Question about an alternate unit upgrade path mod

1. You haven't given your mod any actions to perform with the XML file, so nothing is going to happen.
2. You have a wrong type of designation here:

<GameData>
	<Units>
		<Update>
			<Where Unit="UNIT_CROSSBOWMAN"/>
			<Set ObsoleteTech="TECH_DYNAMITE"/>
		</Update>
	</Units>

	<Unit_ClassUpgrades>
[COLOR="Red"]		<Update>
			<Where UnitType="UNIT_GATLINGGUN"/>
			<Set UnitType="UNIT_ARTILLERY"/>
		</Update>[/COLOR]
	</Unit_ClassUpgrades>
</GameData

	<Unit_ClassUpgrades>
		<Update>
			<Where UnitType="UNIT_CROSSBOWMAN"/>
			<Set UnitClassType="UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY"/>
		</Update>
	</Unit_ClassUpgrades>

<GameData>
	<Units>
[COLOR="Green"]		<Update>
			<Where Class="UNITCLASS_CROSSBOWMAN"/>
			<Set ObsoleteTech="TECH_DYNAMITE" GoodyHutUpgradeUnitClass="UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY" />
		</Update>[/COLOR]
	</Units>

	<Unit_ClassUpgrades>
[COLOR="Red"][B]		<Update>
			<Where UnitClassType="UNITCLASS_GATLINGGUN"/>
			<Set UnitClassType="UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY"/>
		</Update>[/B][/COLOR]
	</Unit_ClassUpgrades>
</GameData>

1. The Dark Green lines for the <Units> update tells the game that everywhere within the <Units> table that it sees a unit belonging to the Crossbowman Class of units, change the info for that unit to ObsoleteTech="TECH_DYNAMITE" and GoodyHutUpgradeUnitClass="UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY".
2. The Bolded Red lines for the <Unit_ClassUpgrades> update tells the game that everywhere within the <Unit_ClassUpgrades> table that it sees a <Row> that will upgrade a unit to the UNITCLASS_GATLINGGUN Class of units, change the info for that unit to UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY.

LeeS said:

See this:
whoward69's what ModBuddy setting for what file types tutorial

1. You haven't given your mod any actions to perform with the XML file, so nothing is going to happen.
2. You have a wrong type of designation here:

Code:

<GameData>
	<Units>
		<Update>
			<Where Unit="UNIT_CROSSBOWMAN"/>
			<Set ObsoleteTech="TECH_DYNAMITE"/>
		</Update>
	</Units>

	<Unit_ClassUpgrades>
[COLOR="Red"]		<Update>
			<Where UnitType="UNIT_GATLINGGUN"/>
			<Set UnitType="UNIT_ARTILLERY"/>
		</Update>[/COLOR]
	</Unit_ClassUpgrades>
</GameData

The way the <Unit_ClassUpgrades> table works is that for each <Row> within it, you specify a unit that will be upgraded at some point in the game via the <UnitType>column, and the CLASS of unit it will upgrade to via the <UnitClassType> column. So if I want to alter the Crossbowmen to Artillery instead of Gatling Guns, I need:

Code:

	<Unit_ClassUpgrades>
		<Update>
			<Where UnitType="UNIT_CROSSBOWMAN"/>
			<Set UnitClassType="UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY"/>
		</Update>
	</Unit_ClassUpgrades>

Remember also that to keep everything balanced you would also need to have an update specifying UNIT_CHINESE_CHUKONU and UNIT_ENGLISH_LONGBOWMAN in the <Where UnitType="UNIT_X"/>. Also, these three units have a <GoodyHutUpgradeUnitClass>UNITCLASS_GATLINGGUN</GoodyHutUpgradeUnitClass> column stated for them within the <Units> table, so you would need to decide if you wanted to alter that as well. And you would need to make an <Update> under <Units> to include the change for <ObsoleteTech> for the UNIT_CHINESE_CHUKONU and UNIT_ENGLISH_LONGBOWMAN. If I wanted to do all of this, I would actuyally do it like this:

Code:

<GameData>
	<Units>
[COLOR="Green"]		<Update>
			<Where Class="UNITCLASS_CROSSBOWMAN"/>
			<Set ObsoleteTech="TECH_DYNAMITE" GoodyHutUpgradeUnitClass="UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY" />
		</Update>[/COLOR]
	</Units>

	<Unit_ClassUpgrades>
[COLOR="Red"][B]		<Update>
			<Where UnitClassType="UNITCLASS_GATLINGGUN"/>
			<Set UnitClassType="UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY"/>
		</Update>[/B][/COLOR]
	</Unit_ClassUpgrades>
</GameData>

1. The Dark Green lines for the <Units> update tells the game that everywhere within the <Units> table that it sees a unit belonging to the Crossbowman Class of units, change the info for that unit to ObsoleteTech="TECH_DYNAMITE" and GoodyHutUpgradeUnitClass="UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY".
2. The Bolded Red lines for the <Unit_ClassUpgrades> update tells the game that everywhere within the <Unit_ClassUpgrades> table that it sees a <Row> that will upgrade a unit to the UNITCLASS_GATLINGGUN Class of units, change the info for that unit to UNITCLASS_ARTILLERY.

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LeeS said:

How did you make the changes? Through ModBuddy with a redo of the "Build" & "Build Solution", or did you directly edit the XML file in the mod that is in the ~CIV5/MODS folder. Also, I am not sure if the changes will work if you try it on a saved game. Some (most ?) things you need to start an entirely new game to be sure they're getting registered correctly.

I just tested it in a new game and it properly upgrades the Crossbowman to an Artillery unit, and shows that upgrade path in the civilopedia.

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LeeS said:

Did you add an "action" for the XML file, as the linked tutorial (top of post #4) shows how to do? If you haven't given the XML file an "action" to perform then no amount of changing the text within the XML file is going to make any difference.

The file structure for the mod you had in your 1st post is fine. It is also fine if everything in the mod is directly in the "top" folder of the mod (ie, in the case of the mod you added in post #1, the Crossbowmen to Artillery Upgrade folder).

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