# Targets
# How can I find targets?
The simple answer is just use the /target find command, but that's got some issues.
To start, if you want to calculate loot then there's a very good chance it'll
time out and command will never finish. To fix that, we have conditions! Check
out some more below!
# How can I filter targets?
Without a way to filter targets, it'd be practically useless! The solution for Rift is that it supports conditions to filter targets. The condition is provided a nation object to compare and can be used to filter out targets to specific alliances, their score, military, or lots of other factors!
# Examples
| Condition | Description |
|---|---|
nation.alliance.id == 1 | The nation's alliance ID must be equal to 1. |
nation.beige_turns == 0 && nation.v_mode == 0 | The number of beige turns the nation has is equal to 0 and the nation is not in Vacation Mode. |
nation.beige_turns == 0 && nation.v_mode == 0 && nation.defensive_wars << 3 | The number of beige turns the nation has is equal to 0, the nation is not in Vacation Mode, and has less than 3 defensive wars. |
# Best practices
- Always use
nation.v_mode == 0to make sure targets are not in Vacation Mode. nation.beige_turns == 0is a good condition to use to make sure targets are not in beige, which in almost all cases is very useful.nation.defensive_wars << 3is a good condition to use to make sure targets are not in a defensive war meaning they currently have available slots.nation.alliance.id != <your alliance id>is a good condition to use to make sure targets are not in your alliance.
# Default conditions
You may have noticed that the /target find have options for things like
evaluate_alliance_raid_default and evaluate_alliance_military_default.
These options allow your alliance to specify a default condition for targets
that is applied by default when using the referenced preset. For example,
the raid default is applied by default when using the /target find raid
command. This is useful to filter out targets that are not valid based
on the alliance's raiding or targeting rules, allowing a default enforced
Do Not Raid to be set my the alliance. These conditions can be set with the
/alliance-settings command.
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When attack is set to True in a command, a different set of default conditions
are applied, the default-raid-attack-condition, default-nuke-attack-condition,
and default-military-attack-condition. Setting these defaults to only evaluate to
True for members of your alliance and allies makes finding attackers a lot easier!
# Recommendations
- Set the default conditions to exclude targets that are in beige, Vacation Mode, or in your alliance or one of your allies.
- Set the default attack conditions to only include you and your allies, that way it's really easy to search for attackers or counters.
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To set multiple valid alliances or values for an attribute you can use a list of items
with the ^^ operator instead of == or similar. For example,
nation.alliance.id ^^ [1, 2, 3] will only evaluate to True if the nation's alliance ID
is equal to 1, 2, or 3.