Bts "DUNE WARS" {Development Thread}

[johny smith]

Ok first change I want to list is swap the python folder out for this.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=213065&d=1241437704

Next change this one file for the interface.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=212955&d=1241388408

Ok the religion changes and cursor change.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=213072&d=1241444820

Forgot one religion button.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=213100&d=1241464792

Gods of Old Atlas change if used

http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=213073&d=1241446143

I think that is it. And sorry for the confusion.

This is all for the WoC Lite version.

 

[Phoenician]

one more thing,
guys,
the ai, just wont use the aerial transports/gunships, so if your on an island , no other civ will come to you, once the ai is set to allterrain, it just wont go over ocean to kick you,
right now, i have two options:

1. ignore allterrain and base the game as the vannilla - units for land and units for sand sea.

2. remove the sand see, so youll have one chaotic land mass, i can increase desert size though, so there will be larger desert , then atleast the ai attacks alot.

3. option, someone with sdk knowlegde can fix this and make a true allterrain code, or someone then can do a good map script that will know how to use land terrain and spread it on a map just like ocean.
does anyone know someone like this?


but still, i gotta find the ctd causeeeee

Can you make the sandsea into land, but still keep the look of sandsea while at the same time ensuring that cities cannot be built on that area?

I think that would fix the problem.


Yeah, Johny I have no idea how to view your files. Can you just make a dds or jpeg copy so I can look at what you are doing on photoshop. These are buttons right?

 

[Phoenician]

ok, i'm looking at your files now.

 

[johny smith]

Oh one more thing. Really small. Turn modular loading to 0 for the WoC Lite stuff.

It is is the Civ4Config file in *****/Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword

; Modular XML Loading
ModularLoading = 0

You probably know how, but wanted to let you know in case.

 

[Phoenician]

yeah it all looks great. Fantastic work.
Can you make an atlas for all the other buttons I made too.

I can send you every single button design I made, unless you already have it.

 

[The_J]

Just an idea, an artist can sure do it:
The next war clone worker, with a black suite and a gun, would be a perfect unit, i think.
Changing the color to black is not a big deal, and i've also seen workers with guns (Garret made them), so i think, you should request something like that.

 

[johny smith]

I can try anything. Just finding time is usually the problem. Buttons are easy for me. I need to look to make sure I have your buttons. But will let you know if I don't.

I could try the texture out, but same problem with time usually. I am trying to work on testing SDK at the same time. On the WoC Lite stuff. So just a lot of things at once.

And thanks for good comments. I can work on the corporations as well if you got any ideas when I get the chance.

 

[johny smith]

You might want to send me the buttons in case. Now that I am looking at the files I got from keldath.

 

[Phoenician]

You might want to send me the buttons in case. Now that I am looking at the files I got from keldath.

I'll send you everything.

 

[Phoenician]

OK, this is all the buttons for buildings/wonders/projects etc. :
http://uploading.com/files/WV7QICMA/Buttons_Buildings.zip.html

This is all the buttons for unit classes and promotions:
http://uploading.com/files/8M9C64XF/Buttons_Promotions_unitclasses.zip.html

you might want to create new buttons and rename/reclassify for certain promotions such as formation etc. Although I did the xml for promotions, feel free to edit or change anything that will help game balance or just makes sense.

 

[johny smith]

Thanks I got the buttons. They look good. They will save me a lot of work.

I will looking into making a promotion atlas then first with the promotion symbols.

I can try to make a building atlas as well, but with WoC version we could make these modular if you guys are interested.

The promotions always need an atlas though.

The unit classes is again up to you guys if wanted modular or not. I would prefer doing some of these modular.

Why. Because if everyone gets on same page with WoC stuff we can share stuff back and forth in modules like this.

Anyway I will give them a shot here. After I get the chance to get all these files in one mod and make another zipped up file of the mod. Thanks again.

 

[keldath]

hey all,

first, i want to report that i did 1500 turns with woc( with the version i got from johny -not the most updated), and no ctd so far, yeah!

The_J,
yeah i saw the new model - i dl it

johny,
sure, feel free to do whatever art you think is needed, so far im enjoying your work, just plz use all the buttons pheonician did - they are perfect.

keep up the good job people )

 

[johny smith]

Thanks.

Um..

Do you want to use the Gods of Old missionaries as well?

If so I think I could try to change the color on their robes to match color of the block in the religious symbol anyway as well when I get the time.

Just an idea. And corporations I could do as well whenever you guys get some ideas as what to use if any.

 

[keldath]

sure,
go ahead with the missionaries,

as for corp, well , if ill get you the corp names - will it do?

 

[johny smith]

It might work. If I can find some pictures related to them or an idea of what the corporations do. If I got an idea of what they do I can get creative on it.

 

[keldath]

well...
pheonician...this is your department....

 

[Phoenician]

OK, I finished events. I have no way to test it out, so Keldath take a look at it.
Download here:http://uploading.com/files/8FSKLAVW/Events.zip.html

OK,OK. I wrote down some ideas for corporations. Let me organize my notes.

 

[johny smith]

I tried fooling around with the map generator. Anyway if someone wants to give a shot there it is. I may look at it more later. I can not get rid of the stupid rivers.

Corporations are not that big of a hurry. Just figured I would ask to do them around the same time as religions. No rush on them though.

 

[keldath]

pheonicin! well done! ill check the events and merge them!

johny smith,
well thats a start!

it created me an all land terrain map, the only bummer is, that - it only created one land type - grass (arid).

dont try to get rid of the rivers, i took care of it by removing their graphic and effect.

as i pm'em you,

the main purpose on map generation - is to replace ocean and coast - with a land based terrian , so there wont be a sea domain.

not sure if this can be made through the python - perhaps you can check the mapgenerator.cpp on the sdk that youve included?

 

[johny smith]

Anyway there are some screens of what I had. It was not all one terrain, but did not look nice.

I tried to point out what the rivers were doing. They still have a clear line running and of course still fresh water.

And the few coast come up as deep desert. Well I don't know how easy it really is in the SDK or not. Maybe simple I have no clue.