[ian-reeds-games] Re: Plans for the coming school year!
- From: Richard Claridge <richard.claridge68@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 20:25:44 +0100
Hi Abi.
Thanks for your reply.
I was only trying to have the commando appear randomly. The troop
transport was down as the startunit, which I thought meant a point
where the area would be centralised from. Have I misunderstood that?
And what about what Ian was saying about the quotes around the
numbers? is this necessary or have I done it right?
Thanks
Richard
P.S. I've just tried it using a starttilex and starttiley instead of
the startunit and it worked fine. So could it be something to do with
using a unit instead of a point?
On 8/25/13, abigail prescott <abigail.prescott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The event can only have one unit parameter set. If you want to have two
> units placed randomly with the same skill, you need to have another
> after_perform event for that unit. So you would have one event for the
> troop_transport, and then another for the comando. I'm pretty sure that's
> the problem but if not, I'll give it a closer look.
>
> Abi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Reed
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2013 6:33 PM
> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: Plans for the coming school year!
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> I haven't looked at Abi's scripts so she would probably answer this
> better, but I'll throw out what I see initially.
> The rangey: 2, should not have a comma at the end.
> The error you got is the engine complaining that Abi called the
> calculate method and passed in a string that didn't look like something
> it was supposed to calculate.
> This might be because the rangex and rangey arguments do not have quotes
> around the numbers.
> But again I haven't looked at her scripts so it could also be something
> different.
>
> Ian Reed
>
>
> On 8/25/2013 8:10 AM, Richard Claridge wrote:
>> Hi Abi.
>> I've just tried to use your randomise units script but with no luck.
>> I'm sure its me doing something wrong but I thought I'd check with
>> you.
>>
>> I've copied your script into a folder named after you in the TB
>> scripts folder. I've then created the appropriate skill and put the
>> following into it.
>>
>> after_perform=randomise_unit_positions@ { startunit:
>> "troop_transport", minunit: 1, maxunit: 2, unit: "commando", rangex:
>> 2, rangey: 2, }
>>
>> When my unit uses the script I get the following error and nothing
>> happens.
>>
>> Error in script.
>> Calling Context: randomise_unit_positions
>> Filename: random unit positions.js
>> Line: 43
>> Column: 11, 12
>> Input string was not in a correct format.
>> Noesis.Javascript.JavascriptException: Input string was not in a
>> correct format. ---> System.FormatException: Input string was not in a
>> correct format.
>> at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options,
>> NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
>> at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style,
>> NumberFormatInfo info)
>> at System.Int32.Parse(String s)
>> at Game.CalculatedInt.ParseWithoutErrorChecking(String s) in
>> C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\CustomPoint.cs:line 490
>> at Game.SharedStateBase.Calculate(String s) in
>> C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\SharedState.cs:line 124
>> --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
>> at Noesis.Javascript.JavascriptContext.Run(String iScript, String
>> iScriptResourceName)
>> at Game.JS.Run(String script, String callingContext) in
>> C:\Data\Recent\TacticalRPG\TacticalRPG\JS.cs:line 106
>>
>> Any ideas about this?
>> Thanks
>> Richard
>>
>> On 8/24/13, abigail prescott <abigail.prescott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> That's fine, sometimes I forget that just because I know something it
>>> doesn't mean everyone else will get it.
>>>
>>> In the data for tb folder, there is a scripts folder. Make a new folder
>>> in
>>> that folder and put the randomise_unit_positions file into it. Then it
>>> depends on whether you want to have a skill randomise the map, or just
>>> make
>>>
>>> it happen when the player hits a key, (though I don't recomend that, as
>>> they
>>>
>>> could do it at any point of the game and I can't think of many
>>> situations
>>> where you would want that option to be available). Unfortunately, if
>>> there
>>> is a way to just make it happen as soon as the map was created, I don't
>>> know
>>>
>>> it.
>>>
>>> To make a skill that will randomly place units, make the skill file as
>>> usual
>>>
>>> and then add this line at the bottom:
>>> after_perform=randomise_unit_positions@ { }
>>>
>>> Then you put the parameters in the braces like this:
>>> after_perform=randomise_unit_positions@ { unit: "type of unit" }
>>>
>>> Does that make sense?
>>>
>>> Abi
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Richard Claridge
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 1:50 PM
>>> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: Plans for the coming school year!
>>>
>>> Hi Abi.
>>> I sort of understand this but not totally. Sorry :).
>>> What file does this randomise_unit_positions bit go in? Is it in the
>>> map file or what?
>>> Also do I follow the randomise_unit_positions with a : and then put
>>> the various other bits inside { }?
>>> Sorry for not being totally sure, I think this will make loads of map
>>> packs really interesting if it works. And I look forward to using it
>>> in my stuff.
>>> Thanks
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> On 8/23/13, abigail prescott <abigail.prescott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Here’s the link to a randomising function I wrote. All you have to do
>>>> is
>>>> make a new folder in the scripts folder and put this file in. Then you
>>>> can
>>>> use the randomise_unit_positions function in whatever event you want.
>>>>
>>>> The things you can set in the event are:
>>>>
>>>> starttilex and starttiley: for when you want to set the area starting
>>>> from
>>>>
>>>> a
>>>> certain tile. As tiles actually start at 0:0, not 1:1, you should
>>>> subtract
>>>>
>>>> 1
>>>> from both numbers.
>>>> startunit: For when you want to set the area around a certain unit,
>>>> like
>>>> the
>>>> flag. Just write the name of the unit file in quotes.
>>>> minunit and maxunit: the minimum number of units you want to spawn in
>>>> this
>>>> area and the maximum. A random number will be chosen ranging between
>>>> these
>>>> numbers.
>>>> unit: the unit that you want to be generated in the area. Like the
>>>> startunit
>>>> value, just write the name of the unit file in quotes.
>>>> rangex and rangey: the number of tiles you want the area to extend to,
>>>> starting at the starting tile or startunit.
>>>>
>>>> I think that’s all of them. Don’t set the starttile values in the same
>>>> event, the script just finds the first unit of the specified type if
>>>> you
>>>> set
>>>> a startunit. I don’t know if this will cause problems, but I’m guessing
>>>> you
>>>> would only want the units to spawn around one unit and you would only
>>>> have
>>>> one flag. If you don’t set any starttile values or a startunit, then
>>>> the
>>>> unit will be randomly placed around the whole map. If anyone wants to
>>>> use
>>>>
>>>> it
>>>> to randomly place units around all the units of a specific type (e.g
>>>> around
>>>> every city on the map) instead of just the first one, then just find
>>>> the
>>>> break; line in the function and delete it. I think that’ll do it.
>>>>
>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/94819755/randomise_unit_positions.txt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: abigail prescott
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 11:25 PM
>>>> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: Plans for the coming school year!
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but they don’t need to be specified by the player. They could be
>>>> set
>>>> through the event or the script. Event might be better, because then
>>>> other
>>>> people who might want randomised maps can use it too. Technically, if a
>>>> player did want to change the boundaries and they were set in the
>>>> event,
>>>> they could just edit the file with the event, but it’s still not the
>>>> same
>>>>
>>>> as
>>>> offering them the opportunity to restrict the enemy to a certain area
>>>> where
>>>> it’ll be easier to predict where they’ll be. Maybe it could work out a
>>>> certain fraction of the map, that way the area would expand to fit the
>>>> size
>>>> of the map, and players would have to know how to script to change it.
>>>> My
>>>> idea was that you would set the starting point at the flag (because it
>>>> makes
>>>> sense for the units to spawn around the thing they’re protecting) and
>>>> then
>>>> four random numbers would be generated with set boundaries of highest
>>>> and
>>>> lowest possible numbers. These numbers would be the range of the area
>>>> to
>>>> the
>>>> right, the range to the left, the range upwards and the range
>>>> downwards.
>>>> The
>>>> problem is getting units to spawn, though I think if there was only a
>>>> few
>>>> types, you could set that in the event.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry if that doesn’t make much sense, but I’m writing things as I
>>>> think
>>>> of
>>>> them and I really should get some sleep. Tomorrow I’ll think about it
>>>> more
>>>> and it’ll make more sense then.
>>>>
>>>> Abi
>>>>
>>>> From: Carlos Macintosh
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 11:06 PM
>>>> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: Plans for the coming school year!
>>>>
>>>> I need to define boundaries though. I couldn’t just hav the units all
>>>> over
>>>> the place.
>>>
>>>
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