Recognizing the numbers of units for AI purposes.

[BajMic]

Hi,

I am going through the wiki and tutorials, but it still goes a little bit over my head.

Is there a reliable way of recognizing a hex that neighbours with a specific number of units? E.g., define a filter which only includes hexes that have no units on them, but two red and one blue in radius of 1?

Thanks.

[Spannerbag]

Hi,

I am going through the wiki and tutorials, but it still goes a little bit over my head.

Is there a reliable way of recognizing a hex that neighbours with a specific number of units? E.g., define a filter which only includes hexes that have no units on them, but two red and one blue in radius of 1?

Thanks.

Hi,
If I understand correctly, you want to find all empty hexes (no unit stationed on it) that have precisely 2 red and one blue units adjacent to it (radius=1).

It would be helpful to know the context for this filter; is it going to be used in a moveto event or to count the number of such locations or something else?

Anyway, assuming you simply want to filter those locations for some reason then I *think* something like this might work (assuming red is side 1 and blue is side 2, if not change the side numbers below accordingly):

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    [filter_location]
        [not]                    # Ensures hex is unoccupied
            [filter]
            [/filter]
        [/not]
        [filter_adjacent_location]
            [filter]
                side=1        # Assumes red=side 1
            [/filter]
            count=2
        [/filter_adjacent_location]
        [filter_adjacent_location]
            [filter]
                side=2        # Assumes blue=side 2
            [/filter]
            count=1
        [/filter_adjacent_location]
    [/filter_location]

I have not tested this so may well have got something wrong.
Also other folk may well come up with better suggestions but hopefully this will give you a starting point?

Anyway, hope this helps!

Cheers,
-- Spannerbag

[BajMic]

Yes. This is what I needed, thank you. I am trying to tailor-script the scenario AI to play more human-like.

Can I use the "count" parameter in standard location filters as well? I only used it in conditional tags so far.

[Celtic_Minstrel]

It can be used in either [filter_adjacent] or [filter_adjacent_location]. That means it's not available directly in a standard location filter; but [filter_adjacent_location] is part of a standard location filter, so pretty close.