BUFFY & HOF Mod Releases

[lymond]

I can try a game or two Denniz. Let us know if there are any specific things we should check for. I'll probably just play a few short partial games unless we need to take it further along to check out something.

 

[Denniz]

I can try a game or two Denniz. Let us know if there are any specific things we should check for. I'll probably just play a few short partial games unless we need to take it further along to check out something.

Got a bug report that needs checking. I will send a link once that is resolved. Thanks.

 

[Deckhand]

Attached is an incomplete Buffy IV game:
One spread culture mission in Timbuktu.
And CtE Legendary city was brought to Legendary by lots of spread culture missions. [What a bore, how could that be considered legitimate?]
Quick play, using world builder for spies and great spies, etc.

saw AlanH's reported bug in Diplomacy screen

TXT_KEY_MISC_ATTITUDE_FIRST_IMPRESSION" in red text

Now I will look at the rest of this thread.
thanks to leif for pointing me here.

edit: forum too smart, wouldn't let me upload same file I posted in gotm staff thread


edit2:

Now I will look at the rest of this thread.

well, just (some of) the Buffy IV stuff

 

[lymond]

Denniz -

I'm attaching an incomplete and embarrassing attempt at a culture victory, plus the logs, in which I tried using espionage on 1 city.

Game ran smoothly for the most part. In fact, it definitely seems the performance has improved.

I did run into many text errors throughout. Here's a couple of examples, but they are all over:

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Also, this strange little error after exiting out of a new game as I was looking for a good starting map:

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I exiting out a few more time, but that error did not occur again.

I plan to play a complete culture game with a completely different approach soon.

 

[Denniz]

Thanks guys. All good stuff. (or bad since they are bugs. )

I will have to puzzle things out. I will let you know when I have a new version.

Keep trying other things if you have time.

 

[Denniz]

Quick update:

There is a new version out there but it only has a fix for the Espionage Culture tracking. I haven't figured out the TXT issue yet. I will let you know when I figure that out and you can retest.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

The TXT issue looks like a missing XML text file to me. Maybe I can help you to debug this. Where can I get the new version to look at?

 

[Lemon Merchant]

I've fixed a number of the text errors. I've zipped the two files that needed repair. Just place them in the XML\Text folder and overwrite if necessary.

View attachment BUFFY Text Fix.zip

I'm not sure that I got them all, but I'll keep looking. There is also a python error that occurs when you look at the game settings. I'll take a look at that as well.

Edit: No matter what I do, the game cannot find GameSetUpCheck.txt, thus no HoF eligibility. Something in the SDK you boys changed maybe?

Edit 2: I managed to get GameSetUpCheck.txt to load by putting it into the BUG Mod directory under my user folders. There has to be a hiccup in the Python for BUGPath.py. It still won't work as a HoF game, though. It fails to check CRC, but you probably already know that. I'm going to play a full game and see if I get any more text bugs.

 

[Seraiel]

Lemond <3

 

[Seraiel]

Forget it, misread something.

 

[WastinTime]

My hidden agenda for testing the new BUFFY is my interest in the Global Warming Mod. I thought the HoF is supposed to be unaltered gameplay. However BUFFY included the GW mod--probably on purpose because GW is somewhat annoying. What many may not realize is that there was bug in GWmod which accidentally removed GW from the game entirely. What the developers of BUFFY.004 may not realize that the bug has been fixed and GW will be back

A part of me wants to use (abuse) GW and turn it to my advantage. That's how I roll. But another part of me is scared that GW will ruin long Space and Score games. I plan to do some tests, but it wouldn't hurt to alert the community to this change and get some other testers on it.

FYI...to keep GW as it has been you just need to change GLOBAL_WARMING_UNHEALTH_WEIGHT back to 10. It's 20 in the new BUFFY.004
This is in GlobalDefinesAlt

A value of 20 is what the GWmod designer intended and there are a lot of fun things that can happen (ice melts, nuclear winter (ice forms), terrain changes (good and bad changes instead of just desert,) seas rise!, etc.)

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Well, I haven't found any more text errors, but I can't load a mid game save (1050 AD). I get a "Can't load Continents" Python error, then a C++ exception and a crash to desktop. The exception is too fast to read, and I don't have the source code to debug the problem.

Just thought I would report the error. I hope it helps.

 

[Denniz]

Well, I haven't found any more text errors, but I can't load a mid game save (1050 AD). I get a "Can't load Continents" Python error, then a C++ exception and a crash to desktop. The exception is too fast to read, and I don't have the source code to debug the problem.

Just thought I would report the error. I hope it helps.

Had you done any city insert culture espionage actions? Please send me the save if you still have it. I'll take a look.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Had you done any city insert culture espionage actions? Please send me the save if you still have it. I'll take a look.

Nothing with culture inserts, or espionage at all, but here's the save anyway:

View attachment Admin AD-1050.zip

Maybe it will help.

 

[Denniz]

Nothing with culture inserts, or espionage at all, but here's the save anyway:

View attachment 359970

Maybe it will help.

Thanks. You never know. Anything else special going on before you saved?

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Thanks. You never know. Anything else special going on before you saved?

Not that I can remember, sorry. The save is a few days old, and I was testing some BAT code in the meantime. One game blurs into another.

 

[Sun Tzu Wu]

My hidden agenda for testing the new BUFFY is my interest in the Global Warming Mod. I thought the HoF is supposed to be unaltered gameplay. However BUFFY included the GW mod--probably on purpose because GW is somewhat annoying. What many may not realize is that there was bug in GWmod which accidentally removed GW from the game entirely. What the developers of BUFFY.004 may not realize that the bug has been fixed and GW will be back

A part of me wants to use (abuse) GW and turn it to my advantage. That's how I roll. But another part of me is scared that GW will ruin long Space and Score games. I plan to do some tests, but it wouldn't hurt to alert the community to this change and get some other testers on it.

FYI...to keep GW as it has been you just need to change GLOBAL_WARMING_UNHEALTH_WEIGHT back to 10. It's 20 in the new BUFFY.004
This is in GlobalDefinesAlt

A value of 20 is what the GWmod designer intended and there are a lot of fun things that can happen (ice melts, nuclear winter (ice forms), terrain changes (good and bad changes instead of just desert,) seas rise!, etc.)

I agree that there should be no change that increases the effect of global warming. I see nothing enjoyable about global warming. Most scientists have dismissed global warming and have agree that humans are responsible for something less dramatic, called climate change. In the end, we may discover that nature can destroy eco systems far more readily than anything man can do unintentionally, short of Mutually Assured Destruction via Nuclear Escalation.

In short, I'd rather have no Global Warming in Civ IV BtS at all.

Sun Tzu Wu

 

[Cahillicus]

Every time I try to load the mod, I get this error:

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I think this may have been asked before, but I believe that was vista, while I have windows 8. Does anyone know how to fix it?

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Every time I try to load the mod, I get this error:

Spoiler :

View attachment 364114

I think this may have been asked before, but I believe that was vista, while I have windows 8. Does anyone know how to fix it?

Run the game as Administrator.

 

[Denniz]

The Vista/Win7 fixes #1 and #2 should apply to Win8 as well.