Armies
An armies object is a collection of battle_army objects. Like the other battle collection objects (battle_alliances and battle_units), armies:count returns the number of objects and armies:item returns individual items in the collection.
| Loaded in Campaign |
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| Loaded in Battle |
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| Loaded in Frontend |
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Armies objects are derived from battle_alliance objects in the battle_hierarchy - see the battle_hierarchy page for more information. Preferably, use the script_unit or generated_battle frameworks provided by the script libraries to negate the need to explicitly create armies objects.
Once a handle to an armies object is obtained, functions may be called on it to query or modify its state in the following form.
Example - Specification:
<object_name>:<function_name>(<args>)
Example - Creation and Usage:
local armies_player = bm:alliances():item(1):armies()
bm:out("number of armies on the player's side: " .. armies_player:count()) -- calling a function on the object once created
number of armies on the player's side: 2
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armies:item(indexnumber) -
Returns the
battle_armyat the specified index in the armies list. The list is 1-based, so supplying1as an argument will return the first army in the alliance.Parameters:
1
index
Returns:
battle_army
defined in ../../common/EmpireBattle/Source/BattleScript/BattleEditorScriptInterface.cpp, line 8945
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armies:count() -
Returns the size of the armies list.
Returns:
number
defined in ../../common/EmpireBattle/Source/BattleScript/BattleEditorScriptInterface.cpp, line 8965