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Trigger operators and commands are combined in an Event trigger in order to determine when an event should take place.

Contents 1 Trigger Operators 1.1 AND Example 1.2 OR Example 1.3 NOT Example 2 Trigger Conditions 2.1 ai 2.2 alliance 2.3 atwar 2.4 campaign 2.5 civilized 2.6 claim_buildings 2.7 colonialnation 2.8 constitution 2.9 control 2.10 culture 2.11 desperation 2.12 dominion 2.13 event 2.14 exists 2.15 flag 2.16 garrison 2.17 government 2.18 great_war 2.19 greater_prestige 2.20 hi_tax_lo 2.21 invention 2.22 is_GP 2.23 is_dominion 2.24 is_satellite 2.25 leader 2.26 local_flag 2.27 minorities 2.28 occupied 2.29 owned 2.30 peace_treaty 2.31 pending_revolution 2.32 police_budget 2.33 policy 2.34 pop_majority 2.35 prestige 2.36 random 2.37 reform 2.38 relation 2.39 religion 2.40 revanchism 2.41 ruling_party 2.42 satellite 2.43 slavery 2.44 stronger_army 2.45 stronger_navy 2.46 technology 2.47 uncolonized 2.48 war 2.49 war_exhaustion 2.50 won_war 2.51 year

Trigger Operators

Trigger operators are used to create logical constructs in order to use multiple Trigger Conditions with one trigger command.

AND Example

trigger = {
   event = 1500
   control = { province = 1697 data = AUS } # Mexico City
} 

The trigger above will only be valid if both conditions are met. In other words, if both the event with the id of 1500 as occurred and Austria controls the province which is numbered 1697, then the trigger will be satisfied. If you want the event to trigger if any one of the conditions is met then an OR operator is required.

OR Example

trigger = {
   OR = {
      war = { country = GER country = ENG }
      war = { country = GER country = FRA }
   }
}

By using an OR operator the event will trigger if any one of the conditions which have been given are met. In the example above, Germany must be at war with either England or France in order for the event to be triggered.

The third operator, NOT, is used to check if the condition has not been met.

NOT Example

trigger = {
   NOT = {
      war = { country = ENG country = USA }
      war = { country = ENG country = CSA }
   }
}

What is important to notice here is that the trigger shown above is only valid if all of the listed conditions are false (untrue). In this example the trigger is valid if Great Britain is at peace with both the USA and the CSA.

Trigger Conditions

ai

ai = [yes/no]

Checks if the receiving country is AI controlled or not. Valid conditions include either yes or no. If the country which the trigger is testing is AI controlled, an ai = yes trigger will evaluate as true. If the country is human controlled, then an ai = yes trigger will evaluate as false.

alliance

alliance = { country = [tag 1] country = [tag 2] }

This trigger condition tests whether two countries which are active in the current scenario are allied. If the country with [tag 1] is allied to the country with [tag 2] then the trigger will evaluate as true.

atwar

atwar = [yes/no/country tag]

This trigger condition tests to determine if the specific country which is receiving the event, or a different given country, is currently involved in a war. If the country which is being tested is currently involved in any wars, then the trigger will evaluate as false.

campaign

campaign = [yes/no/country tag]

Is true if there is an ongoing political campaign in the receiving, or a specified, country.

civilized

civilized = [yes/no/country tag]

Is true if the receiving, or a specified, country is civilized or not.

claim_buildings

claim_buildings = [prov id]

Is true if there are claim buildings in the same area (state) as the province.

colonialnation

colonialnation = [yes/no/country tag]

Is true if the receiving, or a specified, country has claim buildings or colonies anywhere in the world.

constitution

constitution = { country = [tag] type = [democracy/ constitutional_monarchy/ monarchy/ presidential_dictatorship/ proletarian_dictatorship] }

Is true if the country has the specified constitution. No country field means 'this country'.

control

control = { province = [province id] data = [country tag/-1] }

Is true if the province specified is controled by the country specified. Data = -1 or no data field means 'this country'.

culture

culture = { country = [tag] type = [culture type ] }

Is true if the specified country...

desperation

desperation = { country = [tag] data = X }

Is true if X% or more of national provinces are occupied (controlled) by foreigners. See also the occupied trigger.

dominion

dominion = { country = [tag 1] country = [tag 2] }

Is true if the country with tag 1 is a dominion of the country with tag 2.

event

event = [event id]

Is true if the specified event has happened.

exists

exists = [country tag]

Is true if the specified country exists.

flag

flag = { name = [flag name] value = [flag value] }

Is true if the specified global flag exists and is set to greater than or equal to the defined flag value. The flag value may be an integer value or yes/no. See below for more info on flags.

garrison

garrison = { country = [country tag] province = [province id] size = x }

Is true if the country specified has a garrison of x divisions or more in the province specified.

government

government = { country = [tag] type = [ruling party ideology] }

Is true if the country has a government with the defined ruling party ideology. No country field means 'this country'.

great_war

great_war = [yes/no]

Is true if there is a Great War going on.

greater_prestige

greater_prestige = { country = tag1 country = tag2 }

Is true if the country with tag 1 has a greater prestige than the country with tag 2.

hi_tax_lo

hi_tax_lo = [yes/no]

Is true if high strata tax is higher than the low strata tax.

invention

invention = [invention id]

Is true if the specified invention is known.

is_GP

is_GP = [yes/no/country tag]

Is true if the receiving, or the specified, country is a Great Power.

is_dominion

is_dominion = [country tag]

Is true if the specified country is a dominion.

is_satellite

is_satellite = [country tag]

Is true if the specified country is a satellite.

leader

leader = [leader id]

Is true if the commander specified is active.

local_flag

local_flag = { name = [flag name] value = [flag value] }

Is true if the specified flag exists for the current country and is greater than or equal to the defined flag value. The flag value may be an integer value or yes/no. See below for more info on flags.

minorities

minorities = [yes/no]

Checks if there are cultural minorities in the country.

occupied

occupied = { country = [tag] data = X }

Is true if X% or more of owned provinces are occupied (controlled) by foreigners. See also the desperation trigger.

owned

owned = { province = [province id] data = [country tag/-1] }

Is true if the province specified is owned by the country specified. Data = -1 or no data field means 'this country'.

peace_treaty

peace_treaty = { country = [tag] country [tag] }

Is true if the two countries have signed a peace treaty within the past five years and have not subsequently gone to war again.

pending_revolution

pending_revolution = [yes/no]

Is true if militancy is high enough for a revolution to occur.

police_budget

police_budget = x

Is true if the crime fighting budget is at X% or more of your total budget.

policy

policy = { country = [tag] type = [policy type] }

Is true if the specified country has the given government policy as part of its ruling government issues, such as interventionism, laissez_faire, jingoism, etc.

pop_majority

pop_majority = [ideology]

Is true if if the majority of POPs are of a certain ideology.

prestige

prestige = X

Is true if the receiving country's prestige is X or higher.

random

random = x

Gives a random chance (in %) for the event to trigger. Note that the 'random = yes/no' declaration is set to no when using this. See also section 3.3 Random below.

reform

reform = { type = [reform type] level = [appropriate word] }

Is true if the reform type is at the specified level...

relation

relation = { country = [country tag] data = x }

Is true if the relations to the specified country is x or better.

religion

religion = { country = [country tag] type = [religion type] }

Is true if the specified country has the specified state religion.

revanchism

revanchism = { country = [country tag] data = X }

Is true if X% or more of your national provinces are owned by foreigners.

ruling_party

ruling_party = [party id]

Is true if the country is ruled by the specified political party.

satellite

satellite = { country = [tag 1] country = [tag 2] }

Is true if the the country with tag 1 is a satellite of the country with tag 2.

slavery

slavery = [yes/no]

Is true if there are slaves in the country.

stronger_army

stronger_army = { country = [tag 1] country = [tag 1] }

Is true if the the country with tag 1 has a more powerful army than the country with tag 2.

stronger_navy

stronger_navy = { country = [tag 1] country = [tag 1] }

Is true if the the country with tag 1 has a more powerful navy than the country with tag 2.

technology

technology = [tech id]

Is true if the specified tech is known.

uncolonized

uncolonized = [province id]

Is true if the specified province has no owner.

war

war = { country = [tag 1] country = [tag 2] }

Is true if country with tag 1 and country with tag 2 are at war.

war_exhaustion

war_exhaustion = { country = [country tag] value = [1-10] }

Is true if war exhaustion is equal to or greater than the value specified (1 is 10%, 2 is 20% etc).

won_war

won_war = { country = [tag 1] country = [tag 2] }

Is true if country with tag 1 has won a war agains country with tag 2.

year

year = [date]

True if game date is at or after the specified year.