[Vanilla] Help with easy MOD

[NyxCiv]

Hi all,

Can someone please help me fix a minor UI thing that's really been bothering me please !

I'd like to fix the extra space between ( Requires **tech**) when hovering on a tile that requires a unavailable tech. The UI is really neat and that kinda hurts the attention to detail there.
I tried messing with the civ folder with all the text, I found the command line but didn't see any problems.

Only happens when hovering over the whole tile though, as seen in the screenshots.

I'd be very grateful thanks a lot !

 

[planetfall]

I don't get it. Do you want
{Open Parenthesis}{space}Requires{space}{tech}{Close Parenthesis} as first screenshot, or
{Open Parenthesis}Requires{space}{tech}{Close Parenthesis} as second screenshot.

For readabillity better would be
{Open Parenthesis}{space}Requires{space}{tech}{space}{Close Parenthesis}

What is the command line you found and how did you test changing it?

 

[NyxCiv]

I guess the game usually uses {Open Parenthesis}Value{Close Parenthesis} so in this case I would prefer {Open Parenthesis}Requires{space}{tech}{Close Parenthesis} as shown in the second screenshot. It's the only instance I could find where a space is put after a parenthesis.

So i dug into the files at :\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Base\Assets\Text\en_US

and I found these lines that I think would refer to that box on the screenshot:

</Row>
<Row Tag="LOC_OPERATION_HARVEST_REQUIRES_TECH">
<Text>Requires Technology: {1_Tech}</Text>

</Row>
<Row Tag="LOC_DISTRICT_REPAIR_MISSING_PREREQ_TECH">
<Text>Cannot repair, requires Technology: {1_TechName}.</Text>

I tried adding or removing space between : and {1_TechName}. but it didn't change anything in game.

Thanks !

 

[planetfall]

Did you try adding space before LOC_OPERATION_HARVEST_REQUIRES_TECH? Screen shot does not include text "cannot repair"

 

[NyxCiv]

Shouldn't I be looking to remove space from somewhere?

</Row>
<Row Tag="LOC_OPERATION_HARVEST_REQUIRES_TECH">
<Text>Requires Technology: {1_Tech}</Text>

That must be the one

 

[planetfall]

Yes, remove space. Remember xml files are only read once at game launch. So test by exiting any active game and reloading. For white space issues, spaces, tabs, etc. I like to add a unique string of characters that are easy to search for as temp test. So I would use XXX or YYY or ZZZ to see if my changes are read into the program or not. After verifying, then can change back to desired text.

 

[NyxCiv]

So only what's between </Text> and </Text> affects what is written in game right? As I said in the first post I tried changing anything I could here: Text>Requires Technology: {1_Tech}</Text>.
I'm also pretty sure there's extra space between Bananas and the first parenthesis.
I tried changing the text to <Text>RequireXXXs Technology: {1_Tech}</Text> but it didn't change anything in game.

I appreciate the help by the way. Can't seem to find what's causing it but I really don't know how to navigate the files, should be something obvious and easy.

Cheers

 

[planetfall]

Interesting. Yes, for xml syntax it's name="..value.." so name TEXT is the string between <text element start> and </text element end>.

Usually when I make a change, exit civ and relaunch and reload a saved game the changes will be shown. I have heard that for a few items, a new game has to be started. Have you tried a new game? Does the date stamp on the file show the time of your latest update. Beyond that, it's not changeable because in the ..\dlc\binaries\win64\gamecore_xp2_finalrelease.dll line 40701.

This is a compiled file we can't change.