(7a) Promotion Icons for VP

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"(7a) Promotion Icons for VP" replaces "VP Promo Icons" (VPPI)
Make sure to delete all version of VPPI from your mod folder




All the Promotion Icons are unique now


Bonus


Defence


Barbarians


Territory


Pillage


Mystic Blade


Eight Virtues of Bushido



See all in Civ5 VoxPopuli\Civilopedia\Promotions

 

(7a) Promotion Icons for VP comes with more promo icons you can use in your own Modmods

64 Extra Icons :
\MODS\(7a) Promotion Icons for VP\Extra Promo Icons.png


It can be risky to make changes in mods to get new promo icons
To make things safe and easy, the mini mod bellow "Zz_Extra_Promo_Icons" allows to assign any icons from the IconAtlas named "ExtraPromo_Atlas" to any PROMOTION_

Follow the instructions in Extra_update.sql (text file) :

Code:

-- Replace the dots '.......' below with the names of promotions you want to assign. Delete "/*" and "*/" front and back


/*
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET IconAtlas = 'extraPromo_Atlas' WHERE Type = '.......'; --     => 00
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET PortraitIndex = '0' WHERE Type = '.......';
*/

/*
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET IconAtlas = 'extraPromo_Atlas' WHERE Type = '.......'; --     => 01
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET PortraitIndex = '1' WHERE Type = '.......';
*/

e.g. Units with PROMOTION_UNIT_JAPAN_YAMATO get the icon #59

Code:

/*
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET IconAtlas = 'extraPromo_Atlas' WHERE Type = '.......'; --     => 58
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET PortraitIndex = '58' WHERE Type = '.......';
*/

UPDATE UnitPromotions SET IconAtlas = 'extraPromo_Atlas' WHERE Type = 'PROMOTION_UNIT_JAPAN_YAMATO'; --     => 59
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET PortraitIndex = '59' WHERE Type = 'PROMOTION_UNIT_JAPAN_YAMATO';

/*
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET IconAtlas = 'extraPromo_Atlas' WHERE Type = '.......'; --     => 60
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET PortraitIndex = '60' WHERE Type = '.......';
*/

 

(7a) is in charge of all the Promotion Icons in Vox Populi base game, not any other modmods

To have new Promo Icons for Wonders Expended and Enlightenment Era for Vox Populi, copy the two mini mods below in your mod folder




Enlightenment Era for Vox Populi :


@Infixo
Feel free to integrate them in VPEE and VPWE if you wish

EDIT : The little story that makes History
Flagship promo and adjacent flagship promo (both triangles icons) are why I made the very first icons. They weren't nice as they are now, but good enough to enhance my naval tactic.

 

Just came to say it's great to see this being included in base VP, that's awesome.

 

And please welcome Promotion Tree ( Thx civplayer33 )

 

Seriously, though, it's super duper awesome and humbling that VP has attracted such top modmod talent. What a world we live in! I hope that we can continue folding in features like this.
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The promotion icons update paired with the latest UI improvements are very pleasing for the eye. A work of art, thank you!

 

Congrats @Asterix Rage! I've been enjoying this as a modmod for quite some time, but with the new UI update, is the mod "Flag Promotions (for VP/EUI)" redundant? What about "Promotion Overhaul" and "Improved City View (for VP/EUI)". Thanks G'Zebo for including this.

 

Only the mods VPPI (Vox Populi Promotion Icons) and Promotion Tree are made redundant if you choose to install 7a and 7b with the newest version, so you should delete them; the others you mentioned are separate mods that are not included; you should be able to keep using those normally without issue.

 

"(7a) Promotion Icons for VP" replaces "VP Promo Icons" (VPPI) and is included in base VP
Make sure to delete all versions of VPPI from your mod folder

"(7b) UI - Promotion Tree for VP" replace all previous version of "Promotion Tree" and is included in base VP
Make sure to delete all old versions of Promotion Tree from your mod folder

"Flag Promotions", "Promotion Overhaul" and "Improved City View" are modmods you can copy in \MODS
They are great and furiously compatible.

 

Thank you both for the clarification.

 

. Unique City-States V4 .

 

mad props for this, i love it! <3

 

EXTRA PROMO ICONS
Here is what you can do with the 64 Extra Promo Icons included in (7a) Promotion Icons for VP

with "LastSword's Khmer for Vox Populi" - https://forums.civfanatics.com/thre...izations-showcase.574461/page-2#post-15232456

All is fine and well done with this mod by hokath
but the promo icons !
Like most of modmods, the promo icons are basic triangles or more and less suitable icons from the base game

To replace triangles with new icons :

- Look for the "xml/sql name" of promotions in LastSword's Khmer folder. "Bokator" and "Rice Farmers" are game text names

Tip : Find "PROMOTION_" text string goes strait on it

in Khmer Game Text Mod.xml :



"PROMOTION_KHMER_BOKATOR" for Bokator
and,
"PROMOTION_KHMER_WORKERDUMMY" for Rice Farmers


Let's pick 2 icons :
https://forums.civfanatics.com/attachments/extra-promo-icons-png.518650/

and let's say Icons #9 and #45 look good

Then open \Sid Meier's Civilization 5\MODS\Zz_Extra_Promo_Icons\Extra_update.sql (with a xml/sql editor)

Make the change :

Code:

UPDATE UnitPromotions SET IconAtlas = 'extraPromo_Atlas' WHERE Type = 'PROMOTION_KHMER_WORKERDUMMY'; --     => 09
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET PortraitIndex = '9' WHERE Type = 'PROMOTION_KHMER_WORKERDUMMY';

UPDATE UnitPromotions SET IconAtlas = 'extraPromo_Atlas' WHERE Type = 'PROMOTION_KHMER_BOKATOR'; --     => 45
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET PortraitIndex = '45' WHERE Type = 'PROMOTION_KHMER_BOKATOR';

The result :

 

May i ask if adding new promotions icon have heavy or small performance impacts? really want to try it in multiplayer since it adds more visibility when you are at war, and can potentially made people avoid some mistakes.

En gros, est-ce que les icônes demandent beaucoup au jeu en terme de calcul^^?

EDIT: i suppose the UI Panel for promotion is quite heavy^^'

 

The answer is No. Zero performance impact on "adding new promotion icons"
Actually, promotion icons are not added. They are at one level bellow. When a promotion is created, it "gets" automatically a generic white triangle icon.
After that, whatever the icon you assign to the promotion, the weigh is the same.

In the exemple above (Khmer) hokath gave to PROMOTION_KHMER_BOKATOR the icon #13 from PROMOTION_ATLAS to avoid the white triangle (xml) :

Code:

        <Row>
            <Type>PROMOTION_KHMER_BOKATOR</Type>
            <Description>TXT_KEY_PROMOTION_KHMER_BOKATOR</Description>
            <Help>TXT_KEY_PROMOTION_KHMER_BOKATOR_HELP</Help>
            <Sound>AS2D_IF_LEVELUP</Sound>
            <OrderPriority>1</OrderPriority>
            <CombatPercent>10</CombatPercent>
            <PortraitIndex>13</PortraitIndex>
            <IconAtlas>PROMOTION_ATLAS</IconAtlas>
            <PediaType>PEDIA_MELEE</PediaType>
            <PediaEntry>TXT_KEY_PROMOTION_KHMER_BOKATOR</PediaEntry>
            <CannotBeChosen>true</CannotBeChosen>
        </Row>

and we change it again with the icon #45 from extraPromo_Atlas (sql) :

Code:

UPDATE UnitPromotions SET IconAtlas = 'extraPromo_Atlas' WHERE Type = 'PROMOTION_KHMER_BOKATOR'; --     => 45
UPDATE UnitPromotions SET PortraitIndex = '45' WHERE Type = 'PROMOTION_KHMER_BOKATOR';

This process is executed during the Mods Loading sequence. It takes few ms.
The game runs with a properly and nicely updated icons database. No impact

All icons in (7a) follow this mechanics.

 

JFD's The Empire of Japan (Meiji) for Vox Populi

By HungryForFood​

 

Two new page Edit to help those who still do not enjoy EXTRA PROMO ICONS

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/7a-promotion-icons-for-vp.642400/#post-15376539
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/7a-promotion-icons-for-vp.642400/#post-15381546

 

Question: would it be possible to make this compatible with only the Community Patch and not reliant on the CBO? I would like to use this mod but at this time I only use the CP mod, not the CBO, and do not plan to change that anytime soon.

EDIT: I scrutinized this mod's SQL files as well as the promotions XML files from both the stock game and CBO, and the game's core database "IconTexturesAtlases" table. From what I can see, it appears that there should not be any reason that this mod won't work with just CP installed. The way the SQL is written, the commands that attempt to update a promotion type that doesn't appear in the base game + exp/DLC simply won't execute because there isn't a matching field value to the WHERE clause. The IconTextureAtlases updates should work because they are simply creating new rows, not referencing anything that the CBO creates.

Unfortunately I can't test this at the moment, as I'm at work. Will test when I get home tonight.

 

It should work partially. (Most of the icons will be properly updated)
You'll need to delete Dependencies from .modinfo

Since the very beginning (7a) is dedicated to VP. My only plan is to improve it and deliver more icons for VP modmods