Cold War 1965 version 2.0 - Official Thread

[DaveBall068]

@beelee @wc_sumpton I want to implement victory conditions for the US Alliance (players: USA, NATO, SEATO) and the Soviet Alliance (players: USSR, Warsaw Pact, Arab League). Each must capture the other's three capitals. What is the best way to implement this? Thx

[RogerCooper]

@daveball068 said in Cold War 1965 version 2.0 - Official Thread:

@beelee @wc_sumpton I want to implement victory conditions for the US Alliance (players: USA, NATO, SEATO) and the Soviet Alliance (players: USSR, Warsaw Pact, Arab League). Each must capture the other's three capitals. What is the best way to implement this? Thx

Make the capitals victory cities and set the victory condition at 6 cities.

[wc_sumpton]

@daveball068

There will need to be conditions and triggers for each team.

<!-- Soviet Allliance victory conditions -->
<!-- NATO has 2 capitals, so check for ownership of 1 -->
<attachment name="conditionAttachmentSovietAlliance1NATOCapital" attachTo="USSR" javaClass="RulesAttachment" type="player">
   <option name="alliedOwnershipTerritories" value="United Kingdom:Northeast Canada" count="1"/>
</attachment>
<attachment name="conditionAttachmentSovietAllianceVictory" attachTo="USSR" javaClass="RulesAttachment" type="player">
   <!-- This add the NATO capitals as a condition -->
   <option name="conditions" value="conditionAttachmentSovietAlliance1NATOCapital"/>
   <option name="alliedOwnershipTerritories" value="Northeast United States:New South Wales" count="2"/>
</attachment>
<!-- US Alliance victory conditions -->
<attachment name="conditionAttachmentUSAllianceVictory" attachTo="USA" javaClass="RulesAttachment" type="player">
   <option name="alliedOwnershipTerritories" value="Moscow:Poland:Egypt" count="3"/>
</attachment>

<!-- USSR Alliance triggers -->
<attachment name="triggerAttachmentUSSRAllainceVictory_CapitalControl" attachTo="USSR" javaClass="TriggerAttachment" type="player">
   <option name="conditions" value="conditionAttachmentSovietAllianceVictory"/>
   <option name="when" value="after:arableagueEndTurn"/>
   <!-- both "victory" and "notification" will look in the "notifications.properties" in your maps root folder for a string with the value's name, and then it will use whatever is to the right of the = sign.-->
   <option name="victory" value="USSR_ALLIANCE_VICTORY"/>
   <option name="players" value="USSR:WarsawPact:ArabLeague"/>
</attachment>
<attachment name="triggerAttachmentUSAAlliance_CapitalControl" attachTo="USA" javaClass="TriggerAttachment" type="player">
   <option name="conditions" value="conditionAttachmentUSAllianceVictory"/>
   <option name="when" value="after:arableagueEndTurn"/>
   <option name="victory" value="USA_ALLIANCE_VICTORY"/>
   <option name="players" value="USA:NATO:SEATO"/>
</attachment>

There will also need to be a notifications.properties file with the "victory" messages.

USSR_ALLIANCE_VICTORY=The USSR Alliance has triggered a Victory with control of at least 1 NATO capital and both USA and SEATO capitals
USA_ALLIANCE_VICTORY=The USA Alliance has triggered a Victory with the control of USSR, WarsawPact and ArabLeague Capitals

Cheers...

[DaveBall068]

@jkprince Thank you for the detailed feedback. I really appreciate it. These are some great ideas! I have a new version in progress that already addresses some of these. It runs in prerelease 2.7 and contains many game balance changes. If possible, I would like to get your feedback on the new version.

I think your ideas have merit. I like enhancing SEATO with more territory. I also the concept of transferring (WhenCapturedByGoesTo) territory to allies.

The map inset is a huge amount of work and I am trying to avoid changing it. I did think about something similar and adding in Diego Garcia. I am prioritizing these for a later release, maybe.

Moving Israel to USA makes sense I think from game play standpoint.

The tense borders (East/West Germany, the Koreas, India/Pakistan, Kashmir) contain large numbers of defensive border guard units to represent the heavily armed standoff.

The new map version for TripleA 2.7 contains and independent India which will attack Kashmir and Pakistan, and China which will act to liberate Taiwan and Sino Pact if occupied. I have also changed the truck (more expensive) to keep AI from stockpiling them. Same with Carriers. Also, ICBMs have a range of 12 and cost 10. Plus, fixed missing land/sea connections.

Latest version: cold_war_1965-master-rev02-D
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q2C3wcDJqoQoFz68ERTsdH-haPw1sqrP/view?usp=sharing

[DaveBall068]

@wc_sumpton Thank you so much for the code sample! I will implement in the next version.

[TheDog]

@daveball068
If you can find a current map that meets your needs it is far easier to insert your code into that, than to keep splitting your current map.

[RogerCooper]

@daveball068 said in Cold War 1965 version 2.0 - Official Thread:

@jkprince Thank you for the detailed feedback. I really appreciate it. These are some great ideas! I have a new version in progress that already addresses some of these. It runs in prerelease 2.7 and contains many game balance changes. If possible, I would like to get your feedback on the new version.

I think your ideas have merit. I like enhancing SEATO with more territory. I also the concept of transferring (WhenCapturedByGoesTo) territory to allies.

The map inset is a huge amount of work and I am trying to avoid changing it. I did think about something similar and adding in Diego Garcia. I am prioritizing these for a later release, maybe.

Moving Israel to USA makes sense I think from game play standpoint.

The tense borders (East/West Germany, the Koreas, India/Pakistan, Kashmir) contain large numbers of defensive border guard units to represent the heavily armed standoff.

The new map version for TripleA 2.7 contains and independent India which will attack Kashmir and Pakistan, and China which will act to liberate Taiwan and Sino Pact if occupied. I have also changed the truck (more expensive) to keep AI from stockpiling them. Same with Carriers. Also, ICBMs have a range of 12 and cost 10. Plus, fixed missing land/sea connections.

Latest version: cold_war_1965-master-rev02-D
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q2C3wcDJqoQoFz68ERTsdH-haPw1sqrP/view?usp=sharing

Do you want to post this version or are you still working on it?

[RogerCooper]

@rogercooper I was running a test of the version currently on TripleA and received the following error.

 IllegalStateException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: sortedTargetsToPickFrom must have the same size as targetsToPickFrom list 
IllegalStateException: sortedTargetsToPickFrom must have the same size as targetsToPickFrom list

[DaveBall068]

@rogercooper The latest version errors out in release 2.5. It requires 2.7 to run. Do you know when 2.7 will go to prod?

[RogerCooper]

@daveball068 I always use the Prerelease version.

[DaveBall068]

@jkprince I get the following error after implementing the following XML:

Missing property definition for option 'whenCapturedByGoesTo' in attachment 'territoryDefinition'

<attachment name="territoryAttachment" attachTo="East Germany" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.TerritoryAttachment" type="territory">
  <option name="production" value="7"/>
  <option name="whenCapturedByGoesTo" value="USSR:WarsawPact"/>
</attachment>

@wc_sumpton @beelee Any thoughts?

[DaveBall068]

@rogercooper I am running map Build D (linked above) with no errors in 2.7.15189. Can you confirm we are on the same build and release?

[beelee]

@rogercooper

Can you add Dave to the git repo ?

https://www.blinkops.com/blog/how-to-add-collaborators-to-your-github-repository

@DaveBall068 you would need to join git if you haven't already

[RogerCooper]

@daveball068 said in Cold War 1965 version 2.0 - Official Thread:

@rogercooper I am running map Build D (linked above) with no errors in 2.7.15189. Can you confirm we are on the same build and release?

Yes, same release.

[RogerCooper]

@beelee I don't seem to have the rights to add DaveBall.

[DaveBall068]

@rogercooper @beelee My GitHub is: Conarymor068

[beelee]

@daveball068 said in Cold War 1965 version 2.0 - Official Thread:

Missing property definition for option 'whenCapturedByGoesTo' in attachment 'territoryDefinition'

Idk. Maybe your missing a game property ?

I would think you already have those though. wc should know or @RogerCooper @TheDog might as well too.

[jkprince]

@daveball068 Odd, because it works for me.
Also, it's not necessary to add this to East Germany because East Germany has WarsawPact as the original owner, so USSR would liberate it if it was reconquered anyways.

(yes I know AI-China territory restrictions don't allow this, it's just an example)

[TheDog]

Capture Units on Entering Territory
Is usually not set as True, so is usually false.

I have not played the map, but I think it should be false.