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March 14th, 2008, 10:27 PM
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Re: Scripting Issue - Specifically Retreat Command
That's what I was thinking, until thejeff addressed this. You may actually *want* to execute your script, because if you know an assassin is around, you can prepare something appropriate for your mages to cast. It would truly suck if you scripted Returning because a killer l33t assassin was on the loose, or you're under heavy Earth Attack/Disease Demon bombardment outside your capitol, but your mage casts Astral Shield instead.
I think Jazzepi's idea, to just ignore a scripted retreat during assassinations, is the best idea.
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March 17th, 2008, 11:36 AM
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Re: Scripting Issue - Specifically Retreat Command
"Retreat" is not the only problem. I've had mages casting useless stuff while being whailed upon by assassins.
The solution is to have a separate script of orders for assassination attempts.
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March 17th, 2008, 05:00 PM
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Re: Scripting Issue - Specifically Retreat Command
Mages can do worse things that casting useless stuff. They can cast harmful stuff. For example mass protection against abysia.
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March 17th, 2008, 06:44 PM
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Re: Scripting Issue - Specifically Retreat Command
I agree, see my 'Darkness' story at the top of this thread.
But I also agree with Jazzepi that it's a problem now, that it would be nice to have a quick fix for. Disregarding a scripted 'Retreat' command in assassination attempts is a quick fix.
Redesigning the interface, to allow scripting multiple sets of orders for different situations, does not sound like it could be done in a similar timeframe.
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March 18th, 2008, 03:06 AM
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Re: Scripting Issue - Specifically Retreat Command
Just had an experience with this. I sent my pretender out early to do some sight searching. Did not have the proper equipment or research to make her effective yet. So, I decided to script her to retreat just in case a random barbarian or bogus attacked occured. No need to take unnecessary risks, right? Well I just so happened to get the random event where an assassin attacks one of your commanders. D'oh! I'm 99% certain the pretender could have killed the assassin, but got killed instead. Fortunately, this was single player.
Yeah, I'd say its a problem. Just changing the code to ignore retreat scripts during assaissination attempts would probably fix this problem.
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