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Need Help add a new order for my companions

M

Myth

Freebooter
Good afternoon. Now I'm trying to add a new order for my companions. Between each other, two companions should work together. I can not understand:
1) How to create a list of ships with which interaction is possible?
2) How to get the one to whom I gave the order, and with whom does my companion interact?

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
 
To give a command to ship, see BattleInterface.c:


ref BI_CommandEndChecking()
...
case "BI_NewCommand":
//What icons for ship selection will show? My Ship + Friend ship
BI_retComValue = BI_COMMODE_MY_SHIP_SELECT+BI_COMMODE_FRIEND_SHIP_SELECT+BI_COMMODE_ALLLOCATOR_SELECT;
BattleInterface.Commands.NewCommand.EffectRadius = 2000; //Only allow command for ships within this distance
break;
...

void BI_LaunchCommand()
...
case "BI_NewCommand":
//charIdx receiving command, targetNum is selected target to interact
ExecuteNewCommand(charIdx, targetNum );
break;
...

void BI_InitializeCommands()
...
BattleInterface.Commands.NewCommand.enable = true;
...
BattleInterface.Commands.NewCommand.event = "BI_NewCommand";
...

void ExecuteNewCommand(int charIdx, int targetNum )
{
Do stuff...
}
 
ChezJfrey said:
To give a command to ship, see BattleInterface.c:


ref BI_CommandEndChecking()
...
case "BI_NewCommand":
//What icons for ship selection will show? My Ship + Friend ship
BI_retComValue = BI_COMMODE_MY_SHIP_SELECT+BI_COMMODE_FRIEND_SHIP_SELECT+BI_COMMODE_ALLLOCATOR_SELECT;
BattleInterface.Commands.NewCommand.EffectRadius = 2000; //Only allow command for ships within this distance
break;
...

void BI_LaunchCommand()
...
case "BI_NewCommand":
//charIdx receiving command, targetNum is selected target to interact
ExecuteNewCommand(charIdx, targetNum );
break;
...

void BI_InitializeCommands()
...
BattleInterface.Commands.NewCommand.enable = true;
...
BattleInterface.Commands.NewCommand.event = "BI_NewCommand";
...

void ExecuteNewCommand(int charIdx, int targetNum )
{
Do stuff...
}
Click to expand...

And what should I write after BI_retComValue, if I only need partners?
 
I think that gets a little trickier. The engine only understands enemy, friend, neutral, and has no way to figure only your companions, because that is a construct in the script.

But, I think we can do it with the .usericons, but that will require replacing them each time you select a command, because the sail state also uses them. I have not tested this, but it should give you the idea to follow:
Code: 
ref BI_CommandEndChecking()
...
case "BI_Speed":
   SetUserIcons("BI_Speed"); //Add this
   BI_retComValue = BI_COMMODE_USER_ICONS;
   break;
...
case "BI_NewCommand":
   SetUserIcons("BI_NewCommand"); //Add this
   BI_retComValue = BI_COMMODE_USER_ICONS;
   break;
...

BI_LaunchCommand() doesn't change...the charIdx is the characters[] array index of the command issued to, and targetNum is the index of the character to target/interact with.
...
void BI_LaunchCommand()
...
case "BI_NewCommand":
//charIdx receiving command, targetNum is selected target to interact
ExecuteNewCommand(charIdx, targetNum );
break;
...

//New function
void SetUserIcons(string commState)
{
   if(BattleInterface.UserIconsState == commState) return;
   BattleInterface.UserIconsState = commState;
   //Try this, if it doesn't remove them all, try iterating
   DeleteAttribute(&BattleInterface, "UserIcons"); //Remove existing
   /* if above doesn't work, delete individually?
       aref userIcons, userIcn;
       makearef(userIcons, BattleInterface);
       int numUIcons = GetAttributesNum(userIcons);
       for(int i=0;i<numUIcons;i++) {
           userIcn = GetAttributeN(userIcons, i);
           DeleteAttribute(&BattleInterface, GetAttributeName(userIcn);
       }
   */
 
   switch(commState) {
       case "BI_NewCommand":
           int nNum = 1;
           //Loop companions and add icons
           for(int j = 0; j< COMPANION_MAX; j++) {
               int cn = GetCompanionIndex(pchar, i);
               if( cn>=0 ) {
                   string attName = "ui" + nNum;
                   Event(BI_EVENT_GET_DATA, "ll", BIDT_SHIPPICTURE, cn);
                   BattleInterface.UserIcons.(attName).enable = true;
                   BattleInterface.UserIcons.(attName).pic = BI_intNRetValue[0];
                   BattleInterface.UserIcons.(attName).selpic = BI_intNRetValue[1];
                   BattleInterface.UserIcons.(attName).tex = BI_intNRetValue[2];
                   BattleInterface.UserIcons.(attName).name = cn; //Not necessary...could probably be ""

                   nNum++;
               }
           }
       break;
       //Default to sails if not BI_NewCommand
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui1.enable = true;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui1.pic = 25;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui1.selpic = 9;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui1.tex = 0;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui1.name = "sail_none";

           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui2.enable = true;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui2.pic = 24;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui2.selpic = 8;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui2.tex = 0;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui2.name = "sail_midi";

           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui3.enable = true;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui3.pic = 23;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui3.selpic = 7;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui3.tex = 0;
           BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui3.name = "sail_fast";
       break;
   }
}
...
//Change to add .UserIconsState to first command setup...find in battleinterface.c
SetParameterData()
...
BattleInterface.UserIconsState = "BI_Speed"; //Add this for checking for change
BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui1.enable = true;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui1.pic = 25;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui1.selpic = 9;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui1.tex = 0;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui1.name = "sail_none";

   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui2.enable = true;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui2.pic = 24;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui2.selpic = 8;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui2.tex = 0;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui2.name = "sail_midi";

   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui3.enable = true;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui3.pic = 23;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui3.selpic = 7;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui3.tex = 0;
   BattleInterface.UserIcons.ui3.name = "sail_fast";
....
 
I think I found a better solution: I will not build a line from the ships. I decided to do this:
1) Have chosen a companion.
2) Specify that you want to run a new command.
3) Wrote it id as a variable.
4) Have chosen the second companion.
5) Specify that you need to execute a new command.
6) We have written the id of the second companion into another variable.
7) Run a new command.

If anyone is interested: I want to try to make a form of exchange of goods, etc. between companions.
 
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