Force a draw game? (Edit, new problem involving counters.)

by **Chakan** » 11 Sep 2014, 16:56

Sorry for the second help topic in two days, but I just wanted to know what, or if there is, a string for forcing a draw game? I'm asking because I'm doing Divine Intervention.

Code: Select all: <TRIGGERED_ABILITY> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="en-US"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="fr-FR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="es-ES"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="de-DE"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="it-IT"><![CDATA[All’inizio del tuo mantenimento, rimuovi un segnalino intervento dall’Intervento Divino. Se non ha più segnalini intervento, la partita è patta.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="jp-JA"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ko-KR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ru-RU"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="pt-BR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <TRIGGER value="BEGINNING_OF_PLAYERS_STEP" simple_qualifier="controller"> return MTG():GetStep() == STEP_UPKEEP </TRIGGER> <COUNTER_REGISTRATION name="Intervention" proliferate="11" /> <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> if EffectSource() ~= nil then EffectSource():RemoveCounters( MTG():GetCountersType("Intervention"), 1 ) end </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> if EffectSource() ~= nil and EffectSource():CountCounters( MTG():GetCountersType("Intervention") ) > 0 then EffectController():TieGame() end </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>

(I've tried both TieGame and DrawGame, none of them seems to work.)

EDIT
I've figured out how to force a draw game, but the card is doing it's trigger too early. It should trigger only if there are 0 counters on it, instead, it triggers when there is 1 counter on it.

Code: Select all: <TRIGGERED_ABILITY> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="en-US"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="fr-FR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="es-ES"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="de-DE"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="it-IT"><![CDATA[All’inizio del tuo mantenimento, rimuovi un segnalino intervento dall’Intervento Divino. Se non ha più segnalini intervento, la partita è patta.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="jp-JA"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ko-KR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ru-RU"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="pt-BR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <TRIGGER value="BEGINNING_OF_PLAYERS_STEP" simple_qualifier="controller"> return MTG():GetStep() == STEP_UPKEEP </TRIGGER> <COUNTER_REGISTRATION name="Intervention" proliferate="11" /> <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> if EffectSource() ~= nil then EffectSource():RemoveCounters( MTG():GetCountersType("Intervention"), 1 ) end </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> if EffectSource() ~= nil and EffectSource():CountCounters( MTG():GetCountersType("Intervention") ) > 0 then EffectController():TieGame() end </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>

by **RiiakShiNal** » 11 Sep 2014, 22:24

Chakan wrote:Sorry for the second help topic in two days, but I just wanted to know what, or if there is, a string for forcing a draw game? I'm asking because I'm doing Divine Intervention.

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<TRIGGERED_ABILITY> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="en-US"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="fr-FR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="es-ES"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="de-DE"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="it-IT"><![CDATA[All’inizio del tuo mantenimento, rimuovi un segnalino intervento dall’Intervento Divino. Se non ha più segnalini intervento, la partita è patta.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="jp-JA"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ko-KR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ru-RU"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="pt-BR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <TRIGGER value="BEGINNING_OF_PLAYERS_STEP" simple_qualifier="controller"> return MTG():GetStep() == STEP_UPKEEP </TRIGGER> <COUNTER_REGISTRATION name="Intervention" proliferate="11" /> <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> if EffectSource() ~= nil then EffectSource():RemoveCounters( MTG():GetCountersType("Intervention"), 1 ) end </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> if EffectSource() ~= nil and EffectSource():CountCounters( MTG():GetCountersType("Intervention") ) > 0 then EffectController():TieGame() end </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>
(I've tried both TieGame and DrawGame, none of them seems to work.)

EDIT
I've figured out how to force a draw game, but the card is doing it's trigger too early. It should trigger only if there are 0 counters on it, instead, it triggers when there is 1 counter on it.

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Code: Select all
<TRIGGERED_ABILITY> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="en-US"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="fr-FR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="es-ES"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="de-DE"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="it-IT"><![CDATA[All’inizio del tuo mantenimento, rimuovi un segnalino intervento dall’Intervento Divino. Se non ha più segnalini intervento, la partita è patta.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="jp-JA"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ko-KR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="ru-RU"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="pt-BR"><![CDATA[At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from Divine Intervention.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT> <TRIGGER value="BEGINNING_OF_PLAYERS_STEP" simple_qualifier="controller"> return MTG():GetStep() == STEP_UPKEEP </TRIGGER> <COUNTER_REGISTRATION name="Intervention" proliferate="11" /> <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> if EffectSource() ~= nil then EffectSource():RemoveCounters( MTG():GetCountersType("Intervention"), 1 ) end </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> <RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> if EffectSource() ~= nil and EffectSource():CountCounters( MTG():GetCountersType("Intervention") ) > 0 then EffectController():TieGame() end </RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION> </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>

Code: Select all: if EffectSource() ~= nil and EffectSource():CountCounters( MTG():GetCountersType("Intervention") ) > 0 then

Should be:

Code: Select all: if EffectSource() ~= nil and EffectSource():CountCounters( MTG():GetCountersType("Intervention") ) <= 0 then

by **migookman** » 11 Sep 2014, 22:51

Thanks! I'm a noob when it comes to coding and I was wondering what the lt meant. Now I know to change some of my coded cards to gt that needs to be greater than a certain characteristic.

by **RiiakShiNal** » 12 Sep 2014, 00:49

Those are actually HTML symbols for greater than (>, >) and less than (<, <). Certain symbols can't be used directly inside of XML without either being converted to HTML friendly symbols such as in this case or using <!CDATA[Some text here.]]> to allow characters that would not otherwise be allowed. For code purposes about the only ones you will need to convert will be greater than and less than.