[message] behaviour check

[Spannerbag]

"Just another 10 minutes" I said to myself.
For once it wasn't a waste of time, I can now reproduce the behaviour.
I did this in my test campaign with standard units.

? ... Seems I can't upload all these small screen dumps in a single post so I've split it into 3...

If the [message] is issued inside a turn event then it all works fine.
However I was had a side 1 unit issuing dialogue when a side 2 unit fulfilled a moveto requirement.

Here's the test code:

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  [event]
    name=side 1 turn 1 refresh
    [terrain]
      x,y=4,5
      radius=3
      terrain=Fda
    [/terrain]
   {GENERIC_UNIT 1 (Wose Sapling) 5 6}
   {GENERIC_UNIT 1 (Wose Sapling) 6 3}
   {GENERIC_UNIT 1 (Elvish Avenger) 5 4}
   [message]
     x,y=5,6
     message=_"(Hidden Wose) My side turn"
   [/message]
   [message]
     x,y=6,3
     message=_"(Visible Wose) My side turn"
   [/message]
   [message]
     x,y=5,4
     message=_"(Hidden Elf) My side turn"
   [/message]
  [/event]

  [event]
    name=side 2 turn 1 refresh
   [message]
     x,y=5,6
     message=_"(Hidden Wose) Enemy side turn"
   [/message]
   [message]
     x,y=6,3
     message=_"(Visible Wose) Enemy side turn"
   [/message]
   [message]
     x,y=5,4
     message=_"(Hidden Elf) Enemy side turn"
   [/message]
  [/event]


  [event]
    name=moveto
    [filter]
      x,y=4,8
      side=2
    [/filter]
   [message]
     x,y=5,6
     message=_"(Hidden Wose) Enemy moveto"
   [/message]
   [message]
     x,y=6,3
     message=_"(Visible Wose) Enemy moveto"
   [/message]
   [message]
     x,y=5,4
     message=_"(Hidden Elf) Enemy moveto"
   [/message]
  [/event]

There is a village at 4,8 that the enemy leader always captures on turn 1.
All the messages have highlighting except for the movetos...
I thought that in the problematic scenario unhidden units were fine but here even the unhidden units do not highlight?


Anyway, some screen grabs for the code above follow.

side 1 turn 1 refresh

End of part 1

Cheers!
-- Spannerbag

[Spannerbag]

Part 2
side 2 turn 1 refresh

End of part 2

Cheers!
-- Spannerbag

[Spannerbag]

Part 3 (the interesting bit)
moveto

End of part 3

Any thoughts, comments etc. greatly appreciated!

Cheers!
-- Spannerbag

[lhybrideur]

Nice, thank you very much.
I will try that when I have the time.
The goal would be to have a time_over event with a dialog between the main character and the closest enemy

[Spannerbag]

Nice, thank you very much...

You're very welcome!

Cheers!
-- Spannerbag

[beetlenaut]

Any thoughts, comments etc. greatly appreciated!

Since this behavior doesn't seem to be the expected one, this probably qualifies as a bug that can be reported. There might still be a workaround, but I won't have time to look for one for about a week.

[Spannerbag]

Since this behavior doesn't seem to be the expected one, this probably qualifies as a bug...

OK, done.

After quite a bit of mucking about I couldn't get the effect I wanted and removed the whole logic (several hints)... it's now an easter egg

Cheers!
-- Spannerbag