Civ 6 Modding Tools & Basics

[kang aryo]

i try use 2 kind resource like if want build knight need horse and iron instead only iron ..
but it not work,can u help me ?
https://forums.civfanatics.com/media/aaad.5717/full?lightbox=1&last_edit_date=1566053847

 

[raen]

You cannot repeat (strategicresources) XML properties, you have to think to add another solution, maybe by modifiers or Lua. I will think of that solution as soon as I can.

 

[kang aryo]

You cannot repeat (strategicresources) XML properties, you have to think to add another solution, maybe by modifiers or Lua. I will think of that solution as soon as I can.

yeah i will wait ..
for now all my heavy&light cavalry eat 1 population like settler and iron,wait it can eat horse ..
PopulationCost="1" PrereqPopulation="2"

can u teach me how to grow wheat/rice like in game grow tree ?
i confuse cause tree is feature and wheat/rice is resource,it is possible ?

and in GlobalParameters.xml i change <Replace Name="CITY_MAX_BUY_PLOT_RANGE" Value="3" /> to <Replace Name="CITY_MAX_BUY_PLOT_RANGE" Value="5" /> but ingame still only 3 max tile can be expand by gold ..
i read other ppl post with same problem,but still stuck ..

 

[raen]

I would try a project to build your knight, see removable districts.

As for this and other questions maybe better post in custom/help forum

 

[kang aryo]

oh thank man,i will wait and stay tune ..

 

[raen]

oh thank man,i will wait and stay tune ..

Hi, here you go but did not tested it (out of time), I leave that to you.

Nevertheless, I had fun with it, I decided to do it since is rather hard to explain the solution and also used my own modding tutorial to do it And adds Lua coding.

How it works:
- The custom Knigth depends on a dummy building
- Dummy building is built by lua automatically when you have the resources iron and horses to build your knight.

Change all you want from there. if you want to build your unit for a particular civ associate a trait to the unit and also to the dummy building.

 

[kang aryo]

Hi, here you go but did not tested it (out of time), I leave that to you.

Nevertheless, I had fun with it, I decided to do it since is rather hard to explain the solution and also used my own modding tutorial to do it And adds Lua coding.

How it works:
- The custom Knigth depends on a dummy building
- Dummy building is built by lua automatically when you have the resources iron and horses to build your knight.

Change all you want from there. if you want to build your unit for a particular civ associate a trait to the unit and also to the dummy building.

i test it,kishi need umagayo to train is working,but the problem is kishi still train use only iron and ignore need horse ..
thanks man,

 

[raen]

But you have horses, umagayo only builds when you have both resources (you mean you did not build camp?) but I did not tested lua functions, make some prints in lua, then see lua.logs.

EDITED: ahhh just remembered, did you build the dummy building yourself? If so you should not. Anyway, the code is not finished yet...

EDITED2: Here you go, I think it works now, just start a new game to try it.

 

[Zakkage]

Hello dear modders and future modders,
I just wanted to share this link (which i have not watched yet!) as i thought it could be useful for all the very new modders. I've done some tiny tiny changes on the game myself but i don't consider myself to be a modder. Not sure this is the good place to put this link to a video on game development with Lua for begginers, move it if you want!
Have a good day!

 

[vladisimo]

Can anyone please tell how can I change the MODEL of a unit ? I have the steel and thunder mod and I would realy wish to find a way to make the Yamato battleship look like itself instead of a regular battleship.

 

[raen]

You have to put some hard work on it, some tuts:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/3d-art-assets-in-civilization-6-a-modding-guide.612050/
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/tutorial-converting-3d-art-from-civ-5-civ-be-to-civ-6.613142/
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/rough-guide-to-units-artdef.603687/
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/leugis-civ-6-unit-asset-tutorials-level-2.628096/

If you already have a model for that ship in civ 5 can help a bit.

 

[vladisimo]

You have to put some hard work on it, some tuts:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/3d-art-assets-in-civilization-6-a-modding-guide.612050/
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/tutorial-converting-3d-art-from-civ-5-civ-be-to-civ-6.613142/
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/rough-guide-to-units-artdef.603687/
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/leugis-civ-6-unit-asset-tutorials-level-2.628096/

If you already have a model for that ship in civ 5 can help a bit.

Yeah nope I' m a huge noob when it comes to most things on a pc but I'd be wiling to try to do this cause I'm a big fan of the yamato.

 

[Deliverator]

Yeah nope I' m a huge noob when it comes to most things on a pc but I'd be wiling to try to do this cause I'm a big fan of the yamato.

There is a Yamato model in this pack:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/resources/civ5-wwii-unit-pack-14-japan-part1.17441/

When I was considering it, I realised that the vanilla Civ 6 Battleship looks quite similar to a stylised Yamato already.

 

[raen]

Additionally, If reusing an existing unit, is easy to change the size. I used that reusing Caravel and @Deliverator´s Civ5 Imported units to Civ 6

Edited: And some colors too. I changed the civ 5 caravel cross from blue to red.

 

[Crook]

Hello,
I started a new civilization mod and managed to get started thanks to your references! Thank you very much for that.
I'm having an issue figuring out how to define the icon for units. For reference I'm talking about the icon at the bottom right of this image : http://i.imgur.com/SywhlsV.jpg (Not the icon in the city menu used for determining how to spend your production).

Do you have any pointers?
Thank you very much!

 

[raen]

Do you mean the action icon (the buldozzer)?

 

[Crook]

I mean the unit icon/avatar/portrait (Not sure what the correct name is lol) like this for the settler : https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net..._(Civ6).png/revision/latest?cb=20161128020105

 

[raen]

I suppose you defined icons from existent (<ICONS> section), and if I remember well when not built with modbuddy don't work very well, unless you make your own icons, in this case, DDS image files (with the various dimensions) with the icon image you want. If that is the case I will help you with that too.

 

[Crook]

I used "<Row Name="ICON_UNIT_NOMADICFAMILY" Atlas="ICON_ATLAS_UNITS" Index="0"/>" to define my menu icon, but I can't seem to find how to define the portrait I'm talking about. I'm not trying to create my own DDS image, I just want to reuse an existing one but :
- I can't seem to find any "IconDefinition" table using SQLite. This would help me find where is the image I want, how it's named and how to use it
- I didn't find any example of someone defining their unit's portrait, so I can't reuse that.

 

[raen]

You choosing index zero you choosing the first unit I believe is Settler. Answers your question?