Exclamation mark around Warsaw

[GinngoAR]

Hello.
I have a question
I have seen on YouTube that other players have a circle with an exclamation mark around Warsaw, which shows me how big the area is in which I can only have a certain number of units in order not to increase the USSR's readiness for war. And if there are too many units in this area, the exclamation mark turns red. How can I get this display?

Thank you

[BillRunacre]

An outer ring of marked hexes should also display when relevant, i.e. from January 1941, although they appear to be beyond the area shown in your screenshot.

[GinngoAR]

The ring of exclamation marks was also not displayed from January 1941. I have reinstalled the game. Now the exclamation marks are displayed.

Thank you

[Elessar2]

[so I don't have to do a new thread]

How do you implement these as a map designer? I've scoured the Popup scripts, to no avail, tho in the text folders under the Event folder [yes, the Popup one] I did find the text notifications:

<<TAG_178>>= Ensure that we have at least two units within 10 hexes of Warsaw
<<TAG_179>>= Ensure that we have at least four units within 10 hexes of Warsaw
<<TAG_180>>= Having more than 18 units within 10 hexes of Warsaw increases Soviet Mobilization
<<TAG_181>>= Keep a unit within 1 hex of here to avoid increasing Italian Mobilization
<<TAG_182>>= Keep a unit within 5 hexes of here to avoid increasing Italian Mobilization
<<TAG_183>>= 7 Allied Naval Units Within This Zone Risks Italy Mobilizing
<<TAG_184>>= 2 Allied Amphibious Units Within This Zone Risks Italy Mobilizing

So how do I specify in which hex a given note goes, and how many hexes are involved? Obviously I would need a map symbol at the location in question.

[BillRunacre]

If you search for the tag numbers in the actual POP UP scripts then you can copy the methodology within those scripts.

e.g. TAG_178 brings up these two.
The first being for when everything is as it should be, i.e. sufficient units are in place, the second for when they are not, and a different symbol will be shown.

;REMOVE1941
;
{
#NAME= ALLIED AI: German/Soviet Front Garrison Report 1940
#POPUP=
#MESSAGE= <<TAG_178>>
#IMAGE=
#SOUND=
#FLAG= 1
#TYPE= 2
#AI= 4
#LEVEL= 0
; Set global variable condition to always trigger (dummy value)
#GV= 1[1,100]
; Set link value to always trigger (dummy value)
#LINK= 0[0]
#COUNTRY_ID= 45
#TRIGGER= 100
#PRIVATE= 1
#DISPLAY_ORDER= 1
#DISPLAY_TURN= 1
#DISPLAY_STYLE= 2.15
#MESSAGE_STYLE= 0
#TEXT_RGB= 0,0,0
#SHADOW_RGB= 0,0,0
#MAP_POSITION= 186,74
#MAP_POSITION= 189,66
#MAP_POSITION= 191,67
#MAP_POSITION= 193,68
#MAP_POSITION= 195,69
#MAP_POSITION= 197,70
#MAP_POSITION= 198,72
#MAP_POSITION= 198,74
#MAP_POSITION= 198,76
#MAP_POSITION= 198,78
#MAP_POSITION= 198,80
#MAP_POSITION= 197,81
#MAP_POSITION= 195,82
#MAP_POSITION= 193,83
#MAP_POSITION= 191,84
#MAP_POSITION= 189,85
#MAP_POSITION= 187,85
#MAP_POSITION= 185,84
#MAP_POSITION= 183,83
#MAP_POSITION= 181,82
#MAP_POSITION= 179,81
#MAP_POSITION= 178,80
#MAP_POSITION= 178,78
#MAP_POSITION= 178,76
#MAP_POSITION= 178,74
#MAP_POSITION= 178,72
#MAP_POSITION= 179,70
#MAP_POSITION= 181,69
#DATE= 1940/01/01 [=]
; Berlin is in Axis hands
#ALIGNMENT_POSITION= 173,74 [1]
#VARIABLE_CONDITION= 116 [2] [0] [0]
#VARIABLE_CONDITION= 45 [1] [100] [0]
; Dummy Condition Position
#CONDITION_POSITION= 0,0 [0,0] [0,0] [0] [0]
}

;REMOVE1941
;
{
#NAME= ALLIED AI: German/Soviet Front Garrison Report 1940
#POPUP=
#MESSAGE= <<TAG_178>>
#IMAGE=
#SOUND=
#FLAG= 1
#TYPE= 2
#AI= 4
#LEVEL= 0
; Set global variable condition to always trigger (dummy value)
#GV= 1[1,100]
; Set link value to always trigger (dummy value)
#LINK= 0[0]
#COUNTRY_ID= 45
#TRIGGER= 100
#PRIVATE= 1
#DISPLAY_ORDER= 1
#DISPLAY_TURN= 1
#DISPLAY_STYLE= 2.14
#MESSAGE_STYLE= 0
#TEXT_RGB= 0,0,0
#SHADOW_RGB= 0,0,0
#MAP_POSITION= 186,74
#MAP_POSITION= 189,66
#MAP_POSITION= 191,67
#MAP_POSITION= 193,68
#MAP_POSITION= 195,69
#MAP_POSITION= 197,70
#MAP_POSITION= 198,72
#MAP_POSITION= 198,74
#MAP_POSITION= 198,76
#MAP_POSITION= 198,78
#MAP_POSITION= 198,80
#MAP_POSITION= 197,81
#MAP_POSITION= 195,82
#MAP_POSITION= 193,83
#MAP_POSITION= 191,84
#MAP_POSITION= 189,85
#MAP_POSITION= 187,85
#MAP_POSITION= 185,84
#MAP_POSITION= 183,83
#MAP_POSITION= 181,82
#MAP_POSITION= 179,81
#MAP_POSITION= 178,80
#MAP_POSITION= 178,78
#MAP_POSITION= 178,76
#MAP_POSITION= 178,74
#MAP_POSITION= 178,72
#MAP_POSITION= 179,70
#MAP_POSITION= 181,69
#DATE= 1940/01/01 [=]
; Berlin is in Axis hands
#ALIGNMENT_POSITION= 173,74 [1]
#VARIABLE_CONDITION= 116 [2] [0] [0]
#VARIABLE_CONDITION= 45 [1] [100] [0]
; Axis have less than 2 units within 10 hexes of Warsaw
#CONDITION_POSITION= 188,76 [10,10] [2,2] [1] [0] [<]
}

[Elessar2]

Thanks Bill that should prove helpful. I assume "#DISPLAY_STYLE= 2.14" has to do with the sprite #'s in the map symbols menu, red or blue exclamation points and such?

[BillRunacre]

Yes that is correct, it relates to the 14th symbol in the file, so you can experiment with this according to what icon you want to appear, and when.

[Elessar2]

Hmm, the [<] obviously is meant to trigger the symbol if the number of units is LESS than the amount in the third bracket, [1].

But I just tried a greater than [>], as a warning to an enemy that he has encroached too close to a given position with too MANY units, and it gave me an error. Doesn't appear that less than or greater than or equal works either: [>=], or would that be [=>}? If those last two don't work, then do I need to set the value in the brackets to zero? [0]

[El_Condoro]

>= is not needed because the [#,#] in the number of units brackets is already a >=.