OXCE mod examples

In this page there are several common modding questions answered. It is mostly aimed for beginner modders.

EVENTS

Events by themselves just "exist" but are not triggered. To trigger an event, you need an eventScript that runs it. The actual event decides what you get when the event happens, but the eventTrigger decides WHEN to run the event, depending on research, items, etc.

Q: How do I create an event that runs at the start of the game?

events:

 - name: STR_WELCOME_TO_OXCE   #the event is just defined here
   description: STR_WELCOME_TO_OXCE_DESCRIPTION
   timer: 500
   timerRandom: 0

eventScripts:

 - type: STR_WELCOME_TO_OXCE_EVENTSCRIPT  #can have the same name as the event, but I added the _EVENTSCRIPT part here to differentiate  
   eventWeights:
     0:
       STR_WELCOME_TO_OXCE: 100  #this is the actual event run by the eventScript, it can choose randomly but there is only 1 possibility here
   firstMonth: 0 
   lastMonth: 0 # if firstmonth and lastmonth are 0, the event will run once at the start of the game
   executionOdds: 100 #how much chance that this eventscript will run