Player.AddNotification (Civ5 API)

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This function is a member of Player. This is an instance method, invoke it with a colon.

Triggers a notification for a Player. Notifications appear as icons on the right side of the screen.

Usage

void Player:AddNotification(NotificationType notificationType, string description, string title, int x = -1, int y = -1, PlayerID extra1 = -1, int extra2 = -1)

Parameters

notificationType:	No description available.
description:	The text displayed when mousing over the icon
title:	The text displayed (temporarily) next to the icon
x:	X coordinate of relevant plot; use -1 if notification is not tied to a specific location
y:	Y coordinate of relevant plot; use -1 if notification is not tied to a specific location
extra1:	Optional additional information needed by some notification types
extra2:	Optional additional information needed by some notification types

Examples

local pPlayer = Players[Game.GetActivePlayer()]
local pCity = pPlayer:GetCapitalCity()
local sTitle = "Plague strikes " .. pCity:GetName()
local sText = pCity:GetName() .. " is suffering from plague; population has been decreased"
pPlayer:AddNotification(NotificationTypes.NOTIFICATION_STARVING, sText, sTitle, pCity:GetX(), pCity:GetY())

Source code samples

TurnsRemaining.lua - DLC_02 DLC

DLC/DLC_02/Scenarios/NewWorldScenario/TurnsRemaining.lua

0224	player:AddNotification(NotificationTypes.NOTIFICATION_GENERIC, text, heading);
0422	pPlayer:AddNotification(NotificationTypes.NOTIFICATION_GENERIC, text, heading);

TurnsRemaining.lua (G&K)

DLC/Expansion/Scenarios/SteampunkScenario/TurnsRemaining.lua

0365	pActivePlayer:AddNotification(NotificationTypes.NOTIFICATION_GENERIC, sMessage, sSummary, -1, -1, iNewOwner);

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