A Nudge in the right direction

[civ4modnoob]

Hi. I am new to this board and to civ 4 modding. But I am not new to Civ 4 and to programming. I have many ideas, and the ability to implement them. But I must admit, the SDK is overwhelming and not documented very well. I have already got the core dll compiled and my ide is all setup, etc.

At this point I am just looking for a reference to what each file refers to? Is this available? Or should I just try and study them long enough and deduce?

Appreciated.

 

[Seven05]

You've made it further than most, welcome to the club (you do know the secret handshake, right?)

I don't think there are any references out there specifically for which files cover what. Most of the names kind of make sense once you look around a bit. I learned my way around by searching for specific text in the cpp files. For instance when trying to figure out how an xml tag worked, like bNormalize, I would search for that until I found the xml read entry for it which would tell me the member variable name which I could then search for in the methods which I could then trace to figure out what the heck was going on.

Fortunately even if the code isn't written the way I would have written it they were at least consistent (most of the time anyway). So once you get used to their code it gets a lot easier to follow, especially if you have any C++ experience.

Hope that helps

 

[civ4modnoob]

Ok thanks for the quick reply. I sort of figured as much. Maybe when i get to know these files more I will document them appropriately and put that up.

i have discovered that this visual c++ ide has a "go to definition" function that i can see being quite helpful.

 

[Seven05]

Yes, go to definition and go to declaration are both very helpful. You also have the method browsing and autocomplete to use.

 

[OSaft]

There is the Wiki. But it's not very much Information in it. Feel free to add. And try Google.