="Ningxia" quantity="1" owner="Chinese"/>

so far so good.
where is the coding that the Chinese get one -new- Chinese_infantry instead of the normal infantry? Have not found that in the xml.

wc_sumpton

@ff03k64

Let's change the infantry for the Chinese:

<!-- Always True condition first -->
<attachment name="conditionAttachmentAlwaysTrue" attachTo="Chinese" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.RulesAttachment" type="player">
   <option name="switch" value="true"/>
</attachment>

<!-- Now the triggers -->
<!-- Reset requiresUnits to be empty -->
<attachment name="triggerAttachmentResetInfantry" attachTo="Chinese" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.RulesAttachment" type="player">
   <option name="conditons" value="conditionAttachmentAlwaysTrue"/>
   <option name="unitType" value="infantry"/>
   <option name="unitAttachmentName" value="UnitAttachment" count="unitAttachment"/>
   <option name="unitProperty" value="requiresUnits" count="-reset-"/>
   <option name="when" value="before:chinesePlace"/>
</attachment>

<!-- Add values to requiresUnits -->
<attachment name="triggerAttachmentSetInfantry" attachTo="Chinese" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.RulesAttachment" type="player">
   <option name="conditons" value="conditionAttachmentAlwaysTrue"/>
   <option name="unitType" value="infantry"/>
   <option name="unitAttachmentName" value="UnitAttachment" count="unitAttachment"/>
   <option name="unitProperty" value="requiresUnits" count="-reset-barracks"/>
   <option name="unitProperty" value="requiresUnits" count="factory"/>
   <option name="unitProperty" value="requiresUnits" count="SmallFactory"/>
   <option name="when" value="after:chinesePlace"/>
</attachment>

The above is untested but should work.

Cheers...

wc_sumpton

@Numetalfan

To use the Chinese_infantry for China, because it has 'purchaseNoPUs', you need to add into the rules for China:

			<!-- Chinese Rules -->
<attachment name="rulesAttachment" attachTo="Chinese" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.RulesAttachment" type="player">
   <option name="movementRestrictionTerritories" value="Chinghai:Ningxia:Sikang:Yunnan:Hupeh:Fukien:Suiyuan:Manchuria:Kiangsu:Kwangtung:Xinjiang"/>
   <option name="movementRestrictionType" value="allowed"/>
   <option name="productionPerXTerritories" value="2:Chinese_infantry"/> <!-- Add 'Chinese_infantry' here -->
   <option name="placementAnyTerritory" value="true"/>
   <option name="placementCapturedTerritory" value="true"/>
   <option name="placementPerTerritory" value="3"/>
</attachment>

That's it.

Cheers...

Numetalfan

@wc_sumpton said in new production unit - barracks:

<option name="productionPerXTerritories" value="2:Chinese_infantry"/>

perfect, it worked!
yet, I could place 4 Inf in a territory, which means

got disabled

WW2v4-1941.xml

Numetalfan

the barracks can now - I don't know why- only be build in a country already containing a factory.

can you take a look why. thx

beelee

@Numetalfan yea I can't get your game to load. Can you upload the whole thing with sendspace or something similar ? I can't really test anything

ahh...looks as if you are making progress

Numetalfan

https://storage.driveonweb.de/dowdoc/c84fc4098f53f8a8faed5e681e23787fea1923313e3590c5

password: TripleAAA

tell me, if it's downloadable

beelee

@Numetalfan yea I was able to DL it but when I added it to triplea I get a polygon error. Anyway, I just redid the Military Base on a mod I was working on and made it Infantry only, but I'm not sure if it'll work with what you want.

Factories and Bases can't be built in the same TTy but in this mod they can. So that screws up how I was gonna do it. It looks as if you and wc made some progress though.

What's the current status ? Everything ok except for Barracks building 4 ? If still having trouble, I'd look at Cernel's 270 BC again. I'm gonna take a look myself

beelee

@wc_sumpton said in new production unit - barracks:

because it has 'purchaseNoPUs

ahh...yea that makes things a bit different Guess I need to pay more attention before commenting.

I'm not sure how you can get China to buy and place a barracks. It might be easier to just give China a regular purchase phase. Idk