Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
So is that a good thing or a bad thing?
[BtS MOD] Wolfshanze 1850-1920 Enhancement Mod v2.0
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Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
Well I'm in no rush to mess with v3.17.
Healz
General
I think with the next version there was a great unit just released in the form of a German motorcycle with sidecar. I was thinking these could be great units with a high movement maybe slightly weaker attack and defence than the standard infantry. I don't know. It is up to you how you decide to balance it in your mod...
Capt_Logan
Chieftain
First let me say that this mod breath new life into the game. My nephew, Niece and I love your mod. (Nephew and niece are early 30's)
We play on line every other night now.
Both of them however installed the patch and now say they can't use the mod.
Has anyone else experiance this?
We play on line every other night now.
Both of them however installed the patch and now say they can't use the mod.
Has anyone else experiance this?
Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
This mod has NOT been cleared for use with v3.17 of BtS, and I doubt it will run with it either... if you want to play this mod, you need to use v3.13 of BtS.
Capt_Logan
Chieftain
I'll see if they can do a system restore to an ealier time. Hopefully this will bring them back to 3.13 and we can play your mod again.
If it doesn't work then they'll have to uninstall and re-install BTS then only go up to 3.13. (Again, hopefully that will work.)
As for me, this mod was how the game should have been.
I'm not going to upgrade to 3.17 unless it is compatable with your mod.
If it doesn't work then they'll have to uninstall and re-install BTS then only go up to 3.13. (Again, hopefully that will work.)
As for me, this mod was how the game should have been.
I'm not going to upgrade to 3.17 unless it is compatable with your mod.
Jeff1787
Sarge
I take it you will eventually upgrade your mod so it is compatable??
Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
I don't know about a rollback, but definately an uninstall and re-install would work... just make sure you manually upgrade yourself to v3.13... don't do an auto-update!I'll see if they can do a system restore to an ealier time. Hopefully this will bring them back to 3.13 and we can play your mod again.
If it doesn't work then they'll have to uninstall and re-install BTS then only go up to 3.13. (Again, hopefully that will work.)
As for me, this mod was how the game should have been.
I'm not going to upgrade to 3.17 unless it is compatable with your mod.
At some point, yes... it just came out in the last 48hrs... give me some time to digest.
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Oh... and I haven't tried it yet... but it MAY be possible to play the Wolfshanze Mod on v3.17 if you (once again) remove the custom Gamecore.dll file from the Wolfshanze Mod assets directory. The immediate effect of this would be the loss of playing beyond 18 civs... but the mod (in theory) should work if you remove the custom DLL.
Capt_Logan
Chieftain
We'll give it a try tonight.
I'll post the results.
Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
There's three things the Wolfshanze Mod custom Gamecore.DLL do for the mod:
1) It contains all of the Bhruic fixes and enhancements... 90% of which now seem to be included in the v3.17 official Firaxis patch... so it shouldn't be a huge loss.
2) Allows playing with more then 18 civs in a game... depending on what you like to do with the mod, this may or may-not be important to you.
3) The Global Warming swap-out of Desert to Nuclear Fallout is included in the Wolfshanze custom DLL, but not in v3.17... once again, not a huge issue, but a difference.
Other then that, that's what the custom DLL does for the Wolfshanze Mod, as opposed to playing with the default Firaxis DLL. The Bhruic fixes are important compared to the default v3.13 DLL, but not nearly as much to the v3.17 DLL. So, like I said... in-theory I think the Wolfshanze Mod will play nice with v3.17 if you remove the custom DLL from the Wolfshanze Mod folder.
I await hearing a confirmation of this... I'm too scared myself to update to v3.17 right now until I'm ready to convert the mod over!
1) It contains all of the Bhruic fixes and enhancements... 90% of which now seem to be included in the v3.17 official Firaxis patch... so it shouldn't be a huge loss.
2) Allows playing with more then 18 civs in a game... depending on what you like to do with the mod, this may or may-not be important to you.
3) The Global Warming swap-out of Desert to Nuclear Fallout is included in the Wolfshanze custom DLL, but not in v3.17... once again, not a huge issue, but a difference.
Other then that, that's what the custom DLL does for the Wolfshanze Mod, as opposed to playing with the default Firaxis DLL. The Bhruic fixes are important compared to the default v3.13 DLL, but not nearly as much to the v3.17 DLL. So, like I said... in-theory I think the Wolfshanze Mod will play nice with v3.17 if you remove the custom DLL from the Wolfshanze Mod folder.
I await hearing a confirmation of this... I'm too scared myself to update to v3.17 right now until I'm ready to convert the mod over!
Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
A custom DLL has never been REQUIRED to play my mod... probably never will either... it's status as part of the default download has changed back and forth, but it's never been required.
Capt_Logan
Chieftain
We usually don't get together until around 7:00 to 8:00pm PST.
I'll post as soon as I find out.
I'll post as soon as I find out.
Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
Obviously an XML thing, and obviously something I won't bother doing in the Wolfshanze Mod when I update to v3.17.
I think we've discussed that topic aplenty... I'm certainly not agreeing with Firaxis's decision on that one... they can suck an egg.
Capt_Logan
Chieftain
Sorry all,
My nephew just called me. He and his sister decided that since they couldn't play Civ with the Wolfhanze mod that they made other plans for tonight.
I wish they could have let me know sooner.
I won't be able to test the dll thing until Sunday night.
My nephew just called me. He and his sister decided that since they couldn't play Civ with the Wolfhanze mod that they made other plans for tonight.
I wish they could have let me know sooner.
I won't be able to test the dll thing until Sunday night.
marsrover21
Chieftain
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How do you accomplish merging Wolfy's and the Rev mod? I've wanted to try Revolution, but have become accustomed to Merged Mod (which incorporates Wolfy's improvements). If possible, I want to try (w/ my limited programming knowledge) to use both. Thanks!
Wolfshanze
CFC Historian
Custom Gamecore DLLs are what determines a lot of the special rules... Merged Mod has it's own custom DLL, as does Revolutions... so you'd have to choose either the Merged Mod or the Revolutions Mod... you can't do both without knowing how to alter DLL code (itself a bit of a chore).
The Wolfshanze Mod is very "Gamecore DLL" friendly in-that no particular gamecore DLL is required for the Wolfshanze mod... you can use the one that comes with it... you can use a differant one, or you don't have to use one at all, and the Wolfshanze mod will still function.
Berenthor
King
I've been working with merging the Wolfschanze mod with RevolutionDCM because I can then also play DCM which I really like. It still crashes so I'm systematically merging all xml files. Apperantly when certain art files are not there or certain unitinfos it crashes without really making notice why it does this. I have it stable now with techs, text, unitclasses and half of the units in. I'm still working on it, but if people want it I can post the files when I have it working.
