Recent content by TheManFromMars

Hello there people, I would love to play Civ 6 with my wife but I am unable to see the game properly. I've played 1000s of Civ4 and Civ5 but I can't enjoy this latest entry. The problem is that the 'tooltips' are all 'white on black' print while other aspects of the game are 'light on dark'...

Hi Nutty, Thanks again for the reply. I've never really dabbled in the SQL side of things so it's rather alien to me - I've done plenty of programming etc but I started years and years ago with XML with Civ4 etc and just stuck with it. So I don't know how the use of the SQLite browser would...

Hi there, I'm just trying to do something simple like updating the size (scale) of a unit so it looks gigantic on the map. This is my code: (Sorry for the poor formatting, it's formatted properly in ModBuddy) I'm just trying to make the standard worker unit really big as a test. I...

Thanks Nutty, I knew about the VFS=True, remember all that hullabaloo from Civ 5 :) The problem is getting GIMP to even open the terrain textures, urgh. Anyway if you or someone else could try opening those files in GIMP and seeing if it works that'd be great, if not I'll just keep looking it...

Hi there, I'm not new to modding and that goes double for Civilization games but I'm having fits trying to edit some of the art assets like terrain or the colour of miasma. When I try and open many of the dds files (not all of them) in GIMP, I get consistent loading errors stating it can't...

I think it goes beyond mere 'improvements' - this is a different beast, a different game altogether. I think the idea this is just a mod or could be just a mod is ridiculous and the more we see of this the more it looks fully fleshed out and a complete step change in the series. It seems...

Just finished watching it, looks very cool indeed. I missed the first 10 mins though so will have to catch that later. I like the fact if feels more 'organic' especially in terms of how the aliens act. In real life you left them alone, they might leave you alone etc rather than just rampant...

Hey WHoward, Somewhat ressurrecting this post - but rather than PM you I thought it might be helpful for anyone to see the thread and get this answer (hopefully) to the question I have. I replaced the Trait just fine, but what I was unable to do was replace the unit with the building. You...

Thanks for the quick reply WHoward. I'll give it a go, hopefully the replacing of the unit is just as easy. EDIT: By the way, is there any advantage or disadvantage to using SQL instead of XML or vice versa? Cheers, Mars

Hello all, I was wondering if someone could answer a question i have about modding an existing Civ. I can make new civs just fine but I've never edited an existed one, thought it'd be easy and thought again. I've found next to no material on it and the info in the modders guide on updating and...

@Crimson Yeah I think we discussed the really early on and Alexwebb2 mentioned that it isn't compatible with the Vanilla version, at least not yet. I haven't looked deep into the code myself or anything but I suspect he just built upon files from Gods and Kings version, especially since I...

Been busy with real life so haven't gotten around to the palace icon. Will do soon though, providing this is still being worked on? -Mars

Hey there again, The mod looks like quite a good idea, as I mentioned in another post to you, there is another mod out there sort of like this I think - but don't let it put you off - you might make something better. Never be afraid though to check out someone elses mod that is similar to...

You again... lol Ok - again, setting yourself up for a world of hurt here I'm afraid. What you are proposing isn't really even that possible, not unless you are VERY good at modelling and to make it all look right and not look clunky and ridiculous is rather hard indeed. What you are...

Hey there, LONG POST! Short answer - very hard, I still recomment reading what I have to say about this though... EDIT: Horem responded as I was writing and I couldn't agree more with him, and those are good links - but honestly you might just depress yourself trying. It's all hope and...