Posted this in the stickied Request for Mod area, but am not getting any feedback. So I'll try it here...

I'd like to combine the Flying mod (which gives promotions to aircraft) and the Ranged Bombardment mod so I can run them both at the same time (since you can't load two mods at the same time otherwise). Is there anyone who could do this, or would be willing to walk me through how to do it? Count me as one of the 99.9% of Civ4 buyers who doesn't know Python script, nor has a clue how to use the SDK, and who profoundly misses the editor from Civ3.

Anyway, thanks to all in advance.

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Posted this in the stickied Request for Mod area, but am not getting any feedback. So I'll try it here...

I'd like to combine the Flying mod (which gives promotions to aircraft) and the Ranged Bombardment mod so I can run them both at the same time (since you can't load two mods at the same time otherwise). Is there anyone who could do this, or would be willing to walk me through how to do it? Count me as one of the 99.9% of Civ4 buyers who doesn't know Python script, nor has a clue how to use the SDK, and who profoundly misses the editor from Civ3.

Anyway, thanks to all in advance.

Don't you mean the Air Forces Mod by TheLopez? That mod gives promotions to air units.

The Flying mod allows land based units (gunships) to "fly" over water terrain.

If you're looking for the latter and not the former...
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=171813&highlight=bflying

Don't you mean the Air Forces Mod by TheLopez? That mod gives promotions to air units.

The Flying mod allows land based units (gunships) to "fly" over water terrain.

If you're looking for the latter and not the former...
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=171813&highlight=bflying

OK. I'm looking to combine that mod with the Ranged Bombardment mod. I'm not looking for the two separately, I have that, and I'd like to use them together. Hence asking more knowledgeable and capable people if there's a way someone could combine these for me, since I lack the skill to do so myself.

is there anyone out there that can help me with this? As I said above, I'm trying to find someone who can combine the Ranged Bombardment mod with the mod that adds promotions for air units (as I lack SDK/Python skills myself).

Well, I give up. Ask for help and get... nothing (except one person who evidently didn't understand that I wasn't looking for the individual mods but to COMBINE THEM). Course, if Firaxis had bothered to make an editor the rest of us could use to change rules, etc (as they did before), instead of taking the arrogant (quality versus quantity, which leaves only the arrogant to define "quality"), then I wouldn't have to ask for help.

And asking for help seems to be... pointless. Thanks to all!

What your asking for requires a fair amount of time and work in the SDK combining C++ source code, you cant simply expect someone to materialize and spend their precious time satisfying your personal requests. If it happens at all it is a generous GIFT on that persons part to someone who is a complete stranger, you cant pout because you request went un-fafilled. In addition I'm fairly sure their are DLL's out their that combine these two mods and more, try total Realism or Visa, both have extensive code modifications, my own CCCP DLL is aimed at compiling together a variety of mods and has both the Air mods mentioned but not ranged bombardment.

Well, I give up. Ask for help and get... nothing (except one person who evidently didn't understand that I wasn't looking for the individual mods but to COMBINE THEM). Course, if Firaxis had bothered to make an editor the rest of us could use to change rules, etc (as they did before), instead of taking the arrogant (quality versus quantity, which leaves only the arrogant to define "quality"), then I wouldn't have to ask for help.

And asking for help seems to be... pointless. Thanks to all!

No editor would ever be able to allow you to do this either. We haven't figured out how to get computers to write software for us. :lol:

I don't see it as arrogant to allow us to make mods that were not possible with Civ3. And I'm not the most capable modder around, either.

Yo mate, I am trying to do exactly the same merged mod - Air Forces and Ranged Bombard. And am daunted at how complex it is! To play the Civ4 that I want I need to learning C++ programming? So, yes, I appreciate the comments by people like Impaler that for someone to do that for you is really a gift. Impaler, BTW, thanks for the tip. I'll look for those two mods and see if that works for me, esp if the other options that I don't want can be switched off.

Ultra: I recommend WinMerge for merging, tortoise SVN for versioning and NotePad++ for generic text editing, many others recommend XML spy for XML editing as well. Above all learn as much C++ as possible because without it any code merging attempt will be hit or miss at best because you cant de-bug or resolve collisions/conflicts unless you understand what the code dose.

I've been using XML Marker, works very well. Strangely enough I downloaded WinMerge today - and yes, it's daunting for someone like me who is just pleased as punch to figure out XML.

May I ask you a question? CvGameCoreDLL.dll is what I need to merge, right? How does this file differ from the various Python files? Am I correct to say that CvGameCoreDLL.dll is as the name implies, the game core, and the Python files are options that define how the game core is accessed?

I've been using XML Marker, works very well. Strangely enough I downloaded WinMerge today - and yes, it's daunting for someone like me who is just pleased as punch to figure out XML.

May I ask you a question? CvGameCoreDLL.dll is what I need to merge, right? How does this file differ from the various Python files? Am I correct to say that CvGameCoreDLL.dll is as the name implies, the game core, and the Python files are options that define how the game core is accessed?

CvGameCoreDLL.dll the C++ code. C++ is a compiled language, so it doesn't run in the form it is written (unlike python). So that file is a compiled machine language version of all the C++ files in the SDK.