Weird modding anomoly

I'm happily modding Anno Domini - but have come across a strange problem I can't fix, so wondered if anyone else had seen anything similar. On the set-up screen, only the two civs whose leaders come first alphabetically show on the list. There's a different leader already selected from the last game I played; however, if I go onto the advanced set-up screen, I can pick any leader in the game from the drop-down menu. There are screens attached to show you what I mean .

It's a real head-scratcher this one. I've gone through all the xml files and systematically deleted a group of them (from actions in modbuddy) to see if it still happens. It does, no matter which ones are there or not. I must be missing something...though it is odd that it only affects the set-up screen!

There are no other mods selected when I run this mod, just the Anno Domini mod. If I add Ambrox's 10 Mediterranean civs mod, there's four civs available from the start-up screen and another barely visible, but no slider at the right-hand side to view any of the other civs.

Can anyone point me in the right direction please? It's not affecting the actual gameplay; the civs are still all visible in the civilopedia, just not on the start-up screen.

The select screen UI is very specific.

One UU, one UB, one trait per civ. Anything less/more than that will crash it.

Here are your most likely problems:

1) A civilization is missing a unique unit. It's improperly defined or linked incorrectly. Search for errors.
2) A civilization is missing a unique building. This is more dangerous because it may lead to crashes. This can be for a variety of reasons. The building could have no buildingclass, you linked the building incorrectly, or whatever.
3) A civilization trait is missing. I don't know the exact effects of this, but I believe it will crash the select screen UI as well.

Check your added unique stuffs. When corrected, this problem will be fixed.

Happy modding!

Putmalk said:

The select screen UI is very specific.

One UU, one UB, one trait per civ. Anything less/more than that will crash it.

Here are your most likely problems:

1) A civilization is missing a unique unit. It's improperly defined or linked incorrectly. Search for errors.
2) A civilization is missing a unique building. This is more dangerous because it may lead to crashes. This can be for a variety of reasons. The building could have no buildingclass, you linked the building incorrectly, or whatever.
3) A civilization trait is missing. I don't know the exact effects of this, but I believe it will crash the select screen UI as well.

Check your added unique stuffs. When corrected, this problem will be fixed.

Happy modding!

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Thanks a lot - that's really really useful. I've not yet added some of the unique units and buildings, so that's got to be it. I thought it was strange!

Okay, there was also a slight factual error in my post.

One UU, one UB or Two UUs per civ. I don't know about 2 UBs.

Just FYI, not related to the problem: I don't believe there's a limit on the amount of unique units/buildings you can add. I have one civ with 3 UB's (the 3rd is just flavor really).
Only 2 will show though: first the UUs, then the UBs. If you have 2 UUs, there is no way to get a UU to show up in the setup screen. But you can have it nonetheless.

Anyway, I hope your problem is resolved!