KROME: K-Mod 1.31 and RoM 1.03 Extended
Original comments by jtanner28. As you may know he is know resurrecting the development of AND, and now I get this to continue being developed.
IMPORTANT!!!
Just to let you know, this is still in development but now Jtanner will be alone until 15 september.
This is a merge K-Mod 1.35 with RoM 1.03 Extended. KROME (K-Mod Rise of Mankind Extended).
What's new?
From the last jtanner28's version up to now there has been released a new patch (0.85 B) which has updated K-Mod core from 1.31 to 1.35, included some bug fixes and game options changed.
The primary goal is a kind of K-Mod powered RoM:AND Lite which should maintain in the future the spirit of the "old & good" ROM versions.
KROME 0.85 + PATCH 0.85b
Source code included.
Future plans about the development
I'm really considering start from scratch with a clean version. That's said, revise slowly all the KROME versions, take what is needed, revise that the code really works as it should be, assure that merging ROME with K-Mod really works in all aspects, etc.
If JT will not continue with this, I need to really be aware what has been done here. So don't worry too much about problems, but report them and I will do what I can sooner or later.
There are 2 points to consider:
I probably will need help with some things, like testing, XML balance, etc. any help is appreciated.
I'm really unsure about heavily mod the SDK, since K-Mod is constantly changing and at some point we have to choose if we want last K-Mod version or just I do my own improvements...
Thisis a small list about what will come:
Have in mind that all these patch are temporal, but I need it to get feedback!
Next patch features
Create some game options to activate/deactivate some mod-mods features.
Enable factories and fix the bugs with jungle camps and icons in city screen.
Some tweaks in religions.
Bugs with callbacks defines.
See detailed list here.
Feedback and help
I currently need some comments about what happens with the factory mod. Is it unbalanced? Should I just add it to the game as default (without option to disable it)?
Essentially I would want to hear feedback about things that can be changed in the XML: things that can be work in certain features or bonuses but should not be there (the JC for ex.), unit balance, etc. since these things will be ready to be merged for a future clean release without extra work. Things that require DLL changes will be left for now (except some really simple that I have already written for ex.)
Could regular users create a list of all these suggestions, as well as the bugs you have found? I don't mind if it's a long list, but I really want to track all the things to do easily.
This also applies to any other use, just collect all the bugs, things not working as intended or new simple features (advanced features will be added later) and send me a PM or write them here. So I can easily found them without reading through posts. It would really simplify the work required until I create a new thread for starting the new development.
Other thing in which I would be interested in would be new units. I do think that diversity in units is great, specially give diversity for different nations, naval and air units. So if anyone thinks there are some interesting units which fits here (doesn't break balance or mod stability and is not just another unit without logic), go ahead and suggest them or help me with the XML part (it's really easy, and I could give some help if needed)
Credit for all of the content goes to Zappara, Karadoc, Afforess, Jtanner28 and the contributors to their mods. Also to Mattygerst for the idea.
KROME Patch 0.85B Change Notes
KROME Beta 0.85 Change Notes
KROME Beta 0.8 Change Notes
KROME Beta 0.7 Change Notes
KROME Beta 0.6 Change Notes
Original comments by jtanner28. As you may know he is know resurrecting the development of AND, and now I get this to continue being developed.
Spoiler :
).
IMPORTANT!!!
Just to let you know, this is still in development but now Jtanner will be alone until 15 september.
This is a merge K-Mod 1.35 with RoM 1.03 Extended. KROME (K-Mod Rise of Mankind Extended).
What's new?
From the last jtanner28's version up to now there has been released a new patch (0.85 B) which has updated K-Mod core from 1.31 to 1.35, included some bug fixes and game options changed.
The primary goal is a kind of K-Mod powered RoM:AND Lite which should maintain in the future the spirit of the "old & good" ROM versions.
KROME 0.85 + PATCH 0.85b
- Download the last version of KROME (0.85) and then the patch.
- Install the original 0.85 version first and then copy the contents of the patch zip file into the "KROME" mod folder.
- Overwrite all, in other words, just apply the patch.
- This is only a patch, original mod required!!
Source code included.
Code:
0.85b
*Updated with K-mod 1.35
*Just plain Rome 1.03 with K-mod, no other mod-mods:
*No Advanced Diplomacy 2 --> Require some changes to work with new version!
*Multiple Research Modcomp --> Will be added later
*Multiple Production Modcomp --> Will be added later
*Hard ship mod disabled by default --> It can be enabled via "KROME GLOBALS"
*KROME GLOBALS: "Go to KROME\Assets\Python\CvEventManager.py" file, look for "KROME GLOBALS" and change the variables to enable/disable some features.
*bHardship = False #Enable\Disable hardship features (false as default, adds too much lag)
*KROME Worldsize Types: Now the new worldsize types are REALLY WORKING (before this update, the game would start and load the map without giving errors but the map size selected was not being really used but the default one!). For that changes have been done to the DLL and all the map script files. If more maps are used, those map scripts NEED TO BE EDITED.
*Giant
*Gigantic
*Look for #KROME Worlsize Types in Public map files and //KROME Worldsize Types in the source code.
*Map Scripts Updated: to consider the new worldsize types. (all BTS vanilla maps not listed here will work without more changes)
Arboria.py
Boreal.py
Donut.py
Earth2.py
Global_Highlands.py
Highlands.py
Rainforest.py
RandomScriptMap.py
Team_Battleground.py
Terra.pyFuture plans about the development
I'm really considering start from scratch with a clean version. That's said, revise slowly all the KROME versions, take what is needed, revise that the code really works as it should be, assure that merging ROME with K-Mod really works in all aspects, etc.
If JT will not continue with this, I need to really be aware what has been done here. So don't worry too much about problems, but report them and I will do what I can sooner or later.
There are 2 points to consider:
I probably will need help with some things, like testing, XML balance, etc. any help is appreciated.
I'm really unsure about heavily mod the SDK, since K-Mod is constantly changing and at some point we have to choose if we want last K-Mod version or just I do my own improvements...
Thisis a small list about what will come:
Solve the remaining bugs, and add the things commented up to the date.
Create a new download thread.
Don't upload a Clean Mod version yet, but a complete version. I mean, I merge the last KROME version with the patches with the previous considerations. A clean version would come later.
Upload all files to SVN, so anyone can test during development.
Create a new download thread.
Don't upload a Clean Mod version yet, but a complete version. I mean, I merge the last KROME version with the patches with the previous considerations. A clean version would come later.
Upload all files to SVN, so anyone can test during development.
Have in mind that all these patch are temporal, but I need it to get feedback!
Next patch features
Create some game options to activate/deactivate some mod-mods features.
Enable factories and fix the bugs with jungle camps and icons in city screen.
Some tweaks in religions.
Bugs with callbacks defines.
See detailed list here.
Feedback and help
I currently need some comments about what happens with the factory mod. Is it unbalanced? Should I just add it to the game as default (without option to disable it)?
Essentially I would want to hear feedback about things that can be changed in the XML: things that can be work in certain features or bonuses but should not be there (the JC for ex.), unit balance, etc. since these things will be ready to be merged for a future clean release without extra work. Things that require DLL changes will be left for now (except some really simple that I have already written for ex.)
Could regular users create a list of all these suggestions, as well as the bugs you have found? I don't mind if it's a long list, but I really want to track all the things to do easily.
This also applies to any other use, just collect all the bugs, things not working as intended or new simple features (advanced features will be added later) and send me a PM or write them here. So I can easily found them without reading through posts. It would really simplify the work required until I create a new thread for starting the new development.
Other thing in which I would be interested in would be new units. I do think that diversity in units is great, specially give diversity for different nations, naval and air units. So if anyone thinks there are some interesting units which fits here (doesn't break balance or mod stability and is not just another unit without logic), go ahead and suggest them or help me with the XML part (it's really easy, and I could give some help if needed)
Credit for all of the content goes to Zappara, Karadoc, Afforess, Jtanner28 and the contributors to their mods. Also to Mattygerst for the idea.
KROME Patch 0.85B Change Notes
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KROME Beta 0.85 Change Notes
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KROME Beta 0.8 Change Notes
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KROME Beta 0.7 Change Notes
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KROME Beta 0.6 Change Notes
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It was rather cool though. 
