Founding Religions

[Civitar]

I'm having a little trouble using Game.FoundReligion. It is founding the correct religion when I want it to but it is founding it at the same time in all cities of all major civs on the map.
Here is the line I used:

Game.FoundReligion(iPlayerID, GameInfoTypes[row.ReligionType], nil, -1, -1, -1, -1, pCity);

Can anyone see a mistake here?

 

[LeeS]

from the Medieval Scenario:

	eReligion = GameInfoTypes["RELIGION_CHRISTIANITY"];
	eBelief1 = GameInfoTypes["BELIEF_PAPAL_PRIMACY"];
	eBelief2 = GameInfoTypes["BELIEF_HOLY_WARRIORS"];
	eBelief3 = GameInfoTypes["BELIEF_CATHEDRALS"];
	eBelief4 = GameInfoTypes["BELIEF_INDULGENCES"];
	eBelief5 = GameInfoTypes["BELIEF_HOLY_ORDER"];
	Game.FoundPantheon(iVaticanPlayer, eBelief1);
	Game.FoundReligion(iVaticanPlayer, eReligion, nil, eBelief2, eBelief3, -1, -1, pVaticanCity);
	Game.EnhanceReligion(iVaticanPlayer, eReligion, eBelief4, eBelief5);

and

	eReligion = GameInfoTypes["RELIGION_ISLAM"];
	eBelief1 = GameInfoTypes["BELIEF_TITHE"];
	eBelief2 = GameInfoTypes["BELIEF_HAJJ"];
	eBelief3 = GameInfoTypes["BELIEF_MOSQUES"];
	eBelief4 = GameInfoTypes["BELIEF_SALAT"];
	eBelief5 = GameInfoTypes["BELIEF_MISSIONARY_ZEAL"];
	Game.FoundPantheon(iMeccaPlayer, eBelief1);
	Game.FoundReligion(iMeccaPlayer, eReligion, nil, eBelief2, eBelief3, -1, -1, pMeccaCity);
	Game.EnhanceReligion(iMeccaPlayer, eReligion, eBelief4, eBelief5);

But they appear to do all that at game start, so don't know if that makes a difference. Bear in mind in that scenario they probably also re-worked the XML for the various beliefs.

The more important question is when and under what hook (if any) are you running your code ? Firaxis were doing it outside any hook as a loop through all players that appears to be running on game loading (game setup start).

 

[Civitar]

Here is the entire Lua file that I used. I have Machiavelli's Building Created Event and Religions Grant Buildings snippets to make these work, and the building created event definitely fired when it should have.

--------------------
--Warhammer: Battles of Eternity
--Religions
--Civitar
--------------------

function WHFB_FoundReligion(iPlayerID, iCityID, iBuildingClassID)
	local pPlayer = Players[iPlayerID];
	local pCity = pPlayer:GetCityByID(iCityID);
	local iBuildingClass = GameInfo.BuildingClasses[iBuildingClassID].Type;
	for row in GameInfo.Religion_BuildingClasses() do
		if iBuildingClass == row.BuildingClassType then
			Game.FoundReligion(iPlayerID, GameInfoTypes[row.ReligionType], nil, -1, -1, -1, -1, pCity);
		end
	end
end

LuaEvents.BuildingCreatedEvent.Add(WHFB_FoundReligion);

 

[DarkScythe]

I assume you're trying to give the player the ability to choose the beliefs, but as a test, does it work if you specify some random beliefs for them? Also, you may need to have them found a Pantheon as well, since I don't think the game ever expects a player to have a Religion before a Pantheon.

 

[LastSword]

1. Use unit (Prophet for example) + PushMission to found religion.
2. Check Whoward events from recent patch - I think one of them should allow you to precise, which religion can be found by a player.

You can also allow them to found any religion then refound religion with chosen beliefs using Game.FoundReligion.

 

[Civitar]

I think I've found the problem - bad luck. My test mod had set RELIGION_CATHOLICISM to be founded in a city that constructed BUILDING_MONUMENT - and since I didn't use IGE to test it, my capital and all other capitals in my first test game happened to complete the same building on the same turn.

 

[LeeS]

Ouch!

Anyway, at least your and LastSword's response are reassurance that it is far more adaptable an lua method than I was at 1st afriad it might be.

IE, given the limited way Firaxis used it, and it was giving you crazy results when you were trying to use it in a way different than they used, I was beginning to wonder if it was one of those deals where Firaxis only added it to get a specific effect, and boinked us thereby on being able to use it more adaptively.

Just FYI, in the most recent patch Firaxis added a series of hooks to use in lua. (Hook) GameEvents.CityConstructed(ownerId, cityId, buildingType, bGold, bFaithOrCulture); fires whenever a building is constructed and does not require the work-arounds Machiavelli was forced to come up with in order to detect the construction of a building. The hook Firaxis added is back-compatible to work with all three expansions. On the second or third page of the linked thread Whoward presented a table of what hooks are usable in which expansions. And remember, so far as XML (and lua events) is concerned there is no difference between a 'building' and a 'wonder'. 'Wonder' and 'National Wonder' are merely subsets of 'Buildings'.

 

[Civitar]

Well the link to the new Lua hooks should come in very useful, thanks.
It does appear that Game.FoundReligion works quite nicely - it's just that, as with any other code, you have to anticipate what might happen that you don't want.

 

[LeeS]

Just a follow-up note, the CityConstructed event does not fire when you use IGE to 'Magic-In' a building into a city. The event has to happen 'naturally', ie: as part of gold purchasing, faith purchasing, or player turn processing.

 

[Civitar]

Yeah I figured, IGE doesn't seem to trigger a lot of hooks.