Hello,
thank you for your kind work.
Thank you, and welcome to the RoM forums.
I have got some questions: I would like to play the game with the religions mod only. So I downloaded the file in your first post: "AArandaReligionsRoM2_9.7zip". I unpacked the whole stuff into:
Rise of Mankind/Assets/Modules/AAranda
After that I ran (doublecklicked) the woc_installer in the RoM/Assets/Modules Folder. A huge list of entries appeared.
This is normal because the religions are
modular ie each has its own folder and so each has its own entries for sounds which is what the woc_installer is installing. Sounds in BtS are not modular so their XML files need to be merge into the main mod (RoM) sound definitions for them to work in game.
Next I investigated the new created folders. In the new folder Customs_Religions there are many new folders for the religions 21 in total. When I now execute the game I can see that there are the new religions in the game. For example my seviopedia is updated. I played some rounds and checked on the druid religion as it is the first one which I could gain. It worked so far. But unfortunately I cannot see whether the old buildings of the default religions have improved so far. For example when I look up the page for the Christian Cathedral than the text of my Copy still says that I would need 3 Temples. As far as I understood the Mod I would only have to use one Temple, right? So I advanced through the tech tree until I could build temples and could found states church. After building a Zoroastrism temple it still gave me + 3 happiness and +2 culture. All the new religions buildings seem to work fine. It seems to me that I have to replace the default religions with the mod versions of them.
According to the Read me file it is explained that happiness was reduced to one. But when I build a temple of one of the default religions there is still the old bonus of three. So I assume that the mod does not work properly. What am I to do?
This is my fault, I had some software and ideas of mine pinched in real life and so I am highly reluctant to change stuff that others have written even though I have taken over the maintenance of their code.
The plus three happiness is a bug that no one else has reported and I will need to fix. The need for three temples before being able to build a cathedral is something I know of and can't fix in RoM but could fix in AND if I wanted to maintain two versions of these. Which at the moment I don't.
Both these errors are probably caused because I converted AAranda's work to modular where as before they were overwriting the main RoM files which meant problems keeping up with all the other mods. RoM then converted to the
WoC standard whereas the normal BtS modular format overwrites existing buildings of the same name the WoC standard extends it so +1
in standard and +2
in a modsule becomes +3
in game. Or in the case on the number of buildings required the biggest one was chosen.
This means that I need to update the documentation.
I understand from the first post that when I want to play the religious mod with RoM 2.91 and AND, then I only need to install the above mentioned archive file. Do I have to change something or replace folders?
No, just putting the stuff where you have should work fine in both RoM and AND. It should work fine with the other mods as well ROME and HAND for example. I have tested it.
I am asking this since I am very confused with your religion description in post #90: There you say that one has to change the following XMLFile:
MLF_CIV4ModularLoadingControls.xml
According to that post it should be located in the AAranda/Costum_Religions Folder. But I cannot find it here or anywhere else among the Costum_Religion sub folders. Where I find such a file is in RoM\Assets\Modules. Do you mean this one?
You should not need to change any MLF file any more. I discovered that I could simplfly things back to the old BtS way of adding and removing religions by adding or removing the folders in the Custom_Religions folder. I need to update the documentation.
I am using the German version of the game so far and have it patched with version 3.19. Can this be the problem?
The problem looks to be mine, mostly documentation but the happiness looks like it may be a bug.
There was a way of internationalize this version with a certain patch. Do you know where it is located?
The language translations for these do not exist. I have the English text copied into the German text for example. Each religion (and building) has a file called ssomething like
Andean_CIV4GameText.xml which has the test used.
If someone does the translations I can add them.
Edit:
Well okay, I have one more assumption. It is said in the Read Me that to install the "updated" RoM Religions I have to:
I am confused because I do not know which file I have to change. And there is no "compressed file" as well in the newly created folders. Could someone please give a step by step manual on how to install this?
I think I must be pointing to the wrong folder in the documentation. It sounds like you have installed everything OK.
