L System Related Trouble Importing Graphics

Aurelazza · Jun 17, 2013

So, I'm trying to import a series of civ-specific improvement graphics from one FFH mod (MoM) to another FFH mod (MNAI) which uses generic workshop/quarry/lumbermill graphics for all civs. I've got the art files in the right place, and I know that the artdefs belong in Civ4PlotLSystem.xml, but here's where I run into problems.

Tholal's MNAI doesn't have workshops, quarries or lumbermills allotted to the L system's 4x4 leaf (4x4 node?). When I simply add in all the references to these improvement which include artdefs from MoM, the game doesn't recognize them and still plops down a generic workshop in Infernal territory, as opposed to an Infernal styled workshop. When I add in this bit:

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And try to create a workshop in Infernal territory, the game crashes. I have error logs a-plenty, which show a lot of problems related to anything 4x4, but I'm unsure of which ones can help me move forward from here.

Edit: Having trouble attaching LSystem.Log, so I guess I'll do the next best thing and post the last bit here.

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Aurelazza · Jun 17, 2013

If nobody knows the answer to this toughie, could someone help me with the next best thing? I went ahead and made "Elven Workshop," "Dwarven Workshop," "Orcish Workshop" and "Demonic Workshop" improvements, and may very well end up doing so for the other quarries and such as well. What would be the most efficient Python coding to automatically convert an Orcish Workshop within the borders of a recently conquered city into the conquering civ's racial equivalent?

The_J · Jun 18, 2013

There's no real good way to do it, especially since you have to consider cultural expansion. Basically you'd have to check after every captured city, after every cultural expansion, while/after every rebellion, etc.
Not considering that you're able to capture the workers of other civs.

No idea where the problem with the LSYSTEM is. It's a hell of a file :scared:

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tesb · Jun 18, 2013

Your PlotLSytem entries seem incomplete, here is an example for the workshop:

under the section:

Code:

<LNode Name="Leaf_LandImprovement_4x4">

you need to add:

Code:

<ArtRef Name="goal:IMPROVEMENT_WORKSHOP">
			<Attribute Class="Improvement">IMPROVEMENT_WORKSHOP</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Artstyle">[B]ARTSTYLE_YOUR CIVS ARTSTYLE[/B]</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Era">ERA_ALL</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Scalar">bIsPartOfImprovement:1</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Scalar">bApplyRotation:1</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Scalar">[B]NIF:Art/.../YourCustomNif.nif[/B]</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Scalar"></Attribute>
		</ArtRef>

later on:

Code:

<LProduction From="PLOT_ROOT">
		<Attribute Class="Improvement">...,[B]IMPROVEMENT_WORKSHOP[/B],...</Attribute>
		<Attribute Class="Bonus">BONUS_ALL</Attribute>
		<To Name="Node_12x12"/>
		<To Name="Leaf_LandImprovement_4x4"/>
	</LProduction>

and a similar entry (but not the same)

Code:

<LProduction From="PLOT_ROOT" Name="LandImprovementProd">
		<Attribute Class="Improvement">...,[B]IMPROVEMENT_WORKSHOP[/B],...</Attribute>
		<Attribute Class="Bonus">NO_BONUS</Attribute>
		<Attribute Class="Scalar">bNotBFS:1</Attribute>
		<To Name="Leaf_LandImprovement_4x4"/>
	</LProduction>

also remember:

Code:

<ArtRef Name="goal:IMPROVEMENT_WORKSHOP">
			<Attribute Class="Improvement">IMPROVEMENT_WORKSHOP</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Artstyle">[B]ARTSTYLE_FORNORMALCIVS[/B]</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Era">ERA_ALL</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Scalar">bIsPartOfImprovement:1</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Scalar">bApplyRotation:1</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Scalar">NIF:Art/Structures/Improvements/Workshop/Workshop.nif</Attribute>
			<Attribute Class="Scalar">[B]KFM:Art/Structures/Improvements/Workshop/Workshop.kfm[/B]</Attribute>
		</ArtRef>

and in artdefines_improvements:

Code:

<ImprovementArtInfo>
			<Type>ART_DEF_IMPROVEMENT_WORKSHOP</Type>
			<bExtraAnimations>0</bExtraAnimations>
			<fScale>1.0</fScale>
			<fInterfaceScale>1.0</fInterfaceScale>
			<NIF>Art/Structures/Improvements/Workshop/Workshop.nif</NIF>
			<KFM/>
			<Button>,Art/Interface/Buttons/Builds/BuildWorkshop.dds,Art/Interface/Buttons/Actions_Builds_LeaderHeads_Specialists_Atlas.dds,8,8</Button>
		</ImprovementArtInfo>

i.e. no KFM, the KFM for the normal workshop art is in the PlotLSystem file

if you done all those changes and it still does not work, i cannot help you further

Aurelazza · Jun 21, 2013

I see where my mistake was now. Thank you.

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