Recent content by Etcha

Could anyone explain to me how the rock band's tourism bomb ability works under the hood? Looking at the game files, I can see some references to this but I have not been able to parse what variables and things are actually being used to make it work. Is there a good way to alter this ability...

Hello all, I am working on a mod and had something in mind for a unique unit ability. I would like to make a unit that can enter other civs' borders and create a tourism bomb, similar to the rock band. The idea is that the unit can go to a location in another civ's city, activate its ability...

Sorry, ignore my last reply. I figured out what the problem was- the required texture sizes for improvement icons are different from those for buildings, and I forgot to change them. It is working excellently now! Thanks for your help :)

Okay, if that is the case then I think what I've already had should have worked. In NewIcons.sql I have INSERT INTO IconTextureAtlases (Name, IconSize, IconsPerRow, IconsPerColumn, Filename ) VALUES --some lines...

I have all of my textures in the appropriate sizes, but I'm not sure how to define an icon for a building. Looking in the game files, for Improvements.xml, there is an icon attribute in the improvements table; however in Buildings.xml, there is no icon attribute. Where do you define the icon for...

Thanks for the reply! I took a look in my database.log and found out that my problem was that I did not remove the "icon" attribute from my code when changing from an improvement to a building. Removing that line fixed it so that my unique building now shows up in the game. Now the picture for...

Hi LeeS, I have been following @maconnolly 's template to make a custom civilization, as it's my first time trying to mod the game. I have had mostly success so far, however I have encountered a really frustrating error. The unique building I have added for my civilization does not show up in...

Hi @maconnolly , thanks a ton for the template! I have been following it to make a custom civilization, as it's my first time trying to mod the game. I have had mostly success so far, however I have encountered a really frustrating error. The unique building I have added for my civilization does...