Question about trenches domination 1914 no mans land

[Ramon]

@wc_sumpton

Hi WC,

Thanks a lot for your response!

If i understand correctly this forces the japanese player to buy 6 dice for 20 ipc each round right?

Is it possible to give the player a choice? either buy 6 dice or dont buy any?

Cheers!

[Ramon]

@VictoryFirst

Hi Victory,

Thanks for your response!

Is disallowing the flying boats to attack and land on land altogether relatively easy? If so how can this be done?

[beelee]

@Ramon

The other option would be to disallow the Flying Boat to enter land altogether.

yea that's what I was trying to suggest, I just can't remember how to do it

[wc_sumpton]

@Ramon said:

Is disallowing the flying boats to attack and land on land altogether relatively easy? If so how can this be done?

Using "unitsNotAllowed" in territoryEffect.

Cheers...

[VictoryFirst]

@Ramon I think the best way to do this is to add a territoryEffect called "Land", add the territory effect to every land territory in the game, then create a territoryEffectAttachment for "Land" with the option "unitsNotAllowed", as WC said above.

First specify this after relationshipTypes and before gamePlay

<territoryEffectList>
    <territoryEffect name="Land"/>
</territoryEffectList>

Then add this to every territoryAttachment of land territories. You can probably use AI to speed up this process.

<attachment name="territoryAttachment" attachTo="Albania" javaClass="games.strategy.triplea.attachments.TerritoryAttachment" type="territory">
    ...
    <option name="territoryEffect" value="Land"/>
    ...
</attachment>

Lastly, add this:

<attachment name="territoryEffectAttachment" attachTo="Land" javaClass="TerritoryEffectAttachment" type="territoryEffect">
      <option name="unitsNotAllowed" value="FlyingBoat"/>
</attachment>

[beelee]

@VictoryFirst said:

<property name="Movement By Territory Restricted" value="true" editable="false">
<boolean/>
</property>

there it is. I knew I'd remember if I just saw it again lol.

Good luck Ramon. You have the A Team helping you. If those guys can't figure it out, then it can't be done.

Then they will have to make engine changes

[beelee]

@VictoryFirst said:

<property name="Movement By Territory Restricted" value="true" editable="false">
<boolean/>
</property>

there it is. I knew I'd remember if I just saw it again lol.

Good luck Ramon. You have the A Team helping you. If those guys can't figure it out, then it can't be done.

Then they will have to make engine changes

[wc_sumpton]

@Ramon said:

Is it possible to give the player a choice? either buy 6 dice or dont buy any?

Create it as a purchasable item:

    <productionRule name="buyTechTokens">
      <cost resource="PUs" quantity="20"/>
      <result resourceOrUnit="techTokens" quantity="6"/>
    </productionRule>

and add to the production of each player. The triggers are not needed when doing this.
"userActions" can be used:

    <attachment name="userActionAttachment_Japanese_Purchase_6TT" attachTo="Japanese" javaClass="UserActionAttachment" type="player">
      <option name="conditions" value="conditionAttachment_Is_Japanese_Not_AI"/>
      <option name="activateTrigger" value="triggerAttachment_Give_Japanese_6_techTokens"/>
      <option name="activateTrigger" value="triggerAttachment_Take_20_PUs_From_Japanese"/>
      <option name="text" value="Japanese_6TT"/>
      <option name="attemptsPerTurn" value="1"/>
    </attachment>

Then the actionstext.properties:

Japanese_6TT.BUTTON=[Purchase]
Japanese_6TT.DESCRIPTION=Purchase 6 techTokens for 20 PUs.
Japanese_6TT.NOTIFICATION_SUCCESS=You have purchased 6 techTokens for 20 PUs.
Japanese_6TT.OTHER_NOTIFICATION_SUCCESS=The Japanese have purchased 6 techTokens for 20 PUs.

There are 2 problems with this approach. The AI does not use "userActions". This can be checked by using "isAI":

    <attachment name="conditionAttachment_Is_Japanese_AI" attachTo="Japanese" javaClass="RulesAttachment" type="player">
      <option name="isAI" value="true"/>
    </attachment>
    <attachment name="conditionAttachment_Is_Japanese_Not_AI" attachTo="Japanese" javaClass="RulesAttachment" type="player">
      <option name="conditions" value="conditionAttachment_Is_Japanese_AI"/>
      <option name="invert" value="true"/>
    </attachment>
     <attachment name="triggerAttachment_Japanese_Purchase_6TT" attachTo="Japanese" javaClass="TriggerAttachment" type="player"> 
		<option name="conditions" value="conditionAttachment_Is_Japanese_AI"/>
		<option name="chance" value="3:6"/>
		<option name="chanceIncrementOnFailure" value="1"/>
		<option name="chanceDecrementOnSuccess" value="1"/>
		<option name="notification" value="Japanese_6TT"/>
		<option name="when" value="before:JapaneseTech"/>
		<option name="players" value="@All-Players@"/>
      <option name="activateTrigger" value="triggerAttachment_Give_Japanese_6_techTokens"/>
      <option name="activateTrigger" value="triggerAttachment_Take_20_PUs_From_Japanese"/>
	</attachment> 

The other problem is there is no way to test if Japanese have the 20PUs, they will always be able to purchase the 6 techTokens.

Cheers...

[Ramon]

@VictoryFirst

Hi Victory!

Thanks a lot for the suggestion! It works perfectly!

Cheers!

[Ramon]

@beelee

They are indeed the best! I greatly appreciate all the help from you guys!

Cheers!

[Ramon]

@wc_sumpton

Thanks a lot for your response!

So if i understand correctly with this trigger there is no way for the engine to check if the Japanese have 20PU's?

Meaning they can always buy tech?

Cheers!

[wc_sumpton]

@Ramon said:

So if i understand correctly with this trigger there is no way for the engine to check if the Japanese have 20PU's?

Meaning they can always buy tech?

Yes

Cheers...