[BXP] BAT Xtras Packs - Modpacks for BAT 3.0 and above

Lemon Merchant · Oct 29, 2010

DOWNLOAD LINK - BXP: The BAT Extras Project

Now supporting BAT 4.1!! If you are using BAT 4.1, make sure that you d/l the BAT 4.1 versions, or they won't install properly.

Since the release of BAT 3.0.1, the staff at Lemon Labs has been hard at work to bring some extra goodness to your game.

It should be noted that adding the Modern Era Expansion Pack does change the game mechanics by adding new Techs and Units. If you prefer to play BAT in its normal, unaltered state, you can still use the Civ Packs and Leader Pack, just don't install the MEE, or enable MEE support in the add ons. K?

I've released a number of mod-comps that have been ported to BAT, as well as a BetterBUGAI - BAT merge.

Here is a list of the releases:

1. The Modern Era Expansion Pack for VD, by Avain
2. Leaders of Varietas Delectat by Avain.
3. A number of add on civilizations: (Avain and others)
- Scandinavia
- Australia
- Hungary
- Poland
- Polynesia
4. Ireland, Scotland, and Wales (The Céilí Pack) (Or Ceilidh if you're a Scot.

) Released

***** Niknaks has released a BXP version of his wonderful Native American civs. I'm hoping to persuade him to host it with the rest of the files on SourceForge.

Comments? Discuss...

More New Releases!

:band:

Just released are the new Scandinavian Pack, the Ceilidh Pack (Ireland, Scotland and Wales), ~~Hungary 2.0~~, and a ~~repaired Custom Leaderhead Pack!~~

You can find them at the link above where the rest are.

These are self installing files and they are in a sort of late delta stage. (Meaning that I've had no problems with them, and I don't expect that you will, but post here if you do, k?

)

These are mods that have been made by others, not by me, or the rest of the BUG team. I have just repackaged them and converted some of them to work with BAT 3.0 and up. Here is the soon to be growing list:

Spoiler :

You can download the BAT Extras Packs right here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/civ4bxp/files/BAT Extras Packs/BXP For BAT 4.1/

Coming soon: Cuba, Mexico.

Stay Tuned.

dizzygreen · Oct 30, 2010

Very very nice :goodjob:

entwood · Oct 30, 2010

Do
4. The BetterBATAI merge.
first :goodjob:

But this is all really excellent. I just find it hard to play without a Better AI, so am
off playing PIG for now (but missing the nicer BAT graphics).

Will Better AI be JDOG's or FUYU? FUYU added some of his own changes on top
that you may or may not agree with, but both are still much better than vanilla AI.

Re: 1. The Modern Era Expansion Pack for VD, by Avain
Will it come in as is from VD or what Avain additionally did in Quot Capita? I think
MEE in vanilla VD has been superseded by what is in QC.

After these items become available, I think BAT should be listed over in the MODPACKS thread for better visibility with all the other major mods.

Lemon Merchant · Oct 30, 2010

entwood said:
Do
4. The BetterBATAI merge.
first

Sorry. Can't. The next BUG/BULL must be released first, and the other ones are almost finished.

Will Better AI be JDOG's or FUYU? FUYU added some of his own changes on top
that you may or may not agree with, but both are still much better than vanilla AI.

It will be based on Fuyu's merge, with the new BAT code.

Re: 1. The Modern Era Expansion Pack for VD, by Avain
Will it come in as is from VD or what Avain additionally did in Quot Capita? I think
MEE in vanilla VD has been superseded by what is in QC.

I haven't looked at the MEE in QC. I was going to just put in the standard VD MEE. The Cheetah edition includes much of the QC MEE anyway.

After these items become available, I think BAT should be listed over in the MODPACKS thread for better visibility with all the other major mods.

I'll talk to the boss.

@ Everybody:

As for the Civ Packs, what is the general thinking? A bunch of packs, or one big one with all of the civs in it?

Fimbulvetr · Oct 31, 2010

@BAT & Better BUG AI merge:
I looked at the Assets a bit, merging shouldn't be hard.

Config\: init.xml needs to be merged (simple), BUG Main Interface.xml contains one more setting for Better BUG AI (for Events with Images) - and so does Python\BUG\Tabs\BugGeneralOptionsTab.py
ART_DEF_UNIT_CARTHAGE_WAR_ELEPHANT, ART_DEF_UNIT_WAR_ELEPHANT_ASIAN, ART_DEF_UNIT_WORKER_ASIAN, ART_DEF_UNIT_WORKER_EUROPEAN and ART_DEF_UNIT_WARRIOR_SOUTH_AMERICA are no longer in XML\Art\CIV4ArtDefines_Unit.xml. I'm guessing those entries were moved to, or replaced by entries inside VD?
Python\Contrib\Sevopedia\SevoPediaMain.py and SevoPediaUnit.py obviously need to be taken from BAT as they contain new code for BAT-specific stuff.
Python\Screens\CvTechChooser.py contains a change to line 324 that I can't make sense of.
XML\GlobalDefinesAlt.xml needs some lines for Global Warming if the dll has that component activated.
BAT's XML\GameInfo\CIV4EraInfos.xml needs iTechCostModifier tags merged in
XML\Text\BULL_CIV4GameText.xml needs to be Better BUG AI version since it contains a few more txt_keys.
XML\Units\CIV4UnitInfos.xml needs to be merged - UnitAI changes from Better AI and UnitMeshGroup changes from BAT.
Events with Images: BAT contains this as a module, Better BUG AI already contains it in the main xml files, so EWI.fps and EWI folder in Modules can be deleted.

Spoiler :

entwood · Nov 1, 2010

Lemon Merchant said:
I haven't looked at the MEE in QC. I was going to just put in the standard VD MEE. The Cheetah edition includes much of the QC MEE anyway.

OK, I was referring to post #2119 in the VD Graphics Mods thread, talking to Avain about
updating MEE in VD and it was explained that new MEE work would be in QC. As I'm always keen on having every last little thing, just wanted to bring to your attention.

avain said:
I understand your wish, but Modern Era now is really the collection of unit classes and art, and the real new implementation will be done in QC. You are of course free to make a modmod if you so wish.

Jester Fool · Nov 1, 2010

Lemon Merchant said:
As for the Civ Packs, what is the general thinking? A bunch of packs, or one big one with all of the civs in it?

I've copy-pasted Civ Gold into BAT before and it works like a charm, except that unless your computer is robust, loading times can be a problem (although ingame there is no performance difference). I would lean towards something much smaller, maybe ~5 - 10? I really like Scotland but anything you would want to include would be fine IMHO. Go Lemon Labs! :goodjob:

Lemon Merchant · Nov 1, 2010

Jester Fool said:
I've copy-pasted Civ Gold into BAT before and it works like a charm, except that unless your computer is robust, loading times can be a problem (although ingame there is no performance difference). I would lean towards something much smaller, maybe ~5 - 10? I really like Scotland but anything you would want to include would be fine IMHO. Go Lemon Labs!

Scotland?! :rolleyes:

I don't know. My Irish civ went ahead and erased Scotland from my hard drive again.

If I put in Scotland, we'll have a religion problem, because the lads will be shouting football scores at passing nuns--

(Whack!) <-- "You're welcome, Jester." says Mrs. Lemon.

Ow! Oh, that's better...

I'll see what I can do.

Jester Fool · Nov 2, 2010

Lemon Merchant said:
If I put in Scotland, we'll have a religion problem, because the lads will be shouting football scores at passing nuns--

ruff_hi · Nov 4, 2010

don't mess with the nuns ... especially if your guys are losing the footy matches

Lemon Merchant · Nov 6, 2010

ruff_hi said:
don't mess with the nuns ... especially if your guys are losing the footy matches

Or if you're a schoolgirl and they carry rulers, yardsticks, bludgeons, weapons of mass destruction...

Ow! :cry:

Lemon Merchant · Nov 6, 2010

New Releases!

See the top of this thread for more information.

ruff_hi · Nov 7, 2010

this is soo cool - I was just thinking of running a game under BAT and now that I can play the aussie empire - I am so doing it. Running away to install it now!

ruff_hi · Nov 7, 2010

Hey - LM, Italy doesn't have a MEE extension support package. The other new civs do.

Lemon Merchant · Nov 7, 2010

ruff_hi said:
Hey - LM, Italy doesn't have a MEE extension support package. The other new civs do.

Italy is a little different. It has no MEE support, and is still sort of a WIP. I decided to include it because it's rather popular, and 10 lire seems pretty intent on getting it right. If there are a bunch of problems with this one, I may remove it for a while.

BufordTJustice · Nov 7, 2010

Hi BAT and BUG mod team! I have to repeat myself: This is really great work your are all doing!

I have a small problem though:

The BAT 3.0.1 runs fine. I then installed the MEE and the additional civs and I now
get 20 error messages at the start up. They are all similar to the one I attached.

I guess I did right with installing as a single player mod into "My Games...". I think the new stuff is also installed into that folder, right?

Best regards,

Buford

Lemon Merchant · Nov 7, 2010

BufordTJustice said:
Hi BAT and BUG mod team! I have to repeat myself: This is really great work your are all doing!

I have a small problem though:

The BAT 3.0.1 runs fine. I then installed the MEE and the additional civs and I now
get 20 error messages at the start up. They are all similar to the one I attached.

I guess I did right with installing as a single player mod into "My Games...". I think the new stuff is also installed into that folder, right?

Best regards,

Buford

Hi Buford.

Did you tick the boxes for MEE support in each of the civ pack installs?

If not, just re-install the civs only, and tick those boxes. It should work then. Don't forget to right click and run the installers as Administrator if you're using Vista/7.

I installed them all into a clean copy of BAT 3, and Australia is throwing an exception. It doesn't affect play, but I'll fix that up right away. I thought that I had stomped that little bug. I didn't get the multitude of exceptions that you received, so I think your problem might be forgetting to tick the MEE options when you install.

Give it another try and let me know, k?

EDIT: The installer autodetects where BAT 3 is, so it always installs to the right spot. (I hope.

)

BufordTJustice · Nov 7, 2010

Lemon Merchant said:
Hi Buford.

Did you tick the boxes for MEE support in each of the civ pack installs?

If not, just re-install the civs only, and tick those boxes. It should work then. Don't forget to right click and run the installers as Administrator if you're using Vista/7.

I installed them all into a clean copy of BAT 3, and Australia is throwing an exception. It doesn't affect play, but I'll fix that up right away. I thought that I had stomped that little bug. I didn't get the multitude of exceptions that you received, so I think your problem might be forgetting to tick the MEE options when you install.

Give it another try and let me know, k?

EDIT: The installer autodetects where BAT 3 is, so it always installs to the right spot. (I hope. )

Hi Lemon,

thank you for the quick response. I was pretty sure, I ticked the MEE, but nevertheless I tried again. Unluckily, I still get this annoying error boxes.

I hit STRG+C when the error box occured and was quite pleased to learn that Windows supports pasting this via STRG+V to the notepad. Below you will find all the error messages in their order of appearance.

I am running XP, btw. Do you think it could be related to the order of installing? I reinstalled the civs only and got error messages. Then I installed the MEE file again and I got the impression that the number of errors increased... :confused:

I also checked that the files files went to the correct directories. That seems to work well!

Spoiler :

Best regards,

Buford

P.S. For some reason a "blank" occurs in the spoiler tags in some filenames. This seems to be a bug in the forum software.

P.P.S. I also checked the files that failed loading. They are where they should be.

Jenk · Nov 7, 2010

Hi,

I've been pushed out of my default lurker position due to how amazing this mod is.

I was playing Civ 5 a few days ago when it hit me.... civ 4 was better, why the hell am I playing this? I decided to reintroduce myself to civ 4 and sought a mod to spice it up, BAT has certainly fullfilled that wish.

I was just coming to the conclusion that I wanted something that changed the game play a bit more than BAT does when I came upon this thread, needless to say it was perfect timing.

Sadly I am experiencing the exact same issue as BufordTJustice. BAT seems to run, but with a score of error messages on the load up, and then when I check the civlopedia in the main menu I only see one or two of the new units from the MEE addition, and not the plether I would love to see.

Thanks again for the awsome mod, and I hope there is an easy solution, perhaps I just installed it wrong.

entwood · Nov 8, 2010

Lemon Merchant said:
New Releases!

See the top of this thread for more information.

Congratulations Lemon! :goodjob:

Thanking a modder for compiling and/or creating should never go unsaid. These labor-of-loves are surely appreciated in a lot of homes more so than on the forums, but I will express my public thanks.

I think this is a new nice step for BAT, waiting for better AI personally.

I never seem to get to modern Era anyway. I usually get trashed before then...
Hey maybe without better AI I can get there :eek:

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