Creating a New Unit on AMLA
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Creating a New Unit on AMLA
I had this idea for my faction that there would be an unit that starts as a level 0 Small Tsesk, levels normally to level 1 Tsesk, after which when it amlas it produces a Small Tsesk on a nearby open hex. (The justification is that the critter in question breeds by division.)
The following advancement code produces no error messages but no new units either.
I just learning WML and have been trying to use the wiki as a source. Is my idea even doable with the current WML?
The following advancement code produces no error messages but no new units either.
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[advancement]
max_times=100
[unit]
type=Small Tsesk
x=x1
y=y1
upkeep=full
[/unit]
[/advancement]
As the wiki says, [effect]s are the only tags that can go inside an [advancement] tag. So you can only modify the leveling unit as an AMLA (and modify only to the extent [effect] allows).
However, I think there is code currently in the works that would allow units to have [event]s written directly inside their unit definitions, so you could write this spawning as a normal name=post_advance event inside your Small Tsesk unit .cfg. I'm not sure when the feature is ready, though, or even if it would make it to the next release.
Of course you can do this now in a campaign or a custom MP scenario.
However, I think there is code currently in the works that would allow units to have [event]s written directly inside their unit definitions, so you could write this spawning as a normal name=post_advance event inside your Small Tsesk unit .cfg. I'm not sure when the feature is ready, though, or even if it would make it to the next release.
Of course you can do this now in a campaign or a custom MP scenario.
I was indeed starting to fear that I was attempting the impossible. Well, my era is apparently becoming a lot less interesting than it was supposed to be...
(It's also looking very much like you can't make your own ability like leadership but different. I think there isn't even a need to start a thread on this subject.)
(It's also looking very much like you can't make your own ability like leadership but different. I think there isn't even a need to start a thread on this subject.)