Burberryan's Literate Civilopedia v1.0

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Burberryan's Literate Civilopedia v1.0
Otherwise known as the Literopedia (oh, why not ? ).


Why "Literate", you may ask ? Quite simply - because it's meant for players who actually read the Civilopedia contents.

Basically, I found the size of text boxes in the original Civilopedia too small to provide adequate readability of the interesting materials contained inside, often forcing the player to read lines comprised of a total of three or four words (sigh) while going through incessant vertical scrolling just to be able to read a few small paragraphs of text (re-sigh).

This mod addresses that limitation by enlarging text boxes where possible, so that more text can be visible on the screen at any given time. Now the Civilopedia actually looks like something that's meant to be read and allows the player to do just that properly. Additionally, I took the chance to correct a few minor visual nuisances in the original.

Because of limitations in the Civilopedia UI structure itself (such as pixel resolution), and also because I am not really a modder nor a programmer and I can only go so far by editing the game's python files, some level of compromise had to be employed in order to reach my intended goals - namely, the main item navigation column had to be reduced to half the size. From my own perspective as a player, this is a more than acceptable sacrifice when considered against what was gained from it, and on retrospective I can't see myself playing the game without this mod anymore. But hey - that's me.

This is a simple modification made for my own personal usage with the game. I've uploaded it simply because a few people asked me to. This was made and tested with BtS v3.19 and it's supplied "as is" - it'll likely work with other Civ4 versions and other mods (as long as they don't modify the Civilopedia UI files), but no guarantees are afforded in that regard. For what's worth, the mod won't overwrite anything on your game, so you can always try it out.

Congratulations if you read all of the above - it proves that you're a good candidate to enjoy this mod.


Some comparison screenshots just to give you an idea of what to expect:


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Reserved "just in case".

Pretty good work (and not only for a "noob").

Thanks, J.

It's only a pity I didn't take this on 5 years ago. Instead, I've been waiting for someone else to do it for me, and next thing you know I... lost track of time, just a tiny little bit (five years).

By the way, the file download itself is still on the moderation queue - how long does it usually take ? Thanks again.

It's and "admin queue" in fact, not a mod queue, so it might take some time, especially considering the other problems we have atm.
Easier way to fix it: Re-upload it. Files have to get approved if you've been here for less than 30 days and you have less than 30 posts. Seems you've uploaded it when you had 29 posts.

My legendary sense of timing and momentum... thanks for the tip. Done and done, file now available!

Testing your mod now in my next game mod called Extreme2 -- it looks like it will be an excellent addition to my game.

I will of course give you due credit for your hard work.

Thanks for all your efforts!

Very nicely done
May it cause more people to start reading.

Is this directly compatible with BUG/Sevopedia, or are there other edited files?

The Literopedia and the Sevopedia are diverging mods, in that they're based on diverging ideas and modifications of the same game files - you can have both installed, but you either have to run the game with one or the other.

As for other mods, as long as they don't modify the core Civilopedia files, I assume they'll work just fine.

tchristensen, and anyone else who might like to use this with their own mods: I'm fine with that, good modding and have fun everyone.