Hey everyone. There is a new civilization for Civ4 available for download, but it is for BTS and I don't have BTS. Can someone make the Serbia mod compatible with Vanilla?

Thanks

Why don;t you just buy BtS? It is well worth the money, and you can play all sorts of new mods.

Cause I'm broke. I mow a yard in the summer, but thats a couple of months away until I start doing that. (Im 15 years old). I do plan on getting it though.

You could make it in XML. It isnt that hard. There are plenty of tutorials and if you need any help, I can help.

15? Damn, i remember when i was saving up for Civ4 Gold and BtS. Took forever, but when i got Civ4, i was eccsatic. I ordered it through Gamestop, and got BtS the day before it arrived.

I'm 16 btw.

Work sucks.

You can make it? How? Pm me. Id like to give it a try. Or you could send it to me if you have it made.

Heres a tutorial:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=148507
Since you dont have BTS, you can follow the guide directly. All you really have to do is replace a few entries and do copy&paste. Dont ask me how to do buttons, I dont know.

Im completely lost. What does that have to do with BTS?

In BTS they added in some tags in the civinfos that allowed ethnic art styles. Here is a rough tutorial that I threw together. (That one was a bit complex and I couldnt find the better one)
1.Find the file CivilizationInfos in the Assets/XML/Civilization folder.
2. Open it and copy+paste an civilization entry. If you were to copy america, replace AMERICA with SERBIA for all the TXT_KEY entries.
3.You can edit the city list later by copy+pasting the list from the BTS serbia mod.
4.<Scroll Down> You can add different techs and free units by editing the XML tags here.
NOTE: To give serbia a UU, when you get to the UU section, rename it to what you want to UU to be (UNIT_........) and replace the UNITCLASS with what unitclass the unit will belong to (Rifleman, grenadier, knight, ect.)
5.<Scroll Down> When you get to the Leaders, rename them to the serbian leaders.
6. Save it.
7. Open up the file Leaderheads infos.
8. Copy any leader (thats not minorciv or barbarian) and replace all of the TXT_KEY_*leader* with TXT_KEY_*serbia leader*. Repeat process for all leaders you had. Art assets are pretty simple, you can figure it out. Use the leader art from the serbia mod. If you want I'll tell you how to do custom music.
9. I cant remember how to do diploinfos, but if you want I'll check up on it.
10. Open up one of the text files, think it is Objectinfos, and copy+paste tags there and edit the <Tag>(edit here)</Tag> part to match the TXT_KEY tags that you had with the leaders and civ and units. Pedia is in the pediainfos file.
11. Go to unitinfos and copy the unit that has the same unit class as the serbian UU. replace the unit name (not class) with the name you chose back in civinfos and edit the various tags. You can hit Ctrl+f to find a phrase if you need to copy something.

You should be done! Art assets still need to be modified and such.
NOTE: Don't EVER modify the game files, copy the needed files (following the same folder ladder) into the mods section inside the folder 'MyMod' or something like that.
Also, you can use notepad for that. Do a google search for XML marker and if you find a free copy dl it. It tells you when you have an error (forgetting to close a tag, ect) and makes it alot easier.

so, if I do what is above, I can use the Serbia mod?

No, this is making your own. I think someone made a Serbia mod for vanilla if you hunt a bit.

Wow I can't believe someone made one. I remember a thread for CIV III when there was all sorts of negativity about making a mod concerning a current struggle. Kudos to whoever made it, it's an interesting situation anyway.

Hmm, why even buying original, when you can download pirated game for free?
P.S I'm not promoting piracy, I'm just stating worlds gaming market situation.

What does that have anything to do with it?

Cause I'm broke. I mow a yard in the summer, but thats a couple of months away until I start doing that. (Im 15 years old). I do plan on getting it though.

Well, there is a lot in common with quoted text.

Can you convert this to Vanilla for me. Your the one that made it arent you?

No bad feelings, but I'm preparing history competition this year, and do not have time to do it. Sorry!

Okay. No problem buddy. Thanks. Ill eventually get BTS.

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