Help with modding! :D

NSM · Jul 16, 2014

So, I'm making a new Civilization (one based on Zelda). I've been following Kael's guide and just finished making a leader (so I have leader, civilization, some text, and some art done currently). In the guide he says to load it and see you stuff and every time I do that I don't see anything. I set the mod to enabled, and I have all my stuff correctly under the actions folder thing.

Here's my code.

Spoiler :

and then for all my art I have the DOM image and the icons. When you click on them they take you to paint.net (so I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it. I'm a total noob at this so I have no idea).

Thank you! Any help is appreciated!

LeeS · Jul 16, 2014

This is one probem: LEADER_WASHINGTON in multiple places.
Here is another:

Code:

<Leader_Traits>
<Row>
<LeaderType>LEADER_WASHINGTON</LeaderType>
<TraitType>TRAIT_RIVER_EXPANSION</TraitType>
</Row>
</Leader_Traits>

The game already has this so I think it is going to discard the entire file in your mod where it occurs.

Also, it is always better to follow whoward69's zip your mods and attach tutorial and add the current version of the mod as an attachment so it's easier for us to see the entire condition of the mod. Some things you may not think are the problem will show up for us that way, but otherwise we're just sort of guessing in the dark.

AW Arcaeca · Jul 16, 2014

Yeah, we really need to see the attached mod. An enormous wall of coding does us little good, especially when it's not in

Code:

 blocks.

[SPOILER="The Magic of [.CODE] Blocks"][CODE]See how much easier this is to read with all the
	indents	and
		what not?
	
	also, unless you use [.CODE] blocks,
	TheForumAutomaticallyPutsASpaceAfterEvery50CharactersOfAnUnbrokenString.
		(Not with [.CODE] blocks!)
		
		(Don't put the periods in though)
		
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Additionally, as you're seeing now, [.CODE] blocks come equipped with scroll bars,
		so we don't have to view all of the code at once.
		
	Even so, it's usually a good idea to wrap the [.CODE] blocks in [.SPOILER] blocks, as I have
	done, unless it's an extraordinarily short code.

[/SPOILER]

I would also advise you to check your logs. Particularly the database.log and lua.log; I'd be interested to see if there are any errors that prevent it from loading correctly.

And if there are no errors and it isn't showing up, it usually means that it isn't loading correctly.

NSM · Jul 16, 2014

LeeS said:
This is one probem: LEADER_WASHINGTON in multiple places.
Here is another:

Code:

<Leader_Traits> <Row> <LeaderType>LEADER_WASHINGTON</LeaderType> <TraitType>TRAIT_RIVER_EXPANSION</TraitType> </Row> </Leader_Traits>

The game already has this so I think it is going to discard the entire file in your mod where it occurs.

Also, it is always better to follow whoward69's zip your mods and attach tutorial and add the current version of the mod as an attachment so it's easier for us to see the entire condition of the mod. Some things you may not think are the problem will show up for us that way, but otherwise we're just sort of guessing in the dark.

OK I removed that (I just forgot to go back to it or something).

I'll check the database and see if that fixed my problem, though thanks!

EDIT: OK, I don't think I saw anything, but that might just be me being a noob. I'll try to attach the mod

NSM · Jul 16, 2014

OK, here's the attached mod.

I'm honestly not sure since I feel like I followed the tutorial perfectly. Thanks again for the help, I really appreciate it!

AW Arcaeca · Jul 16, 2014

Your civ is missing 2 unique components. Without these, it will not show up on the civ selection screen.
To that note, it's also missing 10 spy names, which won't be a problem until the Renaissance, but at that point the game will promptly crash.

EDIT: Just to spare you some time later:
- Your icons won't show up without proper <IconTextureAtlas> entries.
- Your art isn't imported into VFS=true; it will show up as unsightly red squares in-game.
- Once you do import it into VFS, you need to remove the black from the icon atlas to make it transparent, else instead of an unsightly red square the civ icon will show up as an unsightly black square with the civ logo.
- And once you've done that, the civ logo will look really weird (if not resulting in graphical errors, I dunno) without an icon around it.

NSM · Jul 16, 2014

AgressiveWimp said:
Your civ is missing 2 unique components. Without these, it will not show up on the civ selection screen.
To that note, it's also missing 10 spy names, which won't be a problem until the Renaissance, but at that point the game will promptly crash.

I thought the spy's weren't in vanilla. Do I still need then?

And ok, I didn't know it was that obvious haha. Kael's tutorial showed all his stuff so I thought that it would show up.

Well, thanks haha. I'll add the unique components and if it doesn't work I'll just ask

AW Arcaeca · Jul 16, 2014

NSM said:
I thought the spy's weren't in vanilla. Do I still need then?

And ok, I didn't know it was that obvious haha. Kael's tutorial showed all his stuff so I thought that it would show up.

Well, thanks haha. I'll add the unique components and if it doesn't work I'll just ask

This is a mod for vanilla? Then no, you don't need them, and putting them in will result in errors like "No such table: Civilization_SpyNames." However, if you run such a mod, which does not have spy names, with any expansion pack, it will crash at the Renaissance. You must choose whether you want this mod to be compatible with vanilla or expansions, not both.

Actually, that last sentence wasn't true, if you're willing to do a bit of SQL.

NSM · Jul 16, 2014

AgressiveWimp said:
This is a mod for vanilla? Then no, you don't need them, and putting them in will result in errors like "No such table: Civilization_SpyNames." However, if you run such a mod, which does not have spy names, with any expansion pack, it will crash at the Renaissance. You must choose whether you want this mod to be compatible with vanilla or expansions, not both.

Actually, that last sentence wasn't true, if you're willing to do a bit of SQL.

Hmmm, ok, thanks! I'll just keep going along with it and if I run into some problems I'll post here!

NSM · Jul 16, 2014

OK, I need more help.

None of the tutorials I've seen explain how to make a unique building (just generic buildings).

What I'm trying to do (kael's thin was not helping at all, please help!

) is make two unique buildings for my a civ: The Temple of Time, which replaces the regular temple and grants you 6 culture instead of the usual 3 as well as 3 happiness, and the Kakariko Windmill (I haven't decided what this'll do exactly yet, but it will basically be an enhanced Windmill).

I just don't really know what I'm doing and need to be sent off in the right direction! Thanks to anyone who can help!

Also I want to know how to code in an icon for my unique buildings.

AW Arcaeca · Jul 16, 2014

How to Make a Building: Entry Level
LeeS' Excellent Treatise on Building XML Mechanics

NSM · Jul 16, 2014

AgressiveWimp said:
How to Make a Building: Entry Level
LeeS' Excellent Treatise on Building XML Mechanics

Thanks!

LeeS · Jul 16, 2014

AgressiveWimp said:
How to Make a Building: Entry Level
LeeS' Excellent Treatise on Building XML Mechanics

Now I'm going to have to hurry up with formatting the last couple of chapters and finish off the table of contents so I can live up to that!

Thadian's entry level one is a nice tutorial for a first go through how to make a building. I used it myself when I was learning how to make buildings.

Just bear in mind that my tutorial is specifically written towards Brave New World so there are a few differences between what my tutorial will show you how to do and what you need to do in Vanilla. This pertains mostly to adding Culture to a building, and the trade-route stuff. Also, for Vanilla, you can ignore anything that talks about FAITH or about Holy Cities.

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