Why won't this work? (Limited timed growth ability bonus)

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Goal: An ability that increases the starting population of the homeworld... or alternatively (since I haven't gotten it to work) an obscene bonus to the homeworld or faction for a LIMITED period of time.

I used this code... no errors, but certainly not growth bonus.

    </Triggers>

      <Triggers>

      <OnEvent>OnStartTurn</OnEvent>

      <CriteriaTurnNum>1</CriteriaTurnNum>

        <Target> 

          <TargetType>Faction</TargetType>

        </Target>

        <Lifetime>Target</Lifetime>

        <RandomDurationMin>3</RandomDurationMin>

        <RandomDurationMax>3</RandomDurationMax>

        <Modifier>

          <EffectType>Growth</EffectType>

          <Scope>Global</Scope>

          <Target>

            <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>

          </Target>

          <BonusType>Multiplier</BonusType>

          <Value>10</Value>

        </Modifier>

        <SourceDisplayName>Hiver's Starting Bonus</SourceDisplayName>

      </Triggers>

 

Thoughts?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Use OnInitalShips not OnStartTurn (This acts wierd in my experience)

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Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Did that prior to this. No avail sadly. 

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I reinstalled GC3 to test this. No matter what I try, having :-

        <RandomDurationMin>3</RandomDurationMin>

        <RandomDurationMax>3</RandomDurationMax>

In the code will cause it to fail. Seems to me this part of the code is linked to PreformAction only. Sad.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Horemvore, reply 3

I reinstalled GC3 to test this. No matter what I try, having :-

        <RandomDurationMin>3</RandomDurationMin>

        <RandomDurationMax>3</RandomDurationMax>

In the code will cause it to fail. Seems to me this part of the code is linked to PreformAction only. Sad.
End of Horemvore's quote

Or RandomDurationMax must be greater than RandomDurationMin?

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

It does not. Numerous functions use it to ensure a set duration instead of random. 

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Also no worries. Whilst a random duration bonus (or set) may not be doable through an ability, I did finally get abilities that only affect your homeworld to work, and that's a pretty good alternative for my ends.

 

Thanks for looking into Horemvore!