As I have only just got the Mod installed and working again, I don't want to do something I can't reverse.
How do I switch to the Beta Version on the Steam Civ IV?
A Babylon 5 Mod for the Final Frontier Mod
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How do I switch to the Beta Version on the Steam Civ IV?
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Traveler of the Multiverse
I guess there's some options. I'm not using Steam, sorry
One issue I have identified is with a python file UnitNameEventManager.py.
It has not been configured to recognise the colony ship, thus I get an error message on screen every time one is built. It's not game breaking but it is immersion breaking, if you follow me.
Unfortunately I know next to nothing about modding Python and every time I have tried to look at the modding wiki the link has not been able to find the site.
It has not been configured to recognise the colony ship, thus I get an error message on screen every time one is built. It's not game breaking but it is immersion breaking, if you follow me.
Unfortunately I know next to nothing about modding Python and every time I have tried to look at the modding wiki the link has not been able to find the site.
<Nexus>
Traveler of the Multiverse
Try using ChatGPT or some other AI to find out what is wrong with the code. Just ask it as if it was a humán. Maybe you will need to learn how to properly communicate with it the get the desired results but it's worth some trying. I talk from experience 
If AI gets you nowhere then all I can suggest is dropping by the modding questions thread for advice, although it looks like most of the help in there is coming from Nexus who's already here. 
A number of Civ4 modding gurus have been chatting in both the Civ4 rebuilding and the mini engine threads so maybe messaging one of them for advice might be another option if you really get stuck. Guys like Nightinggale have done some amazing things with the engine.
A number of Civ4 modding gurus have been chatting in both the Civ4 rebuilding and the mini engine threads so maybe messaging one of them for advice might be another option if you really get stuck. Guys like Nightinggale have done some amazing things with the engine.
<Nexus>
Traveler of the Multiverse
Me?
I'm rather asking the questions than answering them If the AI can't help you and no one answers in QMQ either maybe I can also look into it, if you upload UnitNameEventManager.py and the unit xml files.
Mr Smith
Prince
Library> rightclick BTS> Properties > Beta. By selecting None you can revert to regular Steam version, but mind that it can break Python if you launch through steam and not a direct shortcut.
That sounds like nesting if you still hasn't figured it out. I.e. you practically get an empty mod folder.
Yeah, this might get path length over the limit. You can copy "Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword" folder closer to root if it's still a problem.
@Blake00 pretty sure Steam makes it's own registry entries for Civ4, if they are needed at all. I have 3 versions of the game stored on my PC and I never had problems with registry missing or pointing to the wrong location.
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Mr Smith
Prince
That's assuming he has hidepythonexceptions = 0 to make sure Python isn't broken. And it easily can be.
Thanks Mr Smith, I did this but it has made no difference to the graphics errors I am getting. On the plus side, it didn't break the mod/game.
Mr Smith
Prince
Do you have animations frozen? Iirc there are separate graphics for frozen and not. Try freezing if they are not.
Have you figured XML load errors already? That's what shortening path length suggestion was for.
That's what's weird. I get no graphical glitches or error messages using the B5 mod with my regular steam copy of Civ4. I am living in the dark ages and still using Windows 7 though lol. At some point I should set it up on a newer OS and see if I have any issues.
I don't have them frozen but I can try it and see what happens.
Not getting any load errors now, that issue was resolved by doing a system restore and reinstalling clean.
I'm on Win 11. Last time I played with the Mod I was still on XP....or the one after XP. So long ago now I have forgotten.
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Great answer. Good news, graphics issue resolved thanks to Mr Smith.
Turns out there was a little x in the freeze graphics box. Told you I have been away from this for a long time.
Removed the x and graphics all showing correctly....except for the Early Pak'Ma'Ra Destroyer, but at least I know how to search for the right bits to fix that one.
Turns out there was a little x in the freeze graphics box. Told you I have been away from this for a long time.
Removed the x and graphics all showing correctly....except for the Early Pak'Ma'Ra Destroyer, but at least I know how to search for the right bits to fix that one.
Early Pak'Ma'Ra Destroyer has been fixed.
Alas, I found out that another League ship was never completed...the Grome Gunship. We're stuck with the FF Standard model.
The only issue I still find frustrating is that the AI does not know how to use fighters or bombers to the degree needed for the Mod.
Alas, I found out that another League ship was never completed...the Grome Gunship. We're stuck with the FF Standard model.
The only issue I still find frustrating is that the AI does not know how to use fighters or bombers to the degree needed for the Mod.
Well done.
It's probably burried in my posts from years ago but i remember i was unable to build babylon 5 even when i had the right religion & techs required. Think i had to cheat it in and even then i couldn't see it.
It's probably burried in my posts from years ago but i remember i was unable to build babylon 5 even when i had the right religion & techs required. Think i had to cheat it in and even then i couldn't see it.
Yes, I remember, I've never gotten as far as building the Babylon 5 Station. Always found other things to fix/tweak before I got there.
