Custom Civ not showing up - help needed

[TheManFromMars]

Hello,

So I've modded with Civ before and even made a fairly complicated custom Civ, but it was a long while ago, well over a year or more so I've forgotten a lot of it.

I so far have got the Civ to show up in my mod in the Civilopedia, all it states is the Civs name, and I also have the Icons working for it. However it does not show up in-game as a selectable Civ.

Before I go putting up code/the mod etc, I just want to check, what are the minimum files required to see a Civ show up?

I have my:
Civ_XXXX.xml
NewText.xml
Civ5IconTextureAtlases.xml
Civ5Leader_XXXX.xml
+My working art files for the Civ Icon.

Is that enough to at least see it show up? I don't mind getting an error now and then, I'm using Kael's guide but I know it is full of errors and out of date. I pulled my code from the game itself or from working mods to ensure no errors. I also made sure that VFS thing was done with the art files (don't think I have to do that with the XMLs?)

Just one more point, no idea if it is helpful or not, is that it feels like the mod isn't picking up changes, yes I am adding the Actions etc. However it is picking up something, I changed the name of the Civ and in the Civilopedia it was changed - but I've been unable to add any of that 'History' text etc and also the Leader doesn't even show up there.

So what is the bare minimum for seeing a Civ as selectable? Do I NEED units and buildings etc?

Thanks, any help or ideas would be appreciated.
-Mars

 

[TheManFromMars]

Okay, so I have the Civ in the game, and thanks to the Leader being added, the Civilopedia Text now shows up (why the hell would that be, anyone??)

BUT - Although I can now select my Civilization in the Advanced menu, when I click on the normal Civ menu, with all the icons etc in standard view, the top four or five Civs are there and I can't scrolls down the list either with the mousewheel and there is no slide bar at all.

Any idea what this is? It seems very specific.

Any help would be appreciated thanks,
-Mars

 

[Rob (R8XFT)]

I had a similar problem when I was creating my mod and solved it by making sure the civs had either two unique units or a unique unit and a unique building. It was only then they became visible on the list of leaders to play.

 

[TheManFromMars]

Thanks mate, I'll try that and respond affirmatively or not.

Cheers,
-Mars