Add a custom/scriptable TechnologyTrigger

[Subject314159]

For the mod that I am developing I want to unlock a technology on killing a certain enemy. Unfortunately there is no "on entity destroyed" trigger but I managed to implement this via scripting. However every technology requires either a trigger unlock or a cost, and both of them does not quite convey the essence of the trigger;


Now the road towards unlocking a technology might be different for other mods so implementing specific research triggers would not be efficient for you devs, so maybe it is a good idea to have a custom TechnologyTriggere, which might look like:

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{
   type = "custom" --or "script"
   localised_string = LocalisedString
}

Where the LocalisedString would replace the "Mine [Entity: X]" part.

Optionally it would be nice to have a script unlock trigger, e.g.;

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LuaTechnology.trigger_scripted_research()

Why this would be nice: In editor mode I mined oil before unlocking the technology, removed the oil pump, then research_recursive until oil-gathering. What happened is that oil-processing was also researched, which leads me to believe that the game retains a memory of the trigger unlocks. By calling this function we would set the in-game "memory" of the trigger so that it is automatically unlocked if the trigger occurred before the prerequisites have been met.

[meifray]

I think modder can just manually implement their research trigger, all they need actually just a localization key for them to display any requirement they want :/

ImpossibleTechnologyTrigger Loaded when the type is "impossible ".
type :: "impossible"
trigger_description (*optional) :: LocalisedString

[curiosity]

Duplicate of viewtopic.php?t=130498

[Subject314159]

Duplicate of viewtopic.php?t=130498

..that's this exact thread

[Bilka]

Duplicate of viewtopic.php?t=130498

..that's this exact thread

I merged the threads.

[curiosity]

..that's this exact thread

You can tell from the post titles that another thread has been merged into this one.

[Fishbus]

+1 for just a few different built-in tech trigger types