This mod implements on screen alerts for a variety of in-game events such as city growth and the availability of new trade opportunities. The concept is modelled after the CivAssist tool for Civilization 3, and in fact, many of the alerts are the same.

The alerts will not reveal information that would otherwise be unavailable. They are simply intended to call the player's attention to situations as they arise without requiring tedious scanning of the advisor screens on each turn.

The alert messages are integrated with the existing event log. Like those messages, a notification is displayed on screen for a short period of time. Messages that have been cleared from the screen can be recalled by opening the event log. When appropriate, clicking on a message brings the camera focus to the site of the event.

The supported alerts are listed below. The alerts are documented in greater detail in the Features section


City will grow on the next turn
City will become unhealthy on the next turn
City will become angry on the next turn
City has grown
City has become unhealthy
City has become angry
Civilization has significant amount of gold available for trade
Civilization has significant amount of gold per turn available for trade


Future releases will include support for additional alerts and a user interface for configuring options.

Changes:

2006-Aug-11

Updated for Warlords compatibility.

Appears to work with Civ4 version 1.61. No changes necessary.
2006-Mar-12, v1.3

Fixed a bug with determining the user directory when the installation directory has been renamed. Thanks to 12monkeys

2006-Feb-28, v1.2

Fixed the search path for .INI files. The parser was searching the Assets directories instead of their respective parent directories. Thanks to jray
Restored the 6 Boolean state flags to the event handler front end. Thanks to jray

2006-Feb-2, v1.1

Added the CvModName feature to CvConfigParser to allow discovery of the active mod name under certain circumstances.
Fixed exception handling in INI file reader.



Civ4lerts.zip (http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=2293)

Sorry for the mini-bump, but I was wondering if you had any screenshots of the mod working. I'm wondering if it is like CivAssist II where you had to minimize Civ to see it. After all, it takes so long to get back into the game when cIV gets minimized... =/

Sorry for the mini-bump, but I was wondering if you had any screenshots of the mod working. I'm wondering if it is like CivAssist II where you had to minimize Civ to see it. After all, it takes so long to get back into the game when cIV gets minimized... =/

I don't have any screenshots, but they wouldn't be very interesting anyway. No, it's not like CivAssist.

You know the messages that show up on screen saying things like "Hinduism has been founded in a far away land" or "India has declared war on the Spanish?" The alerts generated by this mod work the same way.

You'll get a little on-screen message about the event. The message will fade away after about 10 seconds. If you want to recall a message (like maybe you got a whole pile of them at once) you can open the event log that's usually shown in the upper left region of the screen.

Also, think about how the built in message work when a forest is chopped or when a city's cultural borders work. You know how there's a little icon you can click to zoom to the city or the tile that had the forest? Some of the alerts also have a similar icon. It doesn't make sense for all of them (where would you zoom for "Catherine has 63 gold available for trade," but alerts like city growth and health or happiness problems will all zoom to the city.

So, in summary, you might not see any signs that it's working if no city is growing. At the beginning of a game it might take as many as 10 or 20 turns before you see an alert, depending on your game speed, the city quality, and various other factors.

The easiest way to verify that it's working is probably to load an old save from late in a game when everyone is in the modern age and has lots of gold. Then skip to the next turn. The first turn after you load a saved game will always display a lot of trade alerts, because every trading opportunity is "new." That is, let's say Napoleon has 167 gold available. Since you just loaded this game, you haven't been alterted to that situation yet, so as soon as you skip to the next turn, you'll see a trading alert. Since most leaders will have at least 50 gold to trade late in the game, you'll always get a pile of warnings on that first turn.

OK. I downloaded it, and I like it. Good job! :)

Your Civ4lerts mod looks good, but whenever I try to load it the game says there's a problem with the CvEventInterface file. Any ideas? Thanks.

Your Civ4lerts mod looks good, but whenever I try to load it the game says there's a problem with the CvEventInterface file. Any ideas? Thanks.

No idea about what the actual problem is, but I do know how to find out. Open your CivilizationIV.ini file (usually C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\CivilizationIV.ini) and change the "LoggingEnabled" settings as shown below.


LoggingEnabled = 1


Then next time you run the game, it will create various files in the Logs directory (usually C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Logs). There should be a PythonErr2.log and a PythonErr.log. One or both of those should have some error messages in them. If you post those here, I can probably figure out what's causing the problem.

Thanks.

Awesome mod!!!

I wonder if you can help me with a problem. When I edit Civ4lerts.ini, I don't see the changes occuring in the game. For example, I set the gold trading notifications to False, but I still see them. (I have Civ4lerts.ini in the usual place, at My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\).

I also have additional problems when I try to merge this mod with Alerum's Unaltered Gameplay. I don't know Python, but I'm a software developer and was pretty careful :cool:. After the merge, the in-game wonder movies and new-tech splash screens (the ones where Leanord Nimoy talks) stop happening. I also get errors in PythonErr.log (see below). I tried Alerum's mod alone, and it worked fine. When I try Civ4lerts alone, I see wonder movies, but they are choppy (actually... there may be another factor involved in this problem, since I think I was using a different Civ4.ini when I tried that... so forget that for now...).

I see the "CvModName import failed" message in the python error logs, but I assume this is expected since I don't have any mods. Everything is in CustomAssets. I'd be glad to send additional files if that would help debug things. Thanks in advance for help!

Below is a paste of the error message I get in PythonErr.log (repeated 6 times) after merging Civ4lerts and Alerum:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "CvEventInterface", line 23, in onEvent

File "CvCustomEventManager", line 115, in handleEvent

File "CvCustomEventManager", line 126, in _handleDefaultEvent

File "CvEventManager", line 517, in onBuildingBuilt

AttributeError: 'CvCustomEventManager' object has no attribute 'bMultiPlayer'
ERR: Python function onEvent failed, module CvEventInterface

And here is the call at line 23 of CvEventInterface:

def onEvent(argsList):
'Called when a game event happens - return 1 if the event was consumed'
return getEventManager().handleEvent(argsList)

I know what the problem is with the exceptions in onBuildingBuilt. I did some "cleanup" in the handleEvent method, but since I don't know Python very well, I think I cleaned up some stuff that was important. Oops! :blush: I'll try to post a fixed version later today.

I'm not sure why your .INI file edits wouldn't be working, but since the defaults are set the way I like them, I don't actually do any overrides myself, so that stuff isn't very well tested. I'll do some experiments and see what I can come up with. It does sound like you have the .INI file in the correct place, and you're right that the error about CvModName doesn't matter (that's a weird hack to help find the .INI file if you install the mod in the Mods directory).

Thanks for the quick response!

I wonder if you could suggest a way to circumvent your custom parser, so I can try that and see if it's the cause of my .ini problem. Since I have all my .ini's in the same usual place, I don't need the custom parsing.

Turns out I was only partly right about the cause. It's in the area of the code I took out, but there was also a change made in Alerum's mod (or someone else's that got merged into his) that is part of the problem. If you change the CvCustomEventManager.handleEvent function as shown below, it should set bMultiPlayer properly. The change is the addition of three new lines at the beginning.


def handleEvent(self, argsList):
"""Handles events by calling all installed handlers."""
self.origArgsList = argsList
flagsIndex = len(argsList) - 6
self.bDbg, self.bMultiPlayer, self.bAlt, self.bCtrl, self.bShift, self.bAllowCheats = argsList[flagsIndex:]
eventType = argsList[0]
return {
"kbdEvent": self._handleConsumableEvent,
"mouseEvent": self._handleConsumableEvent,
"OnSave": self._handleOnSaveEvent,
"OnLoad": self._handleOnLoadEvent
}.get(eventType, self._handleDefaultEvent)(eventType,
argsList[1:flagsIndex])


I don't think the INI files work like you think they do. ;) If you disable the CvConfigParser class in my mod, the INI file won't work at all, no matter where you put it.

The reason all that stuff is in there is that the Civ4 API's don't give mods any way of accessing settings from their INI files. You'll notice that every mod in the Mods directory has its own INI file with stuff like "SinglePlayerOnly," "AllowPublicMaps," "Name," etc. That looks like the perfect place to store all your custom mod settings, right? After all, that file is already read in by the game, so let's just put a few more values in there.

Great idear, but it doesn't actually work. Wherever the game puts that INI file after it reads it, it's not accessible from Python. So that's why I've got that parser class there. I sort of borrowed/stole the idea from the Hall of Fame mod and adapted it a bit to be more general and to have fewer/no hardcoded paths.

I'm about to try some tests to see if I can track down why it isn't working.

def handleEvent(self, argsList):
"""Handles events by calling all installed handlers."""
self.origArgsList = argsList
flagsIndex = len(argsList) - 6
self.bDbg, self.bMultiPlayer, self.bAlt, self.bCtrl, self.bShift, self.bAllowCheats = argsList[flagsIndex:]
eventType = argsList[0]
return {
"kbdEvent": self._handleConsumableEvent,
"mouseEvent": self._handleConsumableEvent,
"OnSave": self._handleOnSaveEvent,
"OnLoad": self._handleOnLoadEvent
}.get(eventType, self._handleDefaultEvent)(eventType,
argsList[1:flagsIndex])


Don't make the change shown in the last line (:flagsIndex). Or if you do, make sure you also remove ":len(argsList) - 6" from each of the other handle*Event functions. They're both trying to do the same thing, and they step on each others toes if you have both.

Yay, it works now without any errors! Thanks so much!

I was also able to manually set the INI stuff in the .py files... was easy to find. But out of curiosity, is the INI file supposed to work if I just put it in the parent folder of CustomAssets and have all my .py files in CustomAssets (instead of MODS)?

FYI, I also merged in TheLopez's Specialist Stacker. I saw that he uses your custom config parser. Probably not a surprise, but I can't get it to read its INI either. But again it was easy to change the .py files directly, so oh well :).

is the INI file supposed to work if I just put it in the parent folder of CustomAssets and have all my .py files in CustomAssets (instead of MODS)?

Yes, it's supposed to "just work." I did some testing though, and I saw the same problem you did. After a little investigation, I discovered that it wasn't reading the config file at all (big surprise; you already knew that much :-)). The directory search path was wrong. It was looking in the assets directories instead of in their parents.

I just updated the attachment in the first post of the thread. That has both of these recent fixes. Alternatively, if it's easier for you to just change the code directly, you can change the __init__ method of CvConfigParser as shown below. The change is to the line that initializes filenames. I added "os.path.dirname(dir)" where it previously just said "dir".


def __init__(self, filename = None, *args, **kwargs):
"""Initializes the parser by reading options from the named file."""
super(CvConfigParser, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
if (filename != None):
filenames = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(dir), filename)
for dir in CvPath.assetsPath]
filenames.reverse()
self.read(filenames)

IIRC, if you put it in CustomAssets you have to load it in the menu, whereas putting it in the Mods folder loads it automatically

I just updated the attachment in the first post of the thread. That has both of these recent fixes. Alternatively, if it's easier for you to just change the code directly, you can change the __init__ method of CvConfigParser as shown below. The change is to the line that initializes filenames. I added "os.path.dirname(dir)" where it previously just said "dir".


Awesome, thanks! I appreciate you mentioning the changes since I had already done some merging. I'll let you know if I find any problems. I tried changing the Specialist Stacker INI file since that is faster to see the effects of (at least in my game right now, where I haven't met any competitors yet), and that worked. So I assume your INI will work fine too.

Nice work on the mod! :goodjob:

This is very useful to me, because I'm so forgetful during my games. I always end up neglecting to check and see how my populations are doing. :) So this helps me keep track of it all.

IIRC, if you put it in CustomAssets you have to load it in the menu, whereas putting it in the Mods folder loads it automatically

That'd be the other way around, I do believe.

(that's a weird hack to help find the .INI file if you install the mod in the Mods directory).

It might be a weird hack, but you know what? It has been working very well for me given that they didn't provide ANY way to get the name of the currently loaded mod.

Wow - I loaded this as a standalone mod, and it is exactly what I'm looking for.

Too bad (for me) I have no clue on how to incorporate this into my own fusion mod. I've fused together 28 or so mod components, many that use CvCustomEventManager and I don't know how to adopt Dr Jiggle's code into my hacked CvCustomEventManager.

But still, I'd like to try.

I wonder how I could tweak the following code in my hacked CvCustomEventManager:

def __init__(self):
# initialize base class
self.parent = CvEventManager.CvEventManager
self.parent.__init__(self)
self.Events[7501] = ('FreeTechPopup', self.__eventFreeTechApply , self.__eventFreeTechBegin)

def initValues(self):

self.iProphetID = CvUtil.findInfoTypeNum (gc.getUnitInfo,gc.getNumUnitInfos(),'UNIT_PROPHET ')
etc.

... with respect to Dr Jiggle's code:

class CvCustomEventManager(CvEventManager.CvEventManager , object):

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(CvCustomEventManager, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
# map the initial EventHandlerMap values into the new data structure
for eventType, eventHandler in self.EventHandlerMap.iteritems():
self.setEventHandler(eventType, eventHandler)
# --> INSERT EVENT HANDLER INITIALIZATION HERE <--
Civ4lerts.Civ4lerts(self)

def addEventHandler(self, eventType, eventHandler):
etc.

I respect the fact that Dr Jiggle's approach is compliant with a sensible way to fuse mods together. Unfortunately, while I have the time and will to fuse mods together, I don't have the time (and thus the will) to grasp the science I would need to fold this into my mod. Is there a way to sidestep the elegance of Dr Jiggle's method, just this once, to fold this into my CvCustomEventManager?

Respectfully,
Spocko

PS - I wonder whether I could reverse my question and learn how to fold my existing CvCustomEventManager into Dr Jiggle's?

I'll try to post some details later after I've had a chance to look over your example. It should be easy to do either way -- either fold my alerts into your event manager or install your handlers into my event manager. I had some documentation on doing this at one point, but I don't think I ever fleshed it out. This might motivate me to get back to it.

Thanks for the quick reply, there Dr.

I wonder if it might be smartest for me to learn how to fold mine into yours, so that I'll be better prepared to handle future elegant mods as well as those that I've already learned how to fuse together.

If the technique is "simple" enough to learn, maybe I should think of using the elegant approach to recompile my mod at the time the next patch comes out. I've been sweating it out, wondering just how hard it will be to rebuild my mod for the next patch. It seems the elegant approach in your mod is the way to go to modularize all my forked mods when I port over to the forthcoming new patch.

Anyway, you responded so quickly I wanted to let you know, in a timely way, that I'll appreciate the help you're able to provide.

Thanks!
Spocko

As you mentioned, there are two approaches you can take:


use my custom event handler and merge your handlers ito it
use your custom event handler and merge my alerts into it


I'll start with the first option, because as you'll eventually read, it's much easier. The main thing you need to do is register your event manager's handler functions with my event manager. You would do this with calls like in the the example below. Note that although I think these code snippets are correct, I haven't actually run it and tested them, so there may be minor errors and typos.


def __init__(self, eventManager):
# initialize base class
self.parent = CvEventManager.CvEventManager
self.parent.__init__(self)
eventManager.addEventHandler("unitMove", self.onUnitMove)
eventManager.addEventHandler("unitCreated", self.onUnitCreated)
eventManager.addEventHandler("unitKilled", self.onUnitKilled)
# ... repeat for all event handlers ...
eventManager.addEventHandler("religionSpread", self.onReligionSpread)


The string names of the event handlers can be found in the original CvEventManager class where EventHandlerMap is initialized (around line 73-ish). As you can see from the above examples, most of the time the pattern is to remove "on" from the handler function, but that isn't always true, so make sure you check the names. It's particularly inconsistent when you're dealing with the onGame* and Save/Load types of events.

Then call your event manager's constructor from my CvCustomEventManager __init__ function. Let's assume for the sake of discussion that you rename your class to CvSpockoEventManager.


CvSpockoEventManager.CvSpockoEventManager(self)


The only obvious problem I see with this approach, based on a quick scan of your code, is the self.Events[7501] thing you're doing to install the popup handler. The easiest solution would probably be to just stick that line right in my __init__ function. So to sum up, you would wind up with a CvCustomEventManager constructor that looks something like this.


def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(CvCustomEventManager, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
# map the initial EventHandlerMap values into the new data structure
for eventType, eventHandler in self.EventHandlerMap.iteritems():
self.setEventHandler(eventType, eventHandler)
# --> INSERT EVENT HANDLER INITIALIZATION HERE <--
Civ4lerts.Civ4lerts(self)
CvSpockoEventManager.CvSpockoEventManager(self)
self.Events[7501] = ('FreeTechPopup', self.__eventFreeTechApply , self.__eventFreeTechBegin)


I think that's it. Done. It should work.

Alternatively, if you wanted to keep your event manager and call out to my handler functions, you could do that as well. I think that will require more code and/or will be more complicated, but I'm obviously biased. The main reason for the difficulty is that the deep class hierarchy of my alerts, while it makes it easy to add new alerts with a minimal amount of new code, it also makes it somewhat harder to quickly see what event handler functions are used by each alert. It also means that there are quite a few places where you would need to make changes to my code to let them interact with a different event manager.

For example, let's take the CityPendingGrowth alert to start with. That class implements an onCityPendingGrowth function, but that's not a "real" event handler. It's faked by the base class. If you look at the base class, you'll see that it implements an onCityDoTurn function. We'll need to plug that into your event manager. You would need to implement something like this.


def onCityDoTurn(self, argsList):
cityPendingGrowth.onCityDoTurn(argsList)


And at the beginning of your module in the same place where you initialize FreeTech and TechWindow, also create a CityPendingGrowth object.


cityPendingGrowth = Civ4lerts.CityPendingGrowth()


But notice that the CityPendingGrowth constructor expects a single argument -- the event manager. It will use that argument to register its event handlers. So that code needs to be removed in order to let it work with a more conventional event manager. You need to remove the eventManager argument from the AbstractAlert, AbstractCityPendingGrowth, and CityPendingGrowth classes. You also need to remove the addEventHandler call from the AbstractCityPendingGrowth class. You would wind up with an AbstractCityPendingGrowth constructor like this.


def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(AbstractCityPendingGrowth, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)


I'm not going to continue this further, because I think I've made my case. Good, bad, for better or for worse, it's just not that easy to make my alerts work with a conventional event manager. I'd recommend the first approach if you want to merge the two.

Basically my event manager is fairly compatible with an old style event manager, but the old style event managers aren't very compatible with my event handlers.

Here are the files I promised in my PM

It is compatible with 1.61?

THX!

Yes. At least I haven't noticed any problems so far.

THX for your quick reply! Perhaps you should put a notice in the first post... THX again! :goodjob:

Civilization has significant amount of gold available for trade


Why not "Civilization has new technology available for trade"? Is that more difficult to implement?

Why not "Civilization has new technology available for trade"? Is that more difficult to implement?
Having done it for the HOF mod, I would say: Yes. :D But what do I know. :mischief:

Why not "Civilization has new technology available for trade"? Is that more difficult to implement?

Yeah, it is, because you need to worry about "visibility." You only want to mention technologies where you have the prerequisites.

The functions to do that are all there, somewhere, in the Python API's, but I haven't spent the time to figure it all out. To be honest, I haven't really been playing Civ4 much lately, so I haven't been very motivated to do the unimplemented alerts. I'm in the middle of a game right now though, and I have to admit that not having a technology alert is driving me nuts. ;-)

Yeah, it is, because you need to worry about "visibility." You only want to mention technologies where you have the prerequisites

The functions to do that are all there, somewhere, in the Python API's, but I haven't spent the time to figure it all out. To be honest, I haven't really been playing Civ4 much lately, so I haven't been very motivated to do the unimplemented alerts..;-)I got most of the visibility logic from the Exotic Foreign Advisor. ;) The other part that was tough was to only alert about "new" techs.

I'm in the middle of a game right now though, and I have to admit that not having a technology alert is driving me nuts. ;-)Take a look at MoreCiv4lerts.py

Take a look at MoreCiv4lerts.py

Oh, cool. Thanks. I hadn't noticed that before.

Looks like I have a lot of updating to do once I finish this game. ;-)

Take a look at MoreCiv4lerts.py

Where can I get this file? Thanks!!

Where can I get this file? Thanks!!

It's part of the Hall of Fame mod.

http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ4/mod.php

:goodjob:

Thanks Dr Jiggle!

Now that your event manager has pop-up capability, are there any plans to incorporate them into Civ4lerts? Or is it something that's as simple as pasting variations of a few lines of code into the appropriate locations?

Thanks in advance.

What sort of popup dialogs would you want? Something like "You're city has just grown. [Go to the city screen] [Carry on]"? For the most part I've avoided that, because I find most of the built-in dialogs annoying ("You just built your first archer! Congratulations!" Yeah, yeah, stop nagging me.), but if people want that I don't think it would be hard to do.

FYI, the popup handling was always there. It's build into the standard event manager that comes with the game. All I really added was a function that makes it more obvious how to tap into that capability.

What sort of popup dialogs would you want? Something like "You're city has just grown. [Go to the city screen] [Carry on]"? For the most part I've avoided that, because I find most of the built-in dialogs annoying ("You just built your first archer! Congratulations!" Yeah, yeah, stop nagging me.), but if people want that I don't think it would be hard to do.

FYI, the popup handling was always there. It's build into the standard event manager that comes with the game. All I really added was a function that makes it more obvious how to tap into that capability.

Popups for the city messages would be very nice. As long as the user has the option to turn them on and off.

What sort of popup dialogs would you want? Something like "You're city has just grown. [Go to the city screen] [Carry on]"? For the most part I've avoided that, because I find most of the built-in dialogs annoying ("You just built your first archer! Congratulations!" Yeah, yeah, stop nagging me.), but if people want that I don't think it would be hard to do.

FYI, the popup handling was always there. It's build into the standard event manager that comes with the game. All I really added was a function that makes it more obvious how to tap into that capability.

What I want it for is to be able to go straight to a city with pending unhappiness or unhealthiness problems, and address the issue immediately, as opposed to forgetting to do so after handling all the other issues that need attention (and it doesn't help when you have a mild case of ADD, either, heh).

At any rate, I should've figured there wasn't an easy answer like, "oh, you just slap a statement, like this generic one here, right into such-and-such a spot." It's about time I ventured from cut-n-paste work to actually enabling myself in Python, though; I knew I'd have to get around to it eventually, and it'll help prepare for cut-n-paste work with the SDK.

What I want it for is to be able to go straight to a city with pending unhappiness or unhealthiness problems, and address the issue immediately, as opposed to forgetting to do so after handling all the other issues that need attention (and it doesn't help when you have a mild case of ADD, either, heh).Take a look at the Domestic Advisor (F1). You can see the state of those things an click on the icon to left of the city name to just to it. You can work your way through any cities with issues that way. The alerts save you from having to do that every turn.

All,

I have this mod installed on my machine and it works fine in single player but when I play multi player it doesn't work.

How do I get it to work with multi player?

Thx
jonpfl

How do I get it to work with multi player?

I don't know. I wasn't aware of any problems with multiplayer, but I only do single player, so it might just be something I've never encountered. If you can turn on logging and post an error message here, that might help figure out the problem.


Set "LoggingEnabled = 1" in your CivilizationIV.ini file (typically C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\CivilizationIV.ini")
Run the game long enough to be sure an alert should have appeared (ex. play until a city grows)
Look at Logs\PythonErr.log and Logs\PythonErr2.log in the same place you found CivilizationIV.ini and see if there's anything that looks like an exception or error message.

I don't know. I wasn't aware of any problems with multiplayer, but I only do single player, so it might just be something I've never encountered. If you can turn on logging and post an error message here, that might help figure out the problem.


Set "LoggingEnabled = 1" in your CivilizationIV.ini file (typically C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\CivilizationIV.ini")
Run the game long enough to be sure an alert should have appeared (ex. play until a city grows)
Look at Logs\PythonErr.log and Logs\PythonErr2.log in the same place you found CivilizationIV.ini and see if there's anything that looks like an exception or error message.


Here you go. I had to cut some of it since it was too long.

warning: to-Python converter for class CyPythonMgr already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum GameStateTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum PopupStates already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum CameraLookAtTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum CameraMovementSpeeds already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ZoomLevelTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum DirectionTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum CardinalDirectionTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ColorTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum PlayerColorTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum PlotStyles already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum PlotLandscapeLayers already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum InterfaceModeTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum InterfaceMessageTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum MinimapModeTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum EngineDirtyBits already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum InterfaceDirtyBits already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum CityTabTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum WidgetTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ButtonPopupTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ClimateTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum SeaLevelTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum CustomMapOptionTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
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warning: to-Python converter for enum PlotTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum YieldTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum CommerceTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum AdvisorTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum FlavorTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum EmphasizeTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum GameOptionTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum MultiplayerOptionTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum SpecialOptionTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum PlayerOptionTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum GraphicOptionTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ForceControlTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum VictoryTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum FeatureTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum BonusTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum BonusClassTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ImprovementTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum RouteTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum RiverTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum GoodyTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum BuildTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum SymbolTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum FontSymbols already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum HandicapTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum GameSpeedTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum TurnTimerTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum EraTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum CivilizationTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum LeaderHeadTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ArtStyleTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum CitySizeTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum FootstepAudioTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum FootstepAudioTags already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ChatTargetTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum VoiceTargetTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum TeamTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum PlayerTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum TraitTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum OrderTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum TaskTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum BuildingClassTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum BuildingTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum SpecialBuildingTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ProjectTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ProcessTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum VoteTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum InfoBarTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum HealthBarTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum MemoryTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum AttitudeTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum LeaderheadAction already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum DiplomacyPowerTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum FeatTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum SaveGameTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum GameType already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum GameMode already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum InterfaceVisibility already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum GenericButtonSizes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum WorldBuilderPopupTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum EventType already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum LoadType already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum FontTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum PanelStyles already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ButtonStyles already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum TableStyles already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum EventContextTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum TabGroupTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ReplayMessageTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum AudioTag already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum CivilopediaPageTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ActionSubTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum GameMessageTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum PopupControlLayout already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum JustificationTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ToolTipAlignTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum ActivationTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum HitTestTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum GraphicLevelTypes already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyGame already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvSpecialUnitInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvCivicOptionInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvCivicInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvUnitClassInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvBuildingInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvSpecialBuildingInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvBuildingClassInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvRouteModelInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvCivilizationInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvVictoryInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvHurryInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvHandicapInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvGameSpeedInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvTurnTimerInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvBuildInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvGoodyInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvRouteInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvImprovementBonusInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvImprovementInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvBonusClassInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvBonusInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvFeatureInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvCommerceInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvYieldInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvTerrainInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvLeaderHeadInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvProcessInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvVoteInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvProjectInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvReligionInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvTraitInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvWorldInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvClimateInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvSeaLevelInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvAssetInfoBase already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoAsset already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoScalableAsset already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoInterface already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoMovie already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoMisc already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoUnit already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoBuilding already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoCivilization already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoLeaderhead already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoBonus already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoImprovement already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoTerrain already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvArtInfoFeature already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvEmphasizeInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvUpkeepInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvCultureLevelInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvEraInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvColorInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvPlayerColorInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvGameText already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvDiplomacyTextInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvDiplomacyInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvEffectInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvControlInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvQuestInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvTutorialMessage already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvTutorialInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvAutomateInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvCommandInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvGameOptionInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvMPOptionInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvForceControlInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvPlayerOptionInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CvGraphicOptionInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyReplayInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyHallOfFameInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyCity already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyPlayer already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyUnit already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyPlot already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyGlobalContext already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyPopupReturn already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyPopupInfo already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyPopup already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyFractal already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum CvFractal::FracVals already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum FInputDevice::InputType already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum MOUSE_FLAGS already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum FxCheckBox::CheckBoxState already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class NiMatrix3 already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum NotifyCode already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for enum WidgetAnim already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyEngine already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CySign already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyCamera already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyDiplomacy already registered; second conversion method ignored.
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warning: to-Python converter for class CyInterface already registered; second conversion method ignored.
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warning: to-Python converter for class CyAudioGame already registered; second conversion method ignored.
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warning: to-Python converter for class CyGTabCtrl already registered; second conversion method ignored.
warning: to-Python converter for class CyGFlyoutMenu already registered; second conversion method ignored.
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warning: to-Python converter for class CyStatistics already registered; second conversion method ignored.
sys.path = ['ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\email', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\encodings', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\build', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\py', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\tools', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\colourchooser', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\editor', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\floatcanvas', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\masked', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\mixins', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\ogl', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\py\\tests', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\tools\\XRCed', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM']

sys.modules = {'zipimport': <module 'zipimport' (built-in)>, 'signal': <module 'signal' (built-in)>, '__builtin__': <module '__builtin__' (built-in)>, 'sys': <module 'sys' (built-in)>, '__main__': <module '__main__' (built-in)>, 'exceptions': <module 'exceptions' (built-in)>, 'CvPythonExtensions': <module 'CvPythonExtensions' (built-in)>}

sys.builtin_module_names = ('CvPythonExtensions', 'CvPythonExtensions', '__builtin__', '__main__', '_bisect', '_codecs', '_codecs_cn', '_codecs_hk', '_codecs_iso2022', '_codecs_jp', '_codecs_kr', '_codecs_tw', '_csv', '_heapq', '_hotshot', '_locale', '_multibytecodec', '_random', '_sre', '_subprocess', '_symtable', '_weakref', '_winreg', 'array', 'audioop', 'binascii', 'cPickle', 'cStringIO', 'cmath', 'collections', 'datetime', 'errno', 'exceptions', 'gc', 'imageop', 'imp', 'itertools', 'marshal', 'math', 'md5', 'mmap', 'msvcrt', 'nt', 'operator', 'parser', 'regex', 'rgbimg', 'sha', 'signal', 'strop', 'struct', 'sys', 'thread', 'time', 'xxsubtype', 'zipimport')
load_module CvEventInterface
load_module CvUtil
load_module traceback
load_module CvEventManager
load_module CvScreensInterface
load_module CvMainInterface
load_module ScreenInput
load_module CvScreenEnums
load_module time
load_module CvDomesticAdvisor
load_module PyHelpers
load_module CvTechChooser
load_module CvForeignAdvisor
load_module math
load_module CvMilitaryAdvisor
load_module re
load_module CvFinanceAdvisor
load_module CvReligionScreen
load_module CvCivicsScreen
load_module string
load_module CvVictoryScreen
load_module CvOptionsScreen
load_module CvReplayScreen
load_module CvHallOfFameScreen
load_module CvDanQuayle
load_module CvGameUtils
load_module CvUnVictoryScreen
load_module CvDawnOfMan
load_module CvTechSplashScreen
load_module CvTopCivs
load_module random
load_module CvInfoScreen
load_module CvIntroMovieScreen
load_module CvVictoryMovieScreen
load_module CvWonderMovieScreen
load_module CvEraMovieScreen
load_module CvPediaMain
load_module CvPediaScreen
load_module CvScreen
load_module CvPediaTech
load_module CvPediaUnit
load_module CvPediaBuilding
load_module CvPediaPromotion
load_module CvPediaUnitChart
load_module CvPediaBonus
load_module CvPediaTerrain
load_module CvPediaFeature
load_module CvPediaImprovement
load_module CvPediaCivic
load_module CvPediaCivilization
load_module CvPediaLeader
load_module CvPediaSpecialist
load_module CvPediaHistory
load_module CvPediaProject
load_module CvPediaReligion
load_module CvWorldBuilderScreen
load_module Popup
load_module CvWorldBuilderDiplomacyScreen
load_module CvDebugTools
load_module CvDebugInfoScreen
load_module CvMapGeneratorUtil
load_module CvGFCScreen
load_module CvPopupInterface
load_module CvScreenUtilsInterface
load_module CvScreenUtils
load_module CvWBPopups
load_module CvCameraControls
load_module CvAdvisorUtils
PY:OnInit
load_module CvAppInterface

Here you go. I had to cut some of it since it was too long.

That all looks normal and/or unrelated to the alerts. I don't know what all that stuff is about enum conversions, but it's not anything I did.

Do any mods work in multiplayer? I'm thinking the game might automatically ignore customizations as an anti-cheating measure. Of course, I don't think an alert about city growth is actually cheating, but the game doesn't know that. I just sees a custom Python module.

I'm thinking that's the problem. Looking through that list of loaded modules, I don't see any of the modules for my mod. None of them. It looks like they're completely ignored.

D*mn

Your mod is so helpful. I guess they don't allow stuff like this to work.

Any other ideas what I might be missing? It works fine in single player. I am just clicking the icon on my desktop to start it.

Does anyone else use this mod for mplayer????

As I posted in the main Creation & customization forum, I wish to add this mod with the sdksixmapsizes mod (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/sdksixmapsizes.zip) and the civmore mod (http://download.filefront.com/5053060;0f9679af12ef6af490ef39ff5db215bee10c530604 6efb1599a19702e641378bf8e8059120a3cb82). Could somebody please explain in detail what I need to do to merge these?

...Do any mods work in multiplayer? I'm thinking the game might automatically ignore customizations as an anti-cheating measure. Of course, I don't think an alert about city growth is actually cheating, but the game doesn't know that. I just sees a custom Python module...


In my limited experience, mods and MP dont go too well... unless it is a simple mod...

let me explain....

the biggest issues that I see is AI and python...

I find any mod that modifies python and/or AI actions doesnt work well in MP

it will work in MP for maybe like 20-40 turns then you will get Out Of Sync errors...

and then it becomes unplayable

(NOTE: MP will use the custom mods... but it doesnt last long)

the few times where mods work in MP is where the Python files are not altered... alot...

for example I am using the CivMore Mod:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=163596

Fitchn's CivMore Mod specfically does not mess with pythons extensively (however he does add more civics... that require changes in those python files) and therefore I have no MP issues...

he advises that OOS errors occur with Python modifications

and due to my limited search on the OOS problem... I happen to agree with him

however when I tried to merge some AI altering codes like:

Snaitf 's Allegiance Mod (allows for some enemy units to be converted to your /other civs by %)
Snaitf 's Contact Mod (allows for you to meet all civs that your first contact civ met)

I get OOS errors

yet I was able to merge

Snaitf 's Show Attitude Mod with CivMore Mod w/o any errors thus far...

I also used the Exavier Composite Mod but would get OOS errors (it uses alot of the "Snaitf" type python mods) However before the errors all the custom aspects of the mod seems to work


So I think when there are certain Python coding... it doesnt work...

**Also I am using the Snaitf's demolition mod (city razing whenever you want on your own cities/not only capture) but havent used it extensively in MP to see the effects (however thread information suggest it may cause OOS errors later on)




I am still using the 1.52 patch though.... dont know about the new patch


I am not a good coder/modder so I can not say that this for certain that is the reason mods

I can just tell you my experience... and since me and my bro like to play MP on LAN, but dont like the "vanilla" verson, it can be frustrating! :mad:

(also many people havent tested/or dont use mods in MP is a pain too)

I know that any XML additions (buildings/wonders/units) that I made works fine in MP as well as SP games... (as long as all my coding/moding is correct)

my conclusion

XML Modding in MP = good
PYTHON Modding in MP = bad


Note: I have had problems with the ALPHA Channel dds with MP...
I try to avoid using Alpha Channel (unless it is already used by the "vanilla" version) when customizing pics...

...however I made two custom/unique civilizations (for me and my bro) and you can not create a flag/banner without ALPHA Channel dds files

(it is too early to see if this causes problems in my MP games... but I can keep you posted if you wish...)


Another Note: I think this mod is a great idea... but for some reason I can not get it to work....in SP or MP ... so I will have to wait till some one can merge it with CivMore :blush:

well that's my thoughts ...hope it helps...


** Just tried to use the Demolition Mod in MP (1.52 patch) and it didnt work either :mad:

I guess this is the place to post this message as the event handling was part of the alert package. Let me know if I should move it.

I have been looking at CvCustomEventManager in the latest HOF mod. My brain is a bit fried :twitch:, but I think I understand most of it. Here are some questions.

1. class CvCustomEventManager(CvEventManager.CvEventManager , object):
Does CvCustomEventmanager have two supers? If so, what does it inherit from "object"?

2. def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
args and kwargs look like a pointer and a handle.. but thats a different language. Sorry new to Python, could someone explain the * and the ** please?

3. def handleEvent(self, argsList):
"""Handles events by calling all installed handlers."""
self.origArgsList = argsList
flagsIndex = len(argsList) - 6
self.bDbg, self.bMultiPlayer, self.bAlt, self.bCtrl, self.bShift, self.bAllowCheats = argsList[flagsIndex:]
eventType = argsList[0]
return {
"kbdEvent": self._handleConsumableEvent,
"mouseEvent": self._handleConsumableEvent,
"OnSave": self._handleOnSaveEvent,
"OnLoad": self._handleOnLoadEvent
}.get(eventType, self._handleDefaultEvent)(eventType, argsList[1:])
I must have stared at this for hours. I finally figured out that you were handling a case where there is more than one function to handle each event. The value in the EventHandlerMap had been changed from a function to a list of functions. And sure enough up top in the comment area that is what you say, but that just didn't get into my skull when I read it. If I understand this right, then the following is true:

a. If you want to replace (override) all other handlers for an event then you use setEventHandler().

b. If you want to add your handling to an already installed event, then you use addEventHandler().

c. keyboard and mouse events are different in that if there are multiple handlers, after the first successfull handling of the event, the event gets dropped. The other handlers are not called.

d. no order is guarenteed to the handler calls.

Is my understanding correct?

4. I can't figure out what you are trying to do with Save and Load. They don't seem to complement each other.

5. Comparing your event handler with the standard it seems you are missing:
bDummy = false
I have no idea what bDummy does. Can you enlighten me at all?

By the way, :thanx: for this code, my brain just isn't quite up to speed yet.

I basically learned Python for this mod, so a lot of this stuff is picked up, borrowed, stolen from various examples I found. As a result, my use of the techniques and more importantly my explanations may not be entirely right, but here's my best attempt.

Does CvCustomEventmanager have two supers? If so, what does it inherit from "object"?

Yes, it has two supers. Inheriting from object makes it a "new style" Python class, which enables the use of super as shown below.


super(CvCustomEventManager, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)


Without inheriting from object, you need to do all kinds of other crazy stuff to call the superclass method. You'll see examples in some of the event managers in other mods. They do stuff like "self.parent = CvEventManager", which isn't going to work very well if someone tries to derive from their subclass (because then the subclass will reset parent to something else). Anyway, this seemed like a much safer way to deal with calling the superclass method.

2. def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
args and kwargs look like a pointer and a handle.. but thats a different language. Sorry new to Python, could someone explain the * and the ** please?

*args basically gets any extra arguments after the declared ones (like ... in C). **kwargs is for keyword arguments. I read something somewhere that said if you use super to call the superclass method, you should always include *args and **kwargs in your methods. They gave an example of why, but I can't remember what it was.

3. def handleEvent(self, argsList):
"""Handles events by calling all installed handlers."""
self.origArgsList = argsList
flagsIndex = len(argsList) - 6
self.bDbg, self.bMultiPlayer, self.bAlt, self.bCtrl, self.bShift, self.bAllowCheats = argsList[flagsIndex:]
eventType = argsList[0]
return {
"kbdEvent": self._handleConsumableEvent,
"mouseEvent": self._handleConsumableEvent,
"OnSave": self._handleOnSaveEvent,
"OnLoad": self._handleOnLoadEvent
}.get(eventType, self._handleDefaultEvent)(eventType, argsList[1:])
I must have stared at this for hours. I finally figured out that you were handling a case where there is more than one function to handle each event. The value in the EventHandlerMap had been changed from a function to a list of functions. And sure enough up top in the comment area that is what you say, but that just didn't get into my skull when I read it. If I understand this right, then the following is true:

It makes a little more sense if you break it down into several lines. Normally I would have done that myself, but this is supposedly a fairly standard Python idiom. It does this:


handlerFunctionMap = {
"kbdEvent": self._handleConsumableEvent,
"mouseEvent": self._handleConsumableEvent,
"OnSave": self._handleOnSaveEvent,
"OnLoad": self._handleOnLoadEvent
}
handlerFunction = handlerFunctionMap.get(eventType)
if (handlerFunction == null):
handlerFunction = self._handleDefaultEvent
return handlerFunction(eventType, argsList[1:])


It looks up the appropriate handler function from a dictionary / map. If nothing is found, it uses a default function. That function is then called with the eventType string and any additional arguments that are passed in by the game engine (like city where it occurred, player, etc.).


a. If you want to replace (override) all other handlers for an event then you use setEventHandler().

b. If you want to add your handling to an already installed event, then you use addEventHandler().

c. keyboard and mouse events are different in that if there are multiple handlers, after the first successfull handling of the event, the event gets dropped. The other handlers are not called.

d. no order is guarenteed to the handler calls.

Is my understanding correct?


Yes, all correct. There is actually an order guarantee in the current implementation, since new handlers are appended to an ordered list, but I didn't want to make that promise.


4. I can't figure out what you are trying to do with Save and Load. They don't seem to complement each other.


I can't figure it out either. If anyone can tell me what is supposed to happen when the save and load events are fired, I'll fix the handler functions. ;) Save returns a string. According to the comments in the game code, it's "The string to be saved." I don't know how the load event is supposed to do anything with that string, because it isn't passed as part of the event. Therefore, as you noticed, my load handler doesn't do anything with it.


5. Comparing your event handler with the standard it seems you are missing:
bDummy = false
I have no idea what bDummy does. Can you enlighten me at all?


bDummy is renamed in my code to bMultiPlayer. I forget where I got that from, but someone seems to have decided that's what it means, so I figured I'd use the more informative name. I'm not actually 100% certain that the new name is more correct. It might just be that I copied someone else's mistake.

As I posted in the main Creation & customization forum, I wish to add this mod with the sdksixmapsizes mod (http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/sdksixmapsizes.zip) and the civmore mod (http://download.filefront.com/5053060;0f9679af12ef6af490ef39ff5db215bee10c530604 6efb1599a19702e641378bf8e8059120a3cb82). Could somebody please explain in detail what I need to do to merge these?

I was able to successfully merge this mod into CivMore! Civ4lerts will be included in my next release of CivMore!

@Dr Elmer Jiggle: I must say, I am quite impressed! Merging your mod was about as simple as they come! Move a couple files, check a few potential conflicts (of which all checked out), and it was up and running! Beautiful! Keep up the good work!

I was able to successfully merge this mod into CivMore! Civ4lerts will be included in my next release of CivMore!

@Dr Elmer Jiggle: I must say, I am quite impressed! Merging your mod was about as simple as they come! Move a couple files, check a few potential conflicts (of which all checked out), and it was up and running! Beautiful! Keep up the good work!

Awesome! You rock man!

I am probably over analyzing this thing but I am looking at bDummy. In the original file it is a local variable. Seemingly used as a placeholder only. (at least as far as I can tell). For some reason they set it to false before using it.. as follows:

bDummy = false
self.bDbg, bDummy, self.bAlt, self.bCtrl, self.bShift, self.bAllowCheats = argsList[idx:]

Does anyone know if deleteing the bDummy = false line would have any negative effect on the code? The variable goes out of scope quickly and is never used again. The only thing I can think of is that since the argument list is variable it helps somehow to make bDummy a boolean explicitly.

Now in Alerts, you changed bDummy to self.bMultiPlayer. I think that makes it a data attribute, so now it is part of the class instance. Also it was not initialized to anything in __init__ as is the standard for data attributes.

So, since it doesn't seem to be used, I think it is best to leave it as a dummy and also not make it a data atribute. I am a python noob, probably making a mountain out of a molehill.

So, since it doesn't seem to be used, I think it is best to leave it as a dummy and also not make it a data atribute. I am a python noob, probably making a mountain out of a molehill.

It isn't used directly by the event manager, but it can be used by event handlers (assuming someone actually knows what it means). I can't remember where I got the bMultiPlayer name, but I know I didn't make it up myself, so that means somebody somewhere is using it for something.

As far as initializing it, it obviously wouldn't hurt, but I don't think it's necessary. All of those variables only make sense in the context of handling an event, and since all events go through the handleEvent function first, the variables will be initialized before they're used.

Initializing them first in the constructor is probably good general practice, but it's really redundant in this case. I have no idea why they set bDummy to false. That just looks stupid. ;) I mean, it's essentially identical to:

x = 2
x = y * 3

I am currently playing HoF-Mod and I don't know if I am doing something wrong or if I just trapped somewhere but after one of my cities reached "legendary" status I got the message "<cities> cultural borders will expand next round" each turn. What must I do?

(... and thanks for the nice mod :))

I am currently playing HoF-Mod and I don't know if I am doing something wrong or if I just trapped somewhere but after one of my cities reached "legendary" status I got the message "<cities> cultural borders will expand next round" each turn. What must I do?

The cultural border expansion warning is something they added in the HoF mod. I didn't write that code myself, so I'm not sure exactly what would cause it. I've noticed a similar problem with the city growth warnings when you have "stagnate growth" turned on, but I doubt that's related.

One simple workaround might be to just go to the options screen and turn off that warning for a while.

You should probably report this in the HoF mod thread. It does sound like a bug.

The cultural border expansion warning is something they added in the HoF mod. I didn't write that code myself, so I'm not sure exactly what would cause it. I've noticed a similar problem with the city growth warnings when you have "stagnate growth" turned on, but I doubt that's related.

I noticed this behaviour too.:(

One simple workaround might be to just go to the options screen and turn off that warning for a while.

Nice idea, but I normally don't play OCC - so switching off this message means switching it off for ALL citites - not only the one causing the problem.

You should probably report this in the HoF mod thread. It does sound like a bug.

Ok - I will do this - thx

I just wanted to post further on the MP issues..

I got this to work in SP but of course in MP it doesnt work

when I tried to use it in MP in Fitchn's CivMore Mod version .40

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=163596

Any non-host human player would get no interface


I also tried to merge this with Fitchn's earlier version .30

and got slightly better results (but still not working correctly)


Any non-host human player would not get the "Dawn of Man" pop up at the start of the game... and could not name/rename cities created..


dont know if your working on this anymore... but I figured I'd provide more info on it...


...and possibly get any suggestions to fix this problem? :mischief:

I really like this mod component... but since I play almost all my games in MP... I cant use it :sad:


NOTE: This mod works fine in SP.... :rolleyes:

If someone comes up with a fix for multiplayer, I would merge that in with my source code, but since I only do single player myself, a) there's not much likelihood that I'll be able to figure it out on my own and b) it's not very high on my priority list. Theoretically, I'd like to get it working just for the personal satisfaction of being able to say that it works, but in practice it's not something that really affects me enough to do much about it.

FWIW, the Hall of Fame mod has an improved version of this mod, but I doubt any of the changes they made would have any impact on multiplayer use.

There is a good thread here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=174792) about causing and avoiding OOS errors when coding with python in Civ4.

Its a good read and it wouldn't hurt any python modder to read through it. :)

Okay, I am trying to add a half dozen componants to my mod, and I just can't get this one to work. I have checked and rechecked the additions of files, but since I am NOT a python programmer, I am not sure if some other mod is conflicting with this one to cancel it out.

What are some conflicts (as mentioned earlier) of lines that I should pay attention to?

Thanks for any feedback.

What sort of problems are you having? If you give a little specific info I'm sure someone can help you.

All,

Will this mod work with Warlords?

Has any tried this yet?

Thx
jonpfl

I haven't tried it yet and won't until sometime after next week, but my gut feeling is that it will probably work, and if it doesn't, the changes should be simple. There were no changes necessary for the last patch.

So, anyone get this working with warlords yet?

Thx
jonpfl

So, anyone get this working with warlords yet?

Thx
jonpfl

It will work as long as you make the following change found in this posting:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4330901&postcount=86

It will work as long as you make the following change found in this posting:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4330901&postcount=86


@TheLopez

Will that apply to all .py changes in any mod that changes some py files or only this particular py mod :confused:

@TheLopez

Will that apply to all .py changes in any mod that changes some py files or only this particular py mod :confused:

Only the ones that use Dr. Elmer's ini parsing code.

Only the ones that use Dr. Elmer's ini parsing code.


ah ok...thx

Here are the files I promised in my PM
Did you solve your problems?

Did you solve your problems?

Actually I abandoned my efforts to incorporate Dr Jiggle's design for the event manager. I couldn't understand it well enough to know how to incorporate other mods into my fused mod.

Instead, I created a modcomp "ExecutiveBriefing" that is invoked in the event manager by "onCityDoTurn" (see code herein). It provides staggered messages about various aspects of your cities.

Good luck with your coding!
Spocko


## ExecutiveBriefing by Spocko
## Inspired by Dr Jiggle's Civ4Lerts mod
##

from CvPythonExtensions import *
import CvUtil
import PyHelpers
import Popup as PyPopup
import CvCameraControls

# globals
gc = CyGlobalContext()

class ExecutiveBriefing:

def onCityDoTurn(self, argsList):
pCity = argsList[0]
iPlayer = argsList[1]
iturn = gc.getGame().getGameTurn()

if ((not CyGame().isNetworkMultiPlayer()) and (pCity.getOwner() == CyGame().getActivePlayer()) and (not gc.getPlayer(iPlayer).isAnarchy())):

# City is about to grow and not because of it finishing producing a unit (settler or worker) using food
NoGrowthEmphasis = 5
if ((pCity.getFoodTurnsLeft() == 1) and not pCity.isFoodProduction() and (not pCity.AI_isEmphasize(NoGrowthEmphasis))):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,25,'%s will grow to size %s next turn...' %((pCity.getName()), (pCity.getPopulation() + 1)),'',1,'Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/Settler.dds',ColorTypes(8),pCity.getX(),pCity.getY (),True,True)

# City is about to grow and, by doing so, create one too many unhealthy people
if (pCity.goodHealth() <= pCity.badHealth(False)):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'%s will become unhealthy next turn...' %(pCity.getName()),'',1,'Art/Interface/Buttons/General/unhealthy_person.dds',ColorTypes(10),pCity.getX(), pCity.getY(),True,True)

# City is about to grow and, by doing so, create one too many unhappy people
if (pCity.happyLevel() <= pCity.unhappyLevel(0)):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'%s will become unhappy next turn...' %(pCity.getName()),'SND_CITY_REVOLT',1,'Art/Interface/Buttons/General/resistance.dds',ColorTypes(7),pCity.getX(),pCity.g etY(),True,True)

# Give a periodic status report on which cities are unhappy
if ((iturn % 4) == 0):
if (pCity.angryPopulation(0) > 0):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'The people of %s are angry!' %(pCity.getName()),'',1,'Art/Interface/Population Heads/angrycitizen.dds',ColorTypes(7),pCity.getX(),pCity .getY(),True,True)

# Give a periodic status report on which cities are unhealthy
if (((iturn + 1) % 4) == 0):
if (pCity.healthRate(False, 0) < 0):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'The people of %s are not in good health!' %(pCity.getName()),'',1,'Art/Interface/Buttons/General/unhealthy_person.dds',ColorTypes(10),pCity.getX(), pCity.getY(),True,True)

# Give a periodic status report on which cities have evenly split health/unhealthy (and the city is not about to grow - handled elsewhere)
if ((iturn % 5) == 0):
if ((pCity.getFoodTurnsLeft() != 1) and (pCity.goodHealth() == pCity.badHealth(0))):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'%s is half healthy, half unhealthy...' %(pCity.getName()),'',1,'Art/Interface/Buttons/General/unhealthy_person.dds',ColorTypes(13),pCity.getX(), pCity.getY(),True,True)

# Give a periodic status report on which cities have evenly split happy/unhappy (and the city is not about to grow - handled elsewhere)
if ((iturn +1 % 5) == 0):
if ((pCity.getFoodTurnsLeft() != 1) and (pCity.happyLevel() == pCity.unhappyLevel(0))):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'%s is poised between happiness and unhappiness...' %(pCity.getName()),'',1,'Art/Interface/Buttons/General/resistance.dds',ColorTypes(12),pCity.getX(),pCity. getY(),True,True)

# Give a periodic status report on which cities are either starving or close to it
if (((iturn - 1) % 3) == 0):
if (pCity.foodDifference(True) < 0):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'%s needs more food...' %(pCity.getName()),'',1,'Art/Interface/Symbols/Food/food05.dds',ColorTypes(7),pCity.getX(),pCity.getY( ),True,True)

# Give a periodic report on cities that have a long wait before finishing their current production
if ((iturn % 20) == 0):
if (pCity.getGeneralProductionTurnsLeft() > 30):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'%s needs %d turns to build a %s...' %(pCity.getName(),pCity.getGeneralProductionTurnsL eft(),pCity.getProductionName()),'',1,'Art/Interface/Symbols/Production/production05.dds',ColorTypes(78),pCity.getX(),pCit y.getY(),True,True)

# Give a periodic report on cities that are unproductive
if ((iturn % 16) == 0):
if ((pCity.getPopulation() > 3) and (pCity.getPopulation() > (pCity.getYieldRate(YieldTypes.YIELD_PRODUCTION)*1 .5))):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'%s is woefully unproductive ( %s )...' %(pCity.getName(),pCity.getProductionName()),'',1, 'Art/Interface/Symbols/Production/production05.dds',ColorTypes(11),pCity.getX(),pCit y.getY(),True,True)

# Give a periodic report on small cities that would benefit from Hurrying production
if (((iturn + 1) % 7) == 0):
civGovernment = gc.getPlayer(iPlayer).getCivics(0)
civLabor = gc.getPlayer(iPlayer).getCivics(2)
if (((civGovernment == gc.getInfoTypeForString('CIVIC_UNIVERSAL_SUFFRAGE' )) or (civLabor == gc.getInfoTypeForString('CIVIC_SLAVERY'))) and ((pCity.getPopulation() < 4) and (pCity.getGeneralProductionTurnsLeft() > 30))):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'%s could use some hurry-up production for its %s...' %(pCity.getName(),pCity.getProductionName()),'',1, 'Art/Interface/Symbols/Production/production05.dds',ColorTypes(11),pCity.getX(),pCit y.getY(),True,True)

# Give a periodic status report on which cities are set to emphasize NO GROWTH
if (((iturn - 2) % 7) == 0):
if (pCity.AI_isEmphasize(NoGrowthEmphasis)):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'The city governor of %s is emphasizing No Growth policies...' %(pCity.getName()),'',1,'Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/Settler.dds',ColorTypes(12),pCity.getX(),pCity.get Y(),True,True)

# Give a periodic report on cities that are not connected to the civ trade network
if ((iturn % 9) == 0):
if (not pCity.isConnectedToCapital(0)):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'%s is not connected to the capital city...' %(pCity.getName()),'',1,'Art/Interface/Buttons/Governor/commerce.dds',ColorTypes(13),pCity.getX(),pCity.ge tY(),True,True)

# Give a periodic report on cities that have a long wait before growing
if ((iturn % 15) == 0):
if ((pCity.getFoodTurnsLeft() > 30) and not pCity.isFoodProduction() and (not pCity.AI_isEmphasize(NoGrowthEmphasis)) and (pCity.getPopulation() > 3) and (pCity.getPopulation() < 9)):
CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'%s needs %d turns to grow to size %d...' %(pCity.getName(),pCity.getFoodTurnsLeft(),(pCity. getPopulation() + 1)),'',1,'Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/Settler.dds',ColorTypes(7),pCity.getX(),pCity.getY (),True,True)





# # Give a periodic report on small cities that would benefit from Hurrying production
# if (((iturn + 1) % 7) == 0):
# civGovernment = gc.getPlayer(iPlayer).getCivics(0)
# civLabor = gc.getPlayer(iPlayer).getCivics(2)
# if (((civGovernment == gc.getInfoTypeForString('CIVIC_POLICE_STATE')) or ( civGovernment == gc.getInfoTypeForString('CIVIC_UNIVERSAL_SUFFRAGE' )) or (civLabor == gc.getInfoTypeForString('CIVIC_SLAVERY'))) and ((pCity.getPopulation() < 4) and (pCity.getGeneralProductionTurnsLeft() > 30))):
# CyInterface().addMessage(CyGame().getActivePlayer( ),True,10,'%s could use some hurry-up production for its %s...' %(pCity.getName(),pCity.getProductionName()),'',1, 'Art/Interface/Symbols/Production/production05.dds',ColorTypes(11),pCity.getX(),pCit y.getY(),True,True)

@spocko: May I use your code above for my mod?

@Spocko

will that work in MP? :confused:

as I found out previously Civlerts will not :sad:

and I am still looking for something like Civlerts to add in my mod


also will it work with the vanilla version (not warlords expansion) of Civ4?

I still have not be able to upgrade my mod to warlords... so I could test it out in vanilla...(if compatable) and then when I upgrade to warlords I could do the same...... :mischief:

Hi,
I'm hoping to see this mod work on my games. I play single-player vanilla 1.61. I've seen zero alerts from this in hours of play. I've checked the location I unzipped the files & folders per the instructions:In the paragraphs that follow, <userdir> refers to the user's personal Civilization 4 directory, typically C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4.The civ4alert files seem present as well as their folders.
Is there a switch in the Civilizationiv.ini I need to enable as well, to permit this to run?
Thank you :)
[edit: Just as additional info, Civ is installed on my F: partition, not my system partition, if it matters.]

@spocko: May I use your code above for my mod?
You certainly may. Keep in mind that some of the logic I borrowed from Dr Jiggle's code, so if you make this public, please give credit to Dr. Jiggle.

Spocko

@Spocko

will that work in MP? :confused:

as I found out previously Civlerts will not :sad:

and I am still looking for something like Civlerts to add in my mod


also will it work with the vanilla version (not warlords expansion) of Civ4?

I still have not be able to upgrade my mod to warlords... so I could test it out in vanilla...(if compatable) and then when I upgrade to warlords I could do the same...... :mischief:

I've never played MP, so I don't know anything about the issues associated with modding for MP play. I can say that this class is referenced only once in the event manager, and that it does not alter gameplay (it only reports on existing conditions). And there's the code in the IF statement that reads "if ((not CyGame().isNetworkMultiPlayer())..." implying that this could be used in MP only if the IF statement was changed. It may be that the condition was placed there by Dr Jiggle because his code may not have been MP-ready and it may be that my statements are MP-ready, since they only check existing conditions and use no INI parsing.

This code, now in use with Warlords, is pretty much the same code I used for vanilla 1.61.

Good luck - I'll watch this thread.
Spocko

I've never played MP, so I don't know anything about the issues associated with modding for MP play. I can say that this class is referenced only once in the event manager, and that it does not alter gameplay (it only reports on existing conditions). And there's the code in the IF statement that reads "if ((not CyGame().isNetworkMultiPlayer())..." implying that this could be used in MP only if the IF statement was changed. It may be that the condition was placed there by Dr Jiggle because his code may not have been MP-ready and it may be that my statements are MP-ready, since they only check existing conditions and use no INI parsing.

This code, now in use with Warlords, is pretty much the same code I used for vanilla 1.61.

Good luck - I'll watch this thread.
Spocko


Ok Ill test it... and tell you how it works.... :eek:


and if I use it in my mod.... I'll give you and the good doctor credit....

now where do place the code (specific file and line please :p )... and any specific instructions on installation.....? :mischief:

Where can I find file Art/Interface/mainscreen/cityscreen/angry_citizen.dds?

Ok Ill test it... and tell you how it works.... :eek:

now where do place the code (specific file and line please :p )... and any specific instructions on installation.....? :mischief:

I've attached a zip file with ExecutiveBriefing.py and my event manager. Place ExecutiveBriefing.py into your mod's Assets/Python/ folder, and edit your mod's eventmanager as follows:

At the top, where you declare your Imports, include (without the quotes):

"import ExecutiveBriefing"

... and then just below that where you see assignments that look like "gc = CyGlobalContext()", etc., include the statement (without the quotes):

"eb = ExecutiveBriefing.ExecutiveBriefing()"

These two lines should be within the first dozen or so lines of your mod's eventmanager.

Here's how the top of my eventmanager looks:


## Sid Meier's Civilization 4
## Copyright Firaxis Games 2005
##
## CvEventManager
## This class is passed an argsList from CvAppInterface.onEvent
## The argsList can contain anything from mouse location to key info
## The EVENTLIST that are being notified can be found

from CvPythonExtensions import *
import CvUtil
import CvEventManager

import CvAdvisorUtils
import CvCameraControls
import CvDebugTools
import CvScreensInterface
import CvTechChooser
import CvTopCivs
import CvWBPopups
import CvWorldBuilderScreen
import Popup as PyPopup
import PyHelpers
import random
import sys

#INSERT IMPORTS
import ExecutiveBriefing

eb = ExecutiveBriefing.ExecutiveBriefing()
gc = CyGlobalContext()
...

Then, add one more statement that is to be invoked whenever the game calls "onCityDoTurn", which is every turn for every city in the game. Search your mod's eventmanager for "onCityDoTurn" and insert the code "eb.onCityDoTurn(argsList)" at some point in the block of code such that "eb.onCity..." will be called each time. My block of code looks like this:

def onCityDoTurn(self, argsList):
'City Production'
self.parent.onCityDoTurn(self, argsList);
#INSERT MODS
eb.onCityDoTurn(argsList)

If these instructions are insufficient, let me know (you can pm me if you like). I'll help you as best I can. Much of this depends on how your mod's eventmanager file is structured...

I'm off now to continue my re-engineering of Religions and Civics. I'll check back either later this evening or sometime tomorrow evening. Good luck!

And be sure to back up your files before you dig in :)

Spocko

ps: As usual, I'm having tremendous difficulty using this forum to upload files, ZIPs are invalid, ACE's are invalid. So, you can copy the code I posted for ExecutiveBriefing http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=4365291&postcount=69 into a new file and name it ExecutiveBriefing.py. That code is the same as what I've tried to upload, and I've explained the significant points from my eventmanager. Sorry for this inconvenience - if you've been modding Civ4, these instructions should be workable; if you're new to modding, let me know and I'll work with you via PM or even direct email if you're willing (I can email you directly the two files I tried to upload). I will keep watching for your messages.

For uploading, I'm confused on how you are trying to upload your files. I go to the toolbar at the top of the pages and click on the 'Quick Links' tab and then pick the 'Upload File' option. This will allow you to upload zip, rar, ect file types.

You can also upload the file to the File Database, this also takes many different file extensions. :)

@Spocko


ok... I think I understand you (sorry I cay code python as well as I can fly in the air on my own :crazyeye: )... but I'll try it :goodjob:


due to my own beta testing requirements... I wont be able to test this till the end of next week (hopefully) when I start a new testing cycle and add this code :eek:

I'll PM u if I have any problems ....


....and report my progress...


One question... does your events "pop up" like the DR in the events log?
(I just want to know where to look for the changes :p )


thanks for all your help and patience with this noob modder! ;)

For uploading, I'm confused on how you are trying to upload your files. I go to the toolbar at the top of the pages and click on the 'Quick Links' tab and then pick the 'Upload File' option. This will allow you to upload zip, rar, ect file types.

You can also upload the file to the File Database, this also takes many different file extensions. :)

Thanks, Jeckel - I'll check this out during this week, if only to help Officer Reene (if he needs help that is...) :p

@Spocko
I'll PM u if I have any problems ....

....and report my progress...

One question... does your events "pop up" like the DR in the events log?
(I just want to know where to look for the changes :p )

thanks for all your help and patience with this noob modder! ;)
Glad to help - I'm only an intermediate modder, so I can learn by helping.

I've never paid attention to the events log... but during gameplay the Icons popup along the edges of the camera view, centered over the city that pertains to the message.

I'll check into Jeckel's suggestions for uploading files so I will be better prepared to help out, if necessary. I was once able to upload files with no difficulty, but lately I've had no success using at least two different methods for creating a zip file on my drive that is acceptable to this Forum.

No problem, I'll figure out something. Good luck!
Spocko

Where can I find file Art/Interface/mainscreen/cityscreen/angry_citizen.dds?

Those are part of the game, so they should be wherever you installed the game, typically something like C:\Program Files\Firaxis\Sid Meier's Civilization IV\Assets\...

Glad to help - I'm only an intermediate modder, so I can learn by helping.

I've never paid attention to the events log... but during gameplay the Icons popup along the edges of the camera view, centered over the city that pertains to the message.
Spocko

No.. .thank you for your help! :D

I should be finished with my new modding my Thurs (hopefully:mischief: )

then I should be able to add it and test it by Fri

but now I know where to look :p


No problem, I'll figure out something. Good luck!
Spocko

thx for all your help again! I'll keep you posted ;)

Will this work in mplayer now?

Will this work in mplayer now?

One of the users of my mod had helped me identify a bug with team multiplayer for the HOF version of this mod. I have provided a choice of tentative patches for my mod in my thread. I would appreciate it if one of you would test them out, as I only have a single PC.

If anyone would like to separate out the component, that's fine with me.

One of the users of my mod had helped me identify a bug with team multiplayer for the HOF version of this mod. I have provided a choice of tentative patches for my mod in my thread. I would appreciate it if one of you would test them out, as I only have a single PC.

If anyone would like to separate out the component, that's fine with me.

When you get a finished product, please let us know

Thx
jonpfl

Here's a quick and dirty version that appears to work in Warlords. Note that this will not work with Civ4 Classic. This is just a short term solution that always looks at the Warlords installation directory instead of the Classic installation directory. So far it doesn't seem like any other changes are required.

Um, what the heck? The forum's file manager won't let me attach a ZIP file. This always worked before. Anyone got any suggestions?

Civ4lerts Warlords Beta (http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=2291)

Here's a quick and dirty version that appears to work in Warlords. Note that this will not work with Civ4 Classic. This is just a short term solution that always looks at the Warlords installation directory instead of the Classic installation directory. So far it doesn't seem like any other changes are required.

Um, what the heck? The forum's file manager won't let me attach a ZIP file. This always worked before. Anyone got any suggestions?

So this works in multiplayer now?

So this works in multiplayer now?

I doubt it. It works with Warlords. As far as multiplayer goes, I only play single player, so someone is going to need to tell me what's wrong and/or how to fix it. At this point all I know is that it supposedly doesn't work, but I have no idea what to do to fix it.

Here's a quick and dirty version that appears to work in Warlords. Note that this will not work with Civ4 Classic. This is just a short term solution that always looks at the Warlords installation directory instead of the Classic installation directory. So far it doesn't seem like any other changes are required.

Um, what the heck? The forum's file manager won't let me attach a ZIP file. This always worked before. Anyone got any suggestions?

You need to post the file through the new "File Database" and then post the link to the "File Database" upload.

You need to post the file through the new "File Database" and then post the link to the "File Database" upload.

Thanks. Done.

A more official update is now linked from the thread's first post. This one should work with both Warlords and Classic. Of course, you need to install them separately (since they reside in different directories), but the same mod files should work without change with either version of Civ4.

Multiplayer is still an oustanding issue.

Hi,
I'm hoping to see this mod work on my games. I play single-player vanilla 1.61. I've seen zero alerts from this in hours of play. I've checked the location I unzipped the files & folders per the instructions:The civ4alert files seem present as well as their folders.
Is there a switch in the Civilizationiv.ini I need to enable as well, to permit this to run?
Thank you :)
[edit: Just as additional info, Civ is installed on my F: partition, not my system partition, if it matters.]


I too had this problem, couldn’t get alerts to work in either 1.61 or Warlords. They would work occasionally after I made a small change and tested with a quick game using the "Play Now" option. But when I loaded a "Custom Game" with my preferred settings it wouldn’t work anymore.

After days of frustration and playing around I finally made the connection, when playing a Custom Game I always had 'Lock Modified Assets' checked to remove the temptation to peek at the map. Unchecking this option fixed my problem and it works great now, even if it does require a little more willpower :)

Great mod, keep up the good work!

Should the line "load_module Civ4lerts" be in my PythonErr2.log file if it loaded correctly? It is not mentioned at all in that file. It doesn't ever show Alerts, and I don't know why.....

Any help is appreciated.

Should the line "load_module Civ4lerts" be in my PythonErr2.log file if it loaded correctly?

Yes. The last several lines of my PythonErr2.log are

load_module Civ4lerts
load_module CvConfigParser
load_module ConfigParser
load_module CvPath
load_module _winreg
load_module CvModName
CvModName import failed
PY:OnInit
load_module CvAppInterface

Do you have any of those listed? Are there any actual errors listed in PythonErr2.log or PythonErr.log?

Note that "CvModName import failed" is expected. It's not a "real" error.

Are you using this with Warlords or Civ4 Classic? What is the full path to the folder where your Civ4lerts.py file is located (for example, mine is C:\Documents and Settings\Gill\My Documents\My Games\Warlords\CustomAssets\python)?

# City will grow on the next turn
# City will become unhealthy on the next turn
# City will become angry on the next turn

Does it warn even if the city is set to not expand?

Thank you Dr. Jiggle for your help.

I am attempting to combine Paasky's WorldWar2:SF&B mod into your Civ4Alerts component, and though I have his events working, the Alerts are not. I am a python newbie, so I appreciate your patience.

To answer your question, no, none of that shows in my PythonErr2.log

Attached is the cobbled effort.... if you have time to look it over.

Again, thanks.

Does it warn even if the city is set to not expand?

I think so. Obviously it shouldn't, but I think it does.

It seems that the current version of the zip file is lacking any installation documentation. Is this intentional?

Hey there, great work getting this up to warlords speed.
Can we get some Merge instructions please. I am on one mod team and working on my own mod as well and would like to add this into the mix but the install instructions are missing.

The reason I ask, is that I have it installed and I have merged the files needed. I am seeing Civ4Alerts.py load in logs but I am not seeing the event's firing. I have the ini file in the root of the mod directory
/mods/[mod name]/root
And have both left the civ4alerts.ini file and added the necessary tags to my mods .ini file
I have also tried changing the civ4alerts.ini hardcode in the python file line to my own mods .ini file with the updated tags with no luck.

I would love to get my mod out in .05 form this week and would love to include this mod, any help would be wonderful!
Thanks

Apologies if this has been suggested or done already, but I am really missing alert messages on known AI tech advances.

In Civ3, you would be notified if an opponent you were in contact with acquired a tech advance. Specifiers for Civ4 would be that a) you'd have to have alphabet, b) be in contact with that civ and c) information be limited to the advances visible on the tech trading screen (i.e. no info about techs beyond the ones you can currently research up to).

I greatly miss this feature when I am holding back from trades to protect a lead, or when catching up - as it stands, you need to check the techscreen every turn to see if something changed.

Would be v grateful if someone came up with a solution to this. Any takers?

Apologies if this has been suggested or done already, but I am really missing alert messages on known AI tech advances.

So am I. ;)

If you're playing Civ IV Classic, then it's already available. The Hall of Fame mod includes an enhanced version of my alerts mod that supports several additional features such as notifications about technology trades. Unfortunately, I don't think it's compatible with Warlords yet, though I'd love to find out I'm wrong about that.

For Warlords, I'm sort of hoping the Hall of Fame folks will do an update themselves, but if I get impatient enough I might try to merge their changes in myself. You could, of course, try to do it yourself too.

Regarding the documentation, I had taken it out because it was a lot of crap that I hadn't kept totally up to date, but I guess some useful things got removed as well. I'll see about updating the ZIP file to include the README again.

For Warlords, I'm sort of hoping the Hall of Fame folks will do an update themselves, ...We are, but you didn't hear that from me. ;) The answer to the next question is: soon. :mischief:

Thanks for all your work on this mod. I've come to depend on it, and it feels odd playing without it. I too am eagerly awaiting the HOF Warlords update.

If you're playing Civ IV Classic, then it's already available. The Hall of Fame mod includes an enhanced version of my alerts mod that supports several additional features such as notifications about technology trades.

(..)

Regarding the documentation, I had taken it out because it was a lot of crap that I hadn't kept totally up to date, but I guess some useful things got removed as well. I'll see about updating the ZIP file to include the README again.

Thanks for the swift reply. Not playing warlords yet, so will check out the HOF one immediately.

Gracias!

Dr. Jiggle, thanks a lot for this mod. I used to use CivAssist, and this definitely fills a need (especially for cities about to become unhealthy or unhappy).

Has anyone noticed a discrepancy in the reported gold/turn available and the actual g/t available? I don't know if I broke anything when integrating this into Fall from Heaven II but, as an example, I'll get a message about X person having 9 gold per turn available for trade and it's not necessarily the case.

Any thoughts on how I can track down and fix the problem?

- Niilo

I am new to using mods, and this one sure sounds very useful :goodjob:

However I am lost on how to install it (the readme in the warlords beta mod points to a documentation file which i cannot seem to find)

Can someone tell me how/where to install it?

Also do I have to start a new game so that it works?


Thanks!

There has been some mention that this mod has issues with muliplayer. Now I dont know for sure as I never play muli but I was wondering if anyone can confirm that it does not work or it does work in multiplayer (Under Warlords)

Hi

Someone asked how to get your mod working on the Mac version of Civ4. I am a fan of CivAssist, and a Mac user and programmer, so I took up the challenge.

The problem appears to be that CvPath.py assumes the existence of the Windows Registry and makes Windows-specific Python calls to find the game software and the user's My Documents folder structure.

Soooo, I have worked out a change to CvPath.py that emulates these functions, and Civ4lerts now appears to work on a Mac :).The modified CvPath.py is attached, and subject to confirmation that it still performs on a Windows installation, I recommend that any modders who use CvPath.py should use it in place of the current one wherever it's needed. Then your mods are more likely to be compatible with the Mac version.

[Techie details alert]
My change checks sys.platform to determine whether to use my Mac OS X code or your original code, and the latter is unchanged except that I've put import _winreg within the conditional code section used for Windows only, so it doesn't fail on a non-Windows system.

Follow-up: While testing I get inconsistent alert messages. Sometimes on an early city growth I get a correct orange text message. Other times it just displays TXT_KEY_CIV4LERTS_ON_CITY_GROWTH in white. Nothing shows up in the Python Error Log when this happens. Is this a known issue, or should I be looking for some weird problem with the Mac version of Civ4?

I have yet to experience a similar error.

I recently noticed, though, that the code will warn you of impending growth even if you have growth manually shot off for the city.

- Niilo

I have 1.61. I just unzipped the file and put the whole folder into "mods". From what I understand, that is what I'm supposed to do. But nothing is happening. It did make me restart the game at the start, but nothing happened in game after that. What did I do wrong?

I have been using this mod on a Mac by making use of AlanH's CvPath update.

Although it works pretty well, I have noticed some odd behaviour that I was wondering whether it was Mac specific or a bug in the mod itself:

a) On loading the game it always goes through an XML (uncached) stage. Typically this only happens the first time I start up with a new mod and then Civ uses cached XML on subsequent startups leading to faster startup. Does this also happen with this mod on PCs?

b) The notifications about gold available for trade are sometimes inaccurate. For example, I got a notification that Victoria had 1320 gold available for trade. When I went to trade she only had 30. She was annoyed or cautious towards me - does that affect things?

I put it in CustomAssets in my Documents/ folder path so that it's always active. Seems to work OK, except for the intermittent effect I noted above.

i really have been waiting for this , but one question, where do you download it to

I just expanded the mod, and moved everything in it into the equivalent places in CustomAssets. If you want to try a bit of pioneering, try using my Drag and Drop Mod Installer - see my sig.

Civ IV recreates the structure of the CustomAssets folder if it is missing anything. Thus, you can just drag the contents of the mod folder onto the CustomAssets folder and click yes to replace anything (i.e. folders) that already exist (assuming no other mods already installed). Importantly, this places the .ini file in the top level of CustomAssets and you can edit the preferences in there to tweak the alerts. (For example, I don't worry about unhealthiness as much as unhappiness, so I changed the alerts to reflect this.)

Removal is also easy - you just trash the entire CustomAssets folder and Civ will recreate it at the next startup. (Or drag the whole folder to some storage area for easy reinstalation at a later date.)

Dr Elmer Jiggle, I would like to get in touch with you regarding the licensing on your mod. You could check out the private message or the email about the topic; you can probably reply back via either one (or if you have a chat system, maybe we could try that).

Does this mod alert you when your roaming Scout finds a resource, like Copper or Horses off-screen?

How do you install this into an existing mod?

You have to merge the two mods. You'll need a merged .ini file, and if the other one also has some Python code then you may need to reconcile the two sets of code.

Which mods do you want to merge? Civ4lerts is already a component of the HoF Mod, along with several other mods.

I have been playing "Giant Earth Map" by Genghis_Kai. I would like to see HoF mod for it, but I don't know how to merge the two. The HoF mod should be available for all mods, I wish!!!!!

Hi

Someone asked how to get your mod working on the Mac version of Civ4. I am a fan of CivAssist, and a Mac user and programmer, so I took up the challenge.

The problem appears to be that CvPath.py assumes the existence of the Windows Registry and makes Windows-specific Python calls to find the game software and the user's My Documents folder structure.

Soooo, I have worked out a change to CvPath.py that emulates these functions, and Civ4lerts now appears to work on a Mac :).The modified CvPath.py is attached, and subject to confirmation that it still performs on a Windows installation, I recommend that any modders who use CvPath.py should use it in place of the current one wherever it's needed. Then your mods are more likely to be compatible with the Mac version.

[Techie details alert]
My change checks sys.platform to determine whether to use my Mac OS X code or your original code, and the latter is unchanged except that I've put import _winreg within the conditional code section used for Windows only, so it doesn't fail on a non-Windows system.

I don't see the check for Warlords in the Mac part of this. Does it work on Warlords for Mac anyway? If not, can you add it in?

You might want to look at the Mac HoF Mod for Warlords here?

It includes Civ4lerts, plus several other mods, all rolled into a Mac-compatible bundle. There are in-game Options panels to allow you to switch individual mods on and off, and to configure them.

There's a vanilla version as well, here.

FYI, I just incorporated this excellent mod into my new unaltered gameplay modpack for Warlords 2.08:

[MODPACK][Warlords] jrayUGH Unaltered Gameplay Hodgepodge - Development Thread (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=201455)

Works like a charm in 2.08-- thanks!

Would love to include this in my smac mod which is currently based on vanilla. Will I need to change anything or will I have to upgrade the mod to warlords for it to work.

Would love to include this in my smac mod which is currently based on vanilla. Will I need to change anything or will I have to upgrade the mod to warlords for it to work.

Well, since I just went through this exercise to include Civ4lerts in my modpack, I think I can answer :). Fortunately it requires very little modification. I only had to change CvPath.py to look in the Warlords directories instead of the vanilla directories for the .ini file.

You can just download my modpack and grab CvPath.py from the INIParser directory there, and you should be good to go!

Woosh...... I took a long brake from Civ IV and now I'm back at it.
I tried installing this mod before but run into problems.
Anyways, I downloaded it and put it in the Mods directory under
C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Warlords\Mods.
I was able to load it but it didn't work. So I changed the name of the directory from CustomAssets to Assets (as seen in other mods).
Things seems to be working. I'm getting alerts when city is about to become unhappy or that the city has grown. However.... I don't see any alerts for city pending growth. Any ideas?

P.S.
If it matters, I'm using the 2.08 Warlords patch.

Anyone knows if theres a way to turn off the happines and health warnings? I been using this mod sicne yesterday, and love it, only thing that bothers me is that even if your city is one turn away to get unhealthy/unhappy even if you turn on the "no growth" option it keeps spammingthe message every turn. Gets disturbing when you have 6+ cities on that state :crazyeye:

Might be a very stupid question but where should I extract the file to? The readme file has no details and I read somewhere on the forums about putting it in the Custom Assets folder.

Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Might be a very stupid question but where should I extract the file to? The readme file has no details and I read somewhere on the forums about putting it in the Custom Assets folder.

Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Ditto! I dont know how to get this install correctly, plz help. Thanks

Ditto! Seems it may not work in Vanilla anymore. Guess I'll have to pick up Warlords while I'm in the States.

I should probably add that I'm trying to use it with the "Great Options Mod" by The Lopez. So I'm not exactly sure if it's even supposed to work in conjunction.

Will this get resolved, or should I just wait till I get Warlords?

Edit: It DOES work. It just doesn't work with Great Options Mod turned on by default. Damn shame too. Would be a great combination.

What I want for Christmas is a BtS version. :)

What I want for Christmas is a BtS version. :)

I am going to ask for BtS for Father's day, First Sunday in September in Australia. Just hope the wife will allow me.

A BtS version of CIVAlerts is what I meant. I have BtS. I've just figured that I can't play any interation of Civ the way I want to without CIVAlerts, so BtS is on the back burner until CIVAlerts (or the HOF mod) is updated, and I'll carry on with Warlords in the meantime.

Oh, and I bypassed the wife...she still thinks I only own vanilla.

BWAHAHAHAHA!

I would love a version of this mod for BtS

I played BtS last night and kept waiting for my happiness to pop up for my city and realized I was playing a new version that didn't have this option.

Any word when this will be available for BtS?

Thx
jonpfl

Another person here who is crossing their fingers for a BtS version!

Another person here who is crossing their fingers for a BtS version!

You know, I have problems playing BtS w/o it!! I have gotten so used to it

EDIT : I just tried it and it works fine with BtS!!!!!!!!

Not sure if there is a better thread for this, but for any modders that use Dr. Elmer Jiggle's CustomEventManager, it seems to port to BtS will no problems. :)

EDIT : I just tried it and it works fine with BtS!!!!!!!!

Wow! I'll have to try it when I get home!

You have to merge the two mods. You'll need a merged .ini file, and if the other one also has some Python code then you may need to reconcile the two sets of code.

Which mods do you want to merge? Civ4lerts is already a component of the HoF Mod, along with several other mods.
How does one merge two mods? I'd like to use this with Ethnic Artstyles for BtS.

Also, was this issue ever resolved:

Anyone knows if theres a way to turn off the happines and health warnings? I been using this mod sicne yesterday, and love it, only thing that bothers me is that even if your city is one turn away to get unhealthy/unhappy even if you turn on the "no growth" option it keeps spammingthe message every turn. Gets disturbing when you have 6+ cities on that state

Hey, you're right! And I thought it was replaced by CvRandomEventInterface.py, since CvEventInterface.py is not any of the BtS folders. Only later have I seen that other files are missing as well, presumably because they haven't been changed since the last version.

@Bursk
Ethnic Artstyles doesn't have any Python code, so you should be able to drop one on top of the other.

But what about this "merged .ini file" malarkey?

Edit: I should point out that I'd also like to run the Unit Statistics mod:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=5750259&postcount=214

So basically I'd like a combination of:

Civ4lerts;
Unit Statistics;
Ethnic Artstyles;
ActualQuotes.

Again, it's just for conflicting python files, which these mods don't have.

I tried putting all the files together into one folder called "Ethnic Artstyles" then selected the "Ethnic Artstyles" mod from within BtS. I found that my tech screens no longer popped up, and that neither Civ4lerts or Unit Statistics worked properly.

I then deleted my merged mod and tried loading Civ4lerts as a mod by itself. I found that this didn't work either. The OP doesn't seem to tell you how to install the mod, so could someone please tell me how to do that as a starting point?

Once I know that I can get this mod to work, then I can look at the merging issue again.

Dr. Elmer Jiggle's CustomEventManager, it seems to port to BtS will no problems.

Normally, "port" implies that you need to modify it to handle differences in the two games. Did you have to change anything, or can you confirm that using the Warlords version as-is works in BtS? I'm putting together a mashup of various interface mods with NikNaks93, and this is at the top of the list. :)

Normally, "port" implies that you need to modify it to handle differences in the two games. Did you have to change anything, or can you confirm that using the Warlords version as-is works in BtS? I'm putting together a mashup of various interface mods with NikNaks93, and this is at the top of the list. :)

Just so there is no misunderstanding, the same version of the CustomEventManager that worked in Vanilla and Warlords also seems to work in BtS. I've used it, completly unmodified in several different mods, and several different games and have not run into any problems. :king:


However, if anyone is using his CvConfigParser you will have to make one addition to make it function.
Open up CvPath.py.
Look for..
def _getInstallDir():
gc = CyGlobalContext()
subkey = r"Software\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4"
if ((gc.getDefineINT("CIV4_VERSION") / 100) == 2):
subkey += r" - Warlords"
return __getRegValue(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, subkey, "INSTALLDIR")
and change it to this..
def _getInstallDir():
gc = CyGlobalContext()
subkey = r"Software\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4"
if ((gc.getDefineINT("CIV4_VERSION") / 100) == 2):
subkey += r" - Warlords"
elif ((gc.getDefineINT("CIV4_VERSION") / 100) == 3):
subkey += r" - Beyond the Sword"
return __getRegValue(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, subkey, "INSTALLDIR")

Alternatly, in many mods that release versions specific to Warlords or Vanilla (TheLopez's mods would be a good example, and that is where I'm pasting this code from :P) you should look for this..
def _getInstallDir():
civ4Dir = __getRegValue(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
r"Software\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4",
"INSTALLDIR")
civ4Dir = os.path.join(civ4Dir,"Warlords")
return civ4Dir
and make it look like this..
def _getInstallDir():
civ4Dir = __getRegValue(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
r"Software\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4",
"INSTALLDIR")
civ4Dir = os.path.join(civ4Dir,"Beyond the Sword")
return civ4Dir

I have not thoroughly tested it, but my quick checks worked just fine, it found and read values from an ini file. I changed the values, reloaded the mod, and it read the newly changed values.

Hope this helps someone. :)

First post, new to python.
I've tried to merge this mod with unit statistic mod for bts.
The initial customeventmanager.py file in civ4lert file start like this:

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(CvCustomEventManager, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
# map the initial EventHandlerMap values into the new data structure
for eventType, eventHandler in self.EventHandlerMap.iteritems():
self.setEventHandler(eventType, eventHandler)
# --> INSERT EVENT HANDLER INITIALIZATION HERE <--
Civ4lerts.Civ4lerts(self)

To merge the two mod, I add one line to the end of this block like this:

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(CvCustomEventManager, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
# map the initial EventHandlerMap values into the new data structure
for eventType, eventHandler in self.EventHandlerMap.iteritems():
self.setEventHandler(eventType, eventHandler)
# --> INSERT EVENT HANDLER INITIALIZATION HERE <--
Civ4lerts.Civ4lerts(self)
CvUnitStatisticsEventManager.CvUnitStatisticsEvent Manager(self)

The result is, Civ4lert mod doesn't work anymore. I'm confused.

I'm a newbie and this may sound foolish, but I would like very much to learn to code and any help is appreciated, thx!

First thing to do, open you CivilizationIV.ini file and search for an option that that says somthing like
'Set to 1 to hide Python exceptions'
Set that option to 0.

Then load your mod and see if any errors popup. They should tell you what file and line the error is in. If you need help decifering the errror popup, just post it here and I'll walk you through it.

One thing though, in your posted code block, the line you added isn't lined up with the line above it. Don't know if that is just from the text getting post on the thread, but just FYI, in python spacing is very important, so make sure everything is indented correctly.

Other then that, yea, you should just have to add that line you added and put the files from both mods into one mod and it should work. :)

Thanks a lot Jeckel:) Yes, the line didn't lined up only in my last post but not in the code i'm using.

I did what you instructed, changed the civilization.ini file and ran the mod, it gave me the following error message

1. Trackback (most recent call last):

2. File"<string>", line1,in?

3. File"<string>", line52, in load_module

4. File"CvEventInterface", line 13, in?

5. File"<string>", line52, in load_module

6. File"CvCustomEventManager", line26, in?

7. ImportError

8. : (ye, just a colon)

9. No module named CvUnitStatisticsEventManager

10. (nothing, just blank)

11. Failed to load python module CvEventInterface

I just added the line "import CvUnitStatisticsEventManager" and the line I mentioned in my last post, and it gives me 11 error messages, truly generous:lol:

These messages may mean something to me standalone but altogether they make me confused. Any idea what I have messed up?

Hehe, yea, when there are a bunch of errors it can be daunting. ;)

That error though is saying it can't find the CvUnitStatisticsEventManager.py file. Did you put the Unit Statistics files in with the Alert mod files?

J
However, if anyone is using his CvConfigParser you will have to make one addition to make it function.
Open up CvPath.py.
Look for..
def _getInstallDir():
gc = CyGlobalContext()
subkey = r"Software\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4"
if ((gc.getDefineINT("CIV4_VERSION") / 100) == 2):
subkey += r" - Warlords"
return __getRegValue(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, subkey, "INSTALLDIR")
and change it to this..
def _getInstallDir():
gc = CyGlobalContext()
subkey = r"Software\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4"
if ((gc.getDefineINT("CIV4_VERSION") / 100) == 2):
subkey += r" - Warlords"
elif ((gc.getDefineINT("CIV4_VERSION") / 100) == 3):
subkey += r" - Beyond the Sword"
return __getRegValue(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, subkey, "INSTALLDIR")

This can cause problems if you auto-load your mod, ie specify in CivilizationIV.ini:
Mod = Mods/My Mod

It doesn't appear that the civ version number is defined when the game first loads the python files. I think it works fine if you use the more normal 'Load a Mod' option after starting up the main game. Just a heads up, and the solution is to just use the other version you mention:


Alternatly, in many mods that release versions specific to Warlords or Vanilla (TheLopez's mods would be a good example, and that is where I'm pasting this code from :P) you should look for this..
def _getInstallDir():
civ4Dir = __getRegValue(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
r"Software\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4",
"INSTALLDIR")
civ4Dir = os.path.join(civ4Dir,"Warlords")
return civ4Dir
and make it look like this..
def _getInstallDir():
civ4Dir = __getRegValue(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
r"Software\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4",
"INSTALLDIR")
civ4Dir = os.path.join(civ4Dir,"Beyond the Sword")
return civ4Dir

Have multiple people confirmed that the existing version in the original post will work in BtS? If so I'll give it a try tonight when I get home.

Have multiple people confirmed that the existing version in the original post will work in BtS? If so I'll give it a try tonight when I get home.

Yes, but to get .ini config files to work properly you need to use the modifications Jeckel posted above.

Hmmm my registry key is different, in my case...

def _getInstallDir():
civ4Dir = __getRegValue(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
r"Software\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword",
"INSTALLDIR")
civ4Dir = os.path.join(civ4Dir,"Beyond the Sword")
return civ4Dir

Still does not work in my case though.... :(

OH I SEE he's concatinating beyond the sword onto the civ 4 directory...i got it i got it...
ok lets see if i can get that to work

WAIT NO.... im on to something here as my standard civ 4 key is Sid Meier's Civ 4 Gold

my standard civ 4 key is Sid Meier's Civ 4 Gold

You don't have a key for BtS as well? Something like

"Sid Meier's Civ 4 Gold - Beyond the Sword"

?

Note also that you have an extra space betwee the "4" and the "-" in the code you posted.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword

No dice there either...

I found the problem! There is a bug in CvPath -- it is taking only the base directory name to find the INI file. In other words, it's looking in "CustomAssets" rather than "C:\Docs and Settings ... \CustomAssets". I've only tested for that so far, but here's the change:


def get_INI_File(szINIFileName):
# BUG - EF: replaced "os.path.dirname(dir)" with "dir"
filepaths = [os.path.join(dir, szINIFileName)
for dir in assetsPath]
for filepath in filepaths:
if os.path.isfile(filepath):
return filepath
return ""


See if that fixes it for you with your Gold version and running it as a mod. If not, I'll keep investigating.

Nope.... While it gets through loading it blows up when i do anything with the menu...

How can I turn on the debug text thats in CvPath ive tried calling _test() but it ignores it or errors. I figure if I can see a print out of the directories I can figure something out...

Latest Error
Traceback (most recent call last):

File "CvOptionsScreenCallbackInterface", line 509, in handleBugCheckboxClicked

File "BugOptions", line 60, in setBoolean

File "RuffModControl", line 93, in set_boolean

File "RuffModControl", line 48, in __set_keyvalue

File "configobj", line 337, in __getitem__

KeyError: 'RawCommerce'
ERR: Python function handleBugCheckboxClicked failed, module CvOptionsScreenCallbackInterface
Traceback (most recent call last):

File "CvOptionsScreenCallbackInterface", line 509, in handleBugCheckboxClicked

File "BugOptions", line 60, in setBoolean

File "RuffModControl", line 93, in set_boolean

File "RuffModControl", line 48, in __set_keyvalue

File "configobj", line 337, in __getitem__

KeyError: 'RawCommerce'
ERR: Python function handleBugCheckboxClicked failed, module CvOptionsScreenCallbackInterface
Traceback (most recent call last):

File "CvOptionsScreenCallbackInterface", line 509, in handleBugCheckboxClicked

File "BugOptions", line 60, in setBoolean

File "RuffModControl", line 93, in set_boolean

File "RuffModControl", line 48, in __set_keyvalue

File "configobj", line 337, in __getitem__

KeyError: 'NJAGCM'
ERR: Python function handleBugCheckboxClicked failed, module CvOptionsScreenCallbackInterface

Those errors tell me it's still not finding your file. You can do the test by using the console.

While looking at the main interface, hit ~
Type "import CvPath"
Type "CvPath._test()"

Does this work for anyone in a mod configuration or am I the exception?

Ok that does not work from the main interface...at all....

Gives me syntax errors on each command...yes im using case sensititvity

OK I got somewhere...
RuffMod.ini location:
AHA ITS NULL!!!!!

print "RuffMod.ini location: " + get_INI_File("Composite XL.ini")

so get_INI_File is borked.

Secondly


configFilePath =
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\
d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\
d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\
activeModName = Composite XL
userDir = C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword
userAssetsDir = C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\CustomAssets
userModsDir = C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods
userActiveModDir = C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL
userActiveModAssetsDir = C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets
installDir = d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword
installAssetsDir = d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Assets
installModsDir = d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods
installActiveModDir = d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL
installActiveModAssetsDir = d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets
assetsPath =
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\CustomAssets
d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets
d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Assets
pythonPath =
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\BUG
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\BUG\Options
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\BUG\Tabs
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\DrEJlib
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\entrypoints
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\screens

Anything dealing with the D: (install directory) is doubleing the beyond the sword...

The reason the INI filename comes back as empty ("") is because it can't find the expected file in the two or four directories in which it looks. So far, I can not get this to work in a mod configuration -- only from CustomAssets.

As well, the bug I reported above is actually a misunderstanding on my part. The get_INI_Path() function expects the INI to be located next to Assets or CustomAssets -- not inside it. However, I still have the same problem in mod configuration. :(

Using regedit or regedt32, what is the value of the INSTALLDIR key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE?

In my case this would be correct. So it does seem to know where to look.
What tells it the ini file name to look for? Or does it just look for whats in cvModName and appends an .ini to it?
configFilePath =
C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\

That's the USERDIR -- what about INSTALLDIR under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Firaxis Games\Civ 4 ...? You said your key is different because it's Civ4 Gold, right? But what is the value for the key?

The RuffModControl module specifies the name of the INI file:


FileName = CvPath.get_INI_File("BUG Mod.ini")


I suppose it might be a good idea to change it to use the modName from CvModName so that it is in only one place, except then with each new version # in the mod name, the INI file has to be renamed. Depends on how you want to set it up.

Also, note that it will take the INI from your My Games folder before the mod folder.

d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword is my key...

Please note though I've tried running it in my documents and the install dir.

Given that key value, I don't see how the "Beyond the Sword" directory would be doubled. Truly bizarre.

However, did you check that the INI file name in RuffModControl matches your file name?

This is the last dump from my last run, the directories LOOK correct, the logic has to be screwed in the routine that gets the ini file for some reason.


configFilePath =

C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\

C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\

d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\

d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\

activeModName = Composite XL

userDir = C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword

userAssetsDir = C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\CustomAssets

userModsDir = C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods

userActiveModDir = C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL

userActiveModAssetsDir = C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets

installDir = d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword

installAssetsDir = d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Assets

installModsDir = d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Mods

installActiveModDir = d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL

installActiveModAssetsDir = d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets

assetsPath =

C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets

C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\CustomAssets

d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets

d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Assets

pythonPath =

C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python

C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\BUG

C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\BUG\Options

C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\BUG\Tabs

C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\DrEJlib

C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\entrypoints

C:\Documents and Settings\Seth\My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Composite XL\Assets\Python\screens

d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Assets\Python

d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Assets\Python\EntryPoints

d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Assets\Python\PitBoss

d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Assets\Python\pyWB

d:\Program Files\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Gold\Beyond the Sword\Assets\Python\Screens

greatPeopleArtPath =

RuffMod.ini location:

Given that key value, I don't see how the "Beyond the Sword" directory would be doubled. Truly bizarre.

However, did you check that the INI file name in RuffModControl matches your file name?


Yes Checked and set it to a few different test cases just to double and tripple check. :(

All those values look right. Did you back out the change I posted earlier, if you ever added it? re: os.path.dirname(dir). The original is actually correct.

And do you have your INI file as a sibling of "Assets" as opposed to inside it? IOW, it should be directly inside "Composite XL" folder.

That's all I can think of.

Yea lets move out of a hard coded ini file

CvPath.get_INI_File(CvModName.modname) + '.ini'

Is that correct?

One temporary debug line I added to figure out what was wrong before was to alter get_INI_file():


def get_INI_File(szINIFileName):
...
raise IOError, "%s not found in %s" % (szINIFileName, assetsPath)
return ""


This way, if it can't find the INI file, it will write the filename and directories it was searching into pythonErr.log.

No to back out the changes... Let me go do that...
The ini file is in the "root of the mod" i.e. /mods/composite xl/

CvPath.get_INI_File(CvModName.modname) + '.ini'

Is that correct?

Almost. put the " + '.ini'" inside the function call:


CvPath.get_INI_File(CvModName.modname + '.ini')


and make sure to "import CvModName".

One temporary debug line I added to figure out what was wrong before was to alter get_INI_file():


def get_INI_File(szINIFileName):
...
raise IOError, "%s not found in %s" % (szINIFileName, assetsPath)
return ""
This way, if it can't find the INI file, it will write the filename and directories it was searching into pythonErr.log.

Did that get us anywhere? :)

No to back out the changes...

With any luck, that will solve the problem. Sorry about that!

Did that get us anywhere? :)

Well, it's working on my end, so it pointed out to me why my removal of "os.path.dirname" wasn't such a good idea. :)

Ok step one, I have it pointing to a hard coded ini file correctly now and its working....

Its not working with the CvModName Stuff.....
BUT! I think I can get that to work real quick.... I think there is a secondary issue with one of my ini files...


Ok I see the issue there its the comments.... I think I've got it...

What the hell was the root cause of all this mess?.... the reg key?

Houston we have another problem....

These lines are added into the ini file of the mod when the mod is launched if I remove them just put them back my work around was to edit them to have the # as the comment tag, but this could give molders fits later on down the road.
Also the file you sent me did not have these lines so they where added in...
So well you will see what i mean...

; Skip Main menu
SkipMainMenu = 0

; Custom Art from user folder is not loaded
NoCustomArt = 0

; Custom XML and Python from user folder are not loaded
NoCustomAssets = 0

; No Custom Scenario option in main menu
NoCustomScenario = 0

; No team play allowed
NoTeams = 0

; Always start in the standard era
ForceStandardEra = 0

; Scenario file (Single player)
ForceScenario = 0

Obviously the work around is to change the ; into a # but it could pop back up down the road...

None the less though its a much lower severity issue than the one we have been dealing with... ITS WORKING!!!!! :goodjob:

Yes, the reg key was the main reason it failed on your end. Also, I misunderstood what you had posted a bit earlier, thinking that you wanted the INI file to go inside CustomAssets/Assets rather than next to it.

The new ";" comments get added by Civ4 and will break how we load the INI file. Just change them to "#". When I post a new BUG version, I'll include a newly-checked INI file that has all the needed sections (missing sections cause the options screen to not close) and Civ4 BtS variables.

Phew! Glad it's working though. It's much easier to modify a working version to tweak exactly how it should work.

Sweet! :goodjob:

When I get some FreeTime(tm) I'll see about making configobj.py handle ";" comments. However, I think new versions of BtS are unlikely to add more variables, so we should be good until the next expansion. :)

Well this now makes it a must have framework mod as well as its initial goals so I think the day we spent bashing our heads into the computer was good.

I'm very happy its working.

So we have a .6a on both of our machines that work we should prob release it to the group.... Almost in time for source control YAY! :)

Indeed, and thanks for your help. :goodjob:

Is this going to work for others that have Civ 4 Gold now, or do we need to include instructions for modifying the registry key value specified in CvPath.py?

New version is released in BUG thread for anyone curious.

Our changes to the initial changes should cover it.....

I still have no idea how to use the bloody thing. Your all the classic example of a computer geek, now excuse me as I've had a few beers, but stop showing how f@#$ing clever you are and tell me how to load the flippen thing in warlords.

I've been doing some tests and there is a easy way to get the install directory other then using the reg key.

def _getInstallDir():
civ4Dir = os.getcwd()
return civ4Dir

os.getcwd() will return the directory that the main program file is run from, which in the case of civ is the install directory.

So
os.path.join(_getInstallDir(), "Mods")
Would give you the mods directory and you could then join the mod name from CvModName.py to that and bam there is your config.ini file and no worries about regkeys. :)

Sounds nice. Could you append your changes?

Just FYI, if you avoid using registry keys you are more likely to make a mod that works on a Mac as well.

os.getcwd() works fine, and I've used it myself to adapt mods to run the Mac.

Can anyone tell me what folder u put it in in BTS. i heard u can play it on BTS and i put it in the custom assets folder but it doesn't work

You may be better off installing the HOF mod for BtS which came out a few days ago. It includes a (improved?) version of Civ4lerts. I've tried it and it works a treat...configurable in-game from the options window.

I've used this mod component for a long time, but editing the Civ4lerts.ini file doesn't seem to work as it should. I can't seem to change the various settings so that the game alerts me at other moments then the standard values in the ini-file.

Can someone help me to get this to work as intended?

AlanH, you mind taking a look at the BUG Mod and seeing how it runs on a Mac, or suggest any changes we need to make it work?

There is no BtS release for the Mac yet, and there's been no announcement since Firaxis said they intended to negotiate a Mac port during an early chat conference. Is BUG capable of being used with vanilla and/or Warlords?

No Mac version yet? That's a mighty big user base that Firaxis is ignoring. I don't think it's compatible with either version because of the new features of BTS. Thanks for the reply though!

I don't know if they are ignoring Mac users, though they *are* pretty good at making their software difficult to port. As I said, they did state their intention of making BtS available for Mac OS.

Maybe they can't reach a deal with Aspyr, the publishers of the other versions. Or maybe they have reached a deal, but Aspyr aren't ready to announce it yet. :shrug:

I've used this mod component for a long time, but editing the Civ4lerts.ini file doesn't seem to work as it should. I can't seem to change the various settings so that the game alerts me at other moments then the standard values in the ini-file.

Can someone help me to get this to work as intended?

I'm still having problems changing the settings of this mod in the Civ4lerts.ini file. If you change the values in the ini-file, then this seems to have no effect at all on the warnings the modcomponent gives you in a game. For instance, I changed the values of [Gold Trade] and [Gold Per Turn Trade] to Enabled = False, but I still get messages in the game when someone has a lot of gold or gold per turn available for trading. Is the link between the ini-file and the rest of the mod not working properly? Can someone help me to let this work as intended?

Download BUG guys. You can set up the INI through options within the game, even set up alerts for Gold and GPT not to trigger unless they are of a certain amount.

Just follow the link in my sig.

Download BUG guys. You can set up the INI through options within the game, even set up alerts for Gold and GPT not to trigger unless they are of a certain amount.

Just follow the link in my sig.

Thanks for the reply. This new mod of your team does look interesting. I do have a question about it though, but I'll ask that in your own forum. :)

Is there a version for Warlords 2.13?

No, the work to backport the mod to Warlords is rather large, and we'd rather put that effort into adding new features and fixing bugs.

If you want a great unaltered modpack for Warlords, download Ruff_Hi's excellent RuffMod. Most of what's in BUG was in or taken from Ruff's mod, and he's on the BUG team to boot.

edit: already answered.

If you want a great unaltered modpack for Warlords, download Ruff_Hi's excellent RuffMod. Most of what's in BUG was in or taken from Ruff's mod, and he's on the BUG team to boot.

Or you could try my jrayUGH modpack :D (see my sig). I haven't tested it with 2.13, but I'd bet that it works fine since IIRC 2.13 didn't change any Python or XML from 2.08. RuffMod is more user-friendly since it has the in-game option configuration screen, but jrayUGH has some extra stuff (like Plot List Enhancements and Great Person art) that Ruff_Hi didn't want to include because he was emphasizing succession games.

Hey guys,

I'm looking for the code needed to display an alert for the following conditions:

Civ is now willing to become a vassal
Civ is now willing to capitulate
Civ is now willing to form a permanent alliance
Civ is now researching Liberalism

I'm also wondering from where queries about other Civs should be called from in the eventmanger.

Mostly I need help in writing the syntax for querying on other Civs.

Any ideas? All I need are a few examples and I can go nuts from there!!
Spocko

How would you know that an opposing civ is researching Liberalism??

BTS Espionage points built high enough over a period of time, will allow you to see a civs research, but iirc it's shown in the score already.

Thanks alerum68.

Yes, it is true that having enough espionage points allows us to see what is being researched. What I'm wanting instead is a triggered popup alerting me to the fact that someone is chasing Liberalism, for example, and I had best do the same if I want that extra Tech for researching it first. The same holds for a few other Techs whereby the first-to-research gets a GP (e.g, Physics yields a GS).

I dug around in the HOF mod and found code, invoked by the eventmanager during "onBeginPlayerTurn", that gives me a point in time to run a query on, say, whether another Civ is interested in open borders, vassal, permanent alliance, and defensive pact, which I rewrote as follows:

tradeData = TradeData()
tradeData.ItemType = TradeableItems.TRADE_OPEN_BORDERS
if ((((iturn -11+currentPlayer) % 3) == 0) and (pActivePlayer.canTradeItem(currentPlayer, tradeData, False))):

if (pTargetPlayer.getTradeDenial(activePlayer, tradeData) == DenialTypes.NO_DENIAL): # will trade

As you can see, the "iturn -11+currentPlayer) % 3) == 0" staggers this popup for each interested Civ to repeat every three turns (I have several other alerts set up, and I don't want them to all pileup on the same turn).

Credit for this goes to the guys that worked on the HOF mod.

There is code in there that will loop through resources to report on whether a Civ is willing to trade any of them - I'm in the process of figuring this out and modifying it for my own mod.

Thought I'd share what I found. Querying on whether there is a "TRADE_DENIAL" is something I wouldn't have figured out myself. So I appreciate the work the HOF modders did to figure this out.

Spocko

Yes, it is true that having enough espionage points allows us to see what is being researched. What I'm wanting instead is a triggered popup alerting me to the fact that someone is chasing Liberalism, for example, and I had best do the same if I want that extra Tech for researching it first. The same holds for a few other Techs whereby the first-to-research gets a GP (e.g, Physics yields a GS).

Do you want this when your espionage already shows it to you? (In which case it's shown directly on your screen at all times, so I don't see why you would need an alert.) Or do you want this when espionage won't reveal it? (In which case it would be a cheat, the mod is not supposed to allow you to know things you wouldn't otherwise know.)

Do you want this when your espionage already shows it to you? (In which case it's shown directly on your screen at all times, so I don't see why you would need an alert.) Or do you want this when espionage won't reveal it? (In which case it would be a cheat, the mod is not supposed to allow you to know things you wouldn't otherwise know.)

Good point on whether to popup this whenever espionage doesn't show it. I would want to keep it clean and have the popup be, yes, redundant in this case, not popping unless I had access to such information.

The way I play, I don't read everything in the scoreboard every turn, or if I'm in the midst of battle I can forget to check on these tedious issues. So, I'll be creating a redundant popup as a reminder (and sometimes I forget whenever a certain tech yields a GP upon being first - a popup would remind me of the significance for any of these specific techs).

The HOF code shows a loop from which I can discern how to do this with my mod.

If we are going to have popup messages for techs, I would choose to have them go off every time an opponent starts researching any new tech.

I suspect the AI never changes research targets until it's finished the last research target, so, if you have espionage data, when an opponent starts researching a new tech, you could also conclude that the opponent has learned the previous tech.

If we are going to have popup messages for techs, I would choose to have them go off every time an opponent starts researching any new tech.

I suspect the AI never changes research targets until it's finished the last research target, so, if you have espionage data, when an opponent starts researching a new tech, you could also conclude that the opponent has learned the previous tech.

Yes, I bet you're right about the AI not switching, DaviddesJ - the only time I've noticed the AI switching was when I was racing with Saladin to research, you guessed it, Liberalism first - the moment I got it (and the extra tech), espionage showed Saladin switching to something else (he as about 15 turns away from Liberalism, so unless he popped a GS or something, he didn't finish it: I should have checked the Foreign Advisor to see if he was "still seeking" Liberalism).

As to a popup for every new tech research target, I think it could be, for me anyway, overwhelming and I would lose sight of which researches were more significant than others (like, which ones have a free GP upon being first, free tech, etc.). Just my being selective about redundancy :)

Spocko

I tried to install this mod and it didn't work. Can somebody help? I have no previous experience with mods, this is the first one I've tried because I think these alerts would be so helpful.

I downloaded the file, unzipped the folder and put the folder in the "mods" folder. Then from the game, I go to "load a mod" and hit civ4alerts and it tells me it needs to reset in order to work and then I can start a new game. However, I'm not seeing the alerts come up.

Can somebody please tell me what I need to do? I'm playing on Vanilla with whatever the latest patch is.

I don't know if this works on version 3.17 of BTS. Try downloading BUG. It's got on-screen alerts, more then contained here, and you can customize which ones you want. There are alot of other goodies too.

I'm playing on Vanilla with whatever the latest patch is.

Try downloading BUG.

But Steven P doesn't have BTS, so BUG is out of the question. However, this guy named Alerum68 had an unaltered gameplay modpack back in the day for vanilla Civ4, right? ;)

It's been so long since I touched it, that I'm not even sure if has alerts or not. Also, is it even still on the website after it got hacked??