21-07-2001 09:29									#1
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I'm trying to write a program that will warn the player whenever they discover an advance the makes a building obsolete. The popup message will tell the player the advance, the building made obsolete, and the replacement building. Here's a sample of my code:

code:

messagebox 'BUILDING_OBSOLETE_1_MSG' {
  Text(ID_BUILDING_OBSOLETE_1);
  Show();
}

HandleEvent(GrantAdvance) 'BuildingExpires' post {
  int_t advanceType;
  advanceType = value[0];
  advance[0] = advanceType;
  if (advanceType == AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_ECONOMICS)) {
    building[0] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_BAZAAR);
    building[1] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_BROKERAGE);
    Message(player[0], 'BUILDING_OBSOLETE_1_MSG');
  }
}

Then in "info_str.txt" I have the following string:

BUILDING_OBSOLETE_1 "Our knowledge of {advance[0].name} has made the improvement {building[0].name} obsolete. However we can now build the {building[1].name} improvement instead."

Now everything works except when I get the popup message in-game, where it should say "Bazaar" it says "{building[0].name}" and where it should say "Brokerage" it says "{building[1].name}". I don't get it.

Please help!

	21-07-2001 20:14									#2
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I think this is caused when you have DebugSlic set to No. Its one of those annoying things that Activision didn't think much about.
Try it, I'm fairly sure that will help.

	21-07-2001 20:59									#3
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Jules,

For your specific example, you could use:

code:


    HandleEvent(GrantAdvance) 'BuildingExpires' post { 

         advance[0]=value[0];
         if (value[0] == AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_ECONOMICS)) {
 
              Message(player[0], 'BUILDING_OBSOLETE_1_MSG');
         }
    }

code:

// Globals:
int_t BUILDING_INDEX;
int_t OBS_BUILDING_TYPE[];
int_t NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[];

    HandleEvent(GrantAdvance) 'BuildingExpires' post {

    int_t i;
    int_t obsadv[];

    // the above data arrays can go here

     for(i=0; i

	22-07-2001 02:15									#4
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Thanks Peter! Your suggestion worked.

Immortal: Don't you have to have DebugSLIC set to "no" in order to run the Med Mod? But that's a moot point now since I got it to work.

For anyone with the Med Mod interested in implementing this little bit of SLIC, here's the full code:

code:

messagebox 'BUILDING_OBSOLETE_1_MSG' {
  Text(ID_BUILDING_OBSOLETE_1);
  Show();
}

messagebox 'BUILDING_OBSOLETE_2_MSG' {
  Text(ID_BUILDING_OBSOLETE_2);
  Show();
}



int_t BUILDING_INDEX;
int_t OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[];
int_t OBS_BUILDING_2_TYPE[];
int_t NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[];



HandleEvent(GrantAdvance) 'BuildingExpires' post {
  int_t i;
  int_t obsadv[];
  int_t advanceType;
  advanceType = value[0];
  advance[0] = advanceType;

  obsadv[0] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_ECONOMICS);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[0] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_BAZAAR);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[0] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_BROKERAGE);

  obsadv[1] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_DIGITAL_ENCRYPTION);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[1] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_BANK);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[1] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_E_BANK);

  obsadv[2] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_MASS_MEDIA);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[2] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_CITY_CLOCK);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[2] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_TELEVISION);

  obsadv[3] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_PUBLIC_EDUCATION);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[3] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_ACADEMY);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[3] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_ORBITAL_LABORATORY);

  obsadv[4] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_COMPUTER);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[4] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_PUBLISHING_HOUSE);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[4] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_COMPUTER_CENTER);

  obsadv[5] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_OIL_REFINING);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[5] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_MILL);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[5] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_OIL_REFINERY);

  obsadv[6] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_ROBOTICS);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[6] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_FACTORY);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[6] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_ROBOTIC_PLANT);

  obsadv[7] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_NANO_ASSEMBLY);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[7] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_OIL_REFINERY);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[7] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_NANITE_FACTORY);

  obsadv[8] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_FUSION);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[8] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_NUCLEAR_PLANT);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[8] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_FUSION_PLANT);

  obsadv[9] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_FUEL_CELLS);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[9] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_PUBLIC_TRANSPORTATION);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[9] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_ECO_TRANSIT);

  obsadv[10] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_MOLECULAR_SYNTHESIS);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[10] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_RECYCLING_PLANT);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[10] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_MATTER_DECOMPILER);

  obsadv[11] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_NEURAL_REPROGRAMMING);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[11] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_COURTHOUSE);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[11] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_BEHAVIORAL_MOD_CENTER);

  obsadv[12] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_AI_SURVEILLANCE);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[12] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_CORRECTIONAL_FACILITY);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[12] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_SECURITY_MONITOR);

  obsadv[13] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_MILITARY_ENGINEERING);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[13] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_CITY_WALLS);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[13] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_BASTION);

  obsadv[14] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_ELECTRICITY);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[14] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_THEATER);
  OBS_BUILDING_2_TYPE[14] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_ARENA);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[14] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_CIVIC_CENTER);

  obsadv[15] = AdvanceDB(ADVANCE_UNIFIED_PHYSICS);
  OBS_BUILDING_1_TYPE[15] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_BALLISTA_TOWERS);
  OBS_BUILDING_2_TYPE[15] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_BASTION);
  NEW_BUILDING_TYPE[15] = BuildingDB(IMPROVE_FORCEFIELD);

  for (i = 0; i < 16; i = i + 1) {
     BUILDING_INDEX = i;
     if (i == 14 || i == 15) {
       if (advanceType == obsadv[i]) {
         message(player[0], 'BUILDING_OBSOLETE_2_MSG');
       }
     } elseif (advanceType == obsadv[i]) {
           message(player[0], 'BUILDING_OBSOLETE_1_MSG');
     }
  }
}

	22-07-2001 02:27									#5
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Glad it worked. Mind you, I don't know what happened to the code I posted earlier.

Ben's right about DebugSlic. If you don't have DebugSlic=Yes you won't get proper Error messages.

	22-07-2001 02:58									#6
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Yeah, I don't run MedMod...

	22-07-2001 03:36									#7
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Here's a different question:
Has anybody tried to implement the AddHappyTimer event? It has a city argument, and three other integer arguments. I'm guessing two of those are for amount of (un)happiness and duration, but I'm clueless as to what the third one is for. It'd be kind of neat to use this with Immortal's natural disasters code, like say random political unrest strikes a city. Like what's happening in Italy right now with the protests against the G8 summit.