Modding Q&A [For Quick Questions and Answers]

[Valon]

So I have troops with firearms, as in technical firearms with the firearm flag and not crossbow.

So, heres the deal:
When the troops are on the battlefield, they are not actually realising they are carrying a long range weapon, and they do not respond properly to "hold your fire" and "fire at will" commands. In short, they think they are holding a melee weapon, until the enemy is close.
They are using the gun properly, but they do not know that it actually is a gun!

So here is what I would like to know:
How can I make the troops behave with a firearm like they are behaving with a bow or crossbow?

Thank you in advance

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

Firearms in warband are pretty bugged. Make them into crossbows, ans if you want to have actual crossbows alongside the guns, delete the sound for crossbows and add a trigger for each weapon: i.e. [(ti_on_weapon_attack, [(play_sound), "snd_gun"])].
The only issue would be the sharing of ammo, but only the player would ever be in a position to do that.

 

[Valon]

That is a great suggestion, though not quite what I would prefer

I will see what I can come up with myself though, maybe there is a way I can use button press triggers to follow the player commands (behind the scenes simulate the command panel thing) with a check on the selected group and the group they belong to... Not sure, though it might work if the required things are available, or just do some python if possible.

 

[crazyshadowdami]

Although that suggestion might help me, where do I put these triggers? And why would deleting the crossbow sound be necessary?

 

[Dusk Voyager]

Although that suggestion might help me, where do I put these triggers?

Put them inside your gun's tuple in module_items.

And why would deleting the crossbow sound be necessary?

Because it will play alongside the actual custom sound in the trigger unless deleted.

 

[Carlos Danger]

Well, I finally fixed the hitboxes for my trolls, but now, when dead, they start having seizures. Humans are fine, though, as well as anything using the human skeleton. What can I do to fix this?

Can I have a video or an image to get an idea of what is happening.

 

[crazyshadowdami]

Because it will play alongside the actual custom sound in the trigger unless deleted.

I thought so, but wouldn't it make more sense to rename it then use it for the sound trigger for crossbows?

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

You'll get errors if you rename the sound, because crossbows operate with hardcoded triggers. Deleting the actual sound files will also get an "error", but it's invisible.

 

[crazyshadowdami]

So I just get some other sound to be used with them?

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

Yup.

 

[crazyshadowdami]

Fank for helps.

 

[crazyshadowdami]

I have a problem. For testing purposes, I decided, using Morgh's tool, to add a new crossbow through the Siege Crossbow template and then use it as a base for a musket by adding the gun sound trigger to it and then later edit it as a text file to add all the other muskety stuff (or is that a horribly wrong thing to do?). Anyway, here's what I got while creating the module:

Spoiler

Initializing...
Compiling all global variables...
Exporting strings...
Exporting skills...
Exporting tracks...
Exporting animations...
Exporting meshes...
Exporting sounds...
Exporting skins...
Exporting map icons...
Creating new tag_uses.txt file...
Creating new quick_strings.txt file...
Exporting faction data...
Exporting item data...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "process_items.py", line 72, in <module>
    write_items(variables,variable_uses,tag_uses,quick_strings)
  File "process_items.py", line 55, in write_items
    save_simple_triggers(ofile,trigger_list, variable_list,variable_uses,tag_use
s,quick_strings)
  File "C:\Users\Damjan\Documents\mb_warband_module_system_1158\Module_system 1.
158\process_operations.py", line 471, in save_simple_triggers
    save_statement_block(ofile,0,1,trigger[1]  , variable_list, variable_uses,ta
g_uses,quick_strings)
  File "C:\Users\Damjan\Documents\mb_warband_module_system_1158\Module_system 1.
158\process_operations.py", line 449, in save_statement_block
    save_statement(ofile,opcode,no_variables,statement,variable_list,variable_us
es,local_vars, local_var_uses,tag_uses,quick_strings)
  File "C:\Users\Damjan\Documents\mb_warband_module_system_1158\Module_system 1.
158\process_operations.py", line 398, in save_statement
    ofile.write("%d %d "%(opcode, lenstatement))
TypeError: %d format: a number is required, not str
Exporting scene data...
Exporting troops data
Exporting particle data...
Exporting scene props...
Exporting tableau materials data...
Exporting presentations...
Exporting party_template data...
Exporting parties
Exporting quest data...
Exporting info_page data...
Exporting scripts...
Exporting mission_template data...
Exporting game menus data...
exporting simple triggers...
exporting triggers...
exporting dialogs...
Checking global variable usages...
Exporting postfx_params...

______________________________

Script processing has ended.
Press any key to exit. . .

 

[Lumos]

... and then later edit it as a text file to add all the other muskety stuff (or is that a horribly wrong thing to do?)

Yes, it is.

TypeError: %d format: a number is required, not str

You're missing some quotes somewhere.

 

[crazyshadowdami]

I'm guessing that it's not possible to "import" already existing files into a module system?

And I copied the precise trigger that Jacob showed earlier.

 

[The_dragon]

I'm guessing that it's not possible to "import" already existing files into a module system?

And I copied the precise trigger that Jacob showed earlier.

He misspelled the ')'
[(ti_on_weapon_attack, [(play_sound), "snd_gun"])]

put it so it will be after "snd_gun"

Spoiler

[(ti_on_weapon_attack, [(play_sound, "snd_gun")])]

 

[cwr]

Where are the quick battle faction thumbnails taken from? As far as I can see it is the highest tier faction troop that is represented in the thumbnail, but that is only for the first 6 Native factions, after that, the thumbnail is just a character with leather armor and some javelins... For the next 7 factions I have there.

 

[Patchouli Knowledge]

They're chosen in the presentation "game_custom_battle_designer". Should be really easy to figure out.

 

[Lumos]

I'm guessing that it's not possible to "import" already existing files into a module system?

What do you mean? If they're ModSys files, you can insert their contents into any other such files with ease. If they're already in text... well, you CAN convert them back into code, but it's quite a bit more complicated. Having them in text-only is worse, however (and as usual), because you can't really edit the trigger parameters easily, and you'll have to replace the entries every time you recompile the source.

 

[cwr]

They're chosen in the presentation "game_custom_battle_designer". Should be really easy to figure out.

It was, thank you.

My Notepad++ searches never extend to presentations because, frankly, I've never even opened that file before.

 

[HyperCharge]

Im added shield bash.But,i want to make useful for AI

If you didn't understand;

i can shield bash.But i want to use this feature to AI

Its may be possible ? if its possible,How ?