How to alter/replace/update existing Leaders and Civilizations?

Zohar Abu · Apr 21, 2022

Hello. I did a lit of bit of modding for Civ 5 a really long time ago, and forgot everything I learned. I hope some experience modder can help me with this question.

How to I alter the name of a leader that is already in the game? And how do I replace the name of the countries and cities? I dont want to create a new civ. I want to alter the civs that exist in the game.

Im using SDK, ModBuddy and Notepad++

An example:

<GameData>
<BaseGameText>
<Update>
<Where LeaderType="LEADER_PEDRO"/>
<Set Name="Dom Pedro"/>
</Update>
</BaseGameText>
</GameData>

This is me trying to alter Pedro II name without success. I updated my files in the FrontEnd and In-Game Actions but nothing happened. What I am doing wrong?

Thank you in advance.

raen · Apr 21, 2022

In-text modifications <Update> does not work, try Replace instead, example:

Code:

 <Replace Tag="LOC_CIVILIZATION_LISBON_NAME">
      <Text>Macau</Text>
    </Replace>

Also, you have to find the right Tag, which in your case is LOC_LEADER_PEDRO_NAME

Zohar Abu · Apr 21, 2022

It worked! You are a legend, good sr!

By the way, I've read your tutorial yesterday. Learned a lot, but SQL is a bit complicated for me at the moment. Im VERY rusty as you can see by my noob question before. I cant thank you enough tho and I apreciate the quick response. I was getting very frustrated to be honest.

Viva Portugal! (sou brasileiro)

Zohar Abu · Apr 21, 2022

Something weird happened when I replaced the names using this method. Some of the DLC changed their language to pt_BR by themselves. When I noticed this I tried to add "Language en_US" and/or Language pt_BR at the end of the Remove Row but that made the mod stop working alltogether and didnt fix the language problem.

What is causing this? How can I prevent and fix this? The funny thing is that only a few items changed to portuguese, others stayed in english. In some cases it changed the name of the country, in others the unique unit, and in other cases the unique building. And its not happening with every country, only with some of them, maybe half. I dont know why.

Another exemple of the code:

<GameData>
<BaseGameText>
<Replace Tag="LOC_LEADER_PEDRO_NAME">
<Text>Dom Pedro</Text>
</Replace>
</BaseGameText>
</GameData>

Im suspecting I have to change the <BaseGameText> syntax to some other thing? Something like <LocalizedText> maybe? Or maybe Im forgetting to add an action somewhere in the properties. Im not sure, and I dont know the right replacement or where to look.

Raen, can you help? Or someone else experienced with localizations/translations can please help?

Zohar Abu · Apr 21, 2022

I was trying to fix the issue above and I found another problem. How do I change the name of a country that has 2 leaders like India? If I replace the name, it would replace for both and I dont want that. I want to change Chandragupta to Pakistan while Gandhi remains with India.

<GameData>
<BaseGameText>
<Replace Tag="LOC_CIVILIZATION_INDIA_NAME">
<Text>Pakistan</Text>
</Replace>
<Replace Tag="LOC_CIVILIZATION_INDIA_DESCRIPTION">
<Text>Pakistan</Text>
</Replace>
<Replace Tag="LOC_CIVILIZATION_INDIA_ADJECTIVE">
<Text>Pakistani</Text>
</Replace>
</BaseGameText>
</GameData>

This is the first step but something is missing in order to make this only apply to Chandragupta. What do I have to add to the code?

Sorry for all the questions, but I just started modding Civ 6 and Im kind of lost. Any help is appreciated.

raen · Apr 22, 2022

Zohar Abu said:
Something weird happened when I replaced the names using this method. Some of the DLC changed their language to pt_BR by themselves. When I noticed this I tried to add "Language en_US" and/or Language pt_BR at the end of the Remove Row but that made the mod stop working alltogether and didnt fix the language problem.

What is causing this? How can I prevent and fix this? The funny thing is that only a few items changed to portuguese, others stayed in english. In some cases it changed the name of the country, in others the unique unit, and in other cases the unique building. And its not happening with every country, only with some of them, maybe half. I dont know why.

Another exemple of the code:

<GameData>
<BaseGameText>
<Replace Tag="LOC_LEADER_PEDRO_NAME">
<Text>Dom Pedro</Text>
</Replace>
</BaseGameText>
</GameData>

Im suspecting I have to change the <BaseGameText> syntax to some other thing? Something like <LocalizedText> maybe? Or maybe Im forgetting to add an action somewhere in the properties. Im not sure, and I dont know the right replacement or where to look.

Raen, can you help? Or someone else experienced with localizations/translations can please help?

I came across this, I believe you have some bug in your modifications, try to see logs for errors (in my tut I show you how to get logs)

Zohar Abu · Apr 22, 2022

Thanks Raen, I will check for bugs in the logs.

Sorry to abuse, but what about the other question? Is it possible to split the leaders and make 2 different Civilizations? In the case of Greece, India, France and America. I was trying to replace one with a new civ while the other remains with the original. Gorgo - Romania, Pericles - Greece, Chandragupta - Pakistan, Gandhi - India, Catherine - Austria, Catherine - France, Teddy - Argentina, Teddy - America.

I have no idea where to start.

raen · Apr 22, 2022

You have to make some deletes, updates, and probably copies of some civilizations, try to see mods for ideas on how to do that, or also you can use this search tool to see what's defined for what is in-game: https://forums.civfanatics.com/resources/civ-6-database-search-vanilla-r-f-and-gs-dlc´s.26678/

Zohar Abu · Apr 22, 2022

Wow! Thats a great tool! Thanks. I will definitely check it out.

But how do I learn from other mods if I cant see their code? When I download a mod, all I can see is the modinfo and some other things. I cant see what I have to change.

raen · Apr 22, 2022

You can follow my tut and see these mods data folder:

New CIV
https://forums.civfanatics.com/resources/lusitânia-is-nau.29383/

New Civ Multiple leaders
https://forums.civfanatics.com/reso...h-official-portugal-pack-dlc-lusitânia.25478/

Adding Leaders to a CIV
https://forums.civfanatics.com/resources/portugal-is-nau.28811/

Zohar Abu · Apr 22, 2022

Thank you for your time! For real. I really appreciate it.

I still have A LOT of questions but I feel that Im slowly learning how to do things. Im going to re-read the tutorials and Im downloading some examples as you suggested. I still wasnt able to fix the language problem tho. How did you fixed yours? In my case Im suspecting I have to use <LocalizedText> instead of <BaseGameText> and Language="en_US" at the end of a Row because the mod is changing Vanilla and DLC text files at the same time and some of them are conflicting. Whats your opinion? Im saying this because AstroGrep didnt detected any problems related to that.

Meanwhile Im going to mess with some other things since Im in the fase of trial and error. Hopefully you can help me again in the future because Im probably going to need it. Have a nice day!

raen · Apr 23, 2022

Start small.

There is a property called LoadOrder, put yours later, 3 for instance, that way your updates get do better, and you remove eventual problem when game updating its stuff.

Search for errors or warnings in all logs in folder.

Zohar Abu · Apr 24, 2022

My project is quite small to be fair. I just want to change the name of the leaders and countries, nothing else atm. My mod only has 2 files. Ive searched everywhere and couldnt find the solution to fix the language problem. Ive looked into AstroGrep and found the problem but I dont know how to fix it.

This is what I got from AstroGrep:

Spoiler Database :

Spoiler Modding :

And this is my mod:

Spoiler Civilizations :

Spoiler Leaders :

I have added a FrontEnd Action UpdateText with the 2 files. And thats it. What I am missing? What is wrong with my code? Why it is breaking the language? I have looked your mods and the only thing I can think is this <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> or this:

Spoiler Raen's Mod :

Im going crazy over this. Im clueless and even reading the AstroGrep I dont know how to fix the language problem. Can you point me in the right direction?

raen · Apr 25, 2022

Try to use <EnglishText> instead of <BaseGameText> and also at properties add "LoadOrder" like this:

Spoiler :

Zohar Abu · Apr 25, 2022

It worked! Thank you so much!

The file that was causing problems was the Leaders file, and it was already in <EnglishText>. Ive changed the other one as well just in case. What really fixed the problem was the LoadOrder at properties. Can you please explain to me why this fixed the problem and how the LoadOrder system works? Why LoadOrder 4 and not 3 or 2?

The problem was fixed but Im still getting this from the Database.log:

[1661642.597] [Localization]: StartupErrorMessages.xml
[1661642.597] [Localization]: Input XML does not contain database entry tags. GameData, GameInfo or Database
[1661651.614] [Localization]: Validating Foreign Key Constraints...

Is there any way to get rid of this error? Like I said, I have already changed both files to <EnglishText> but the error remains.

Gedemon · Apr 26, 2022

Zohar Abu said:
The problem was fixed but Im still getting this from the Database.log:

[1661642.597] [Localization]: StartupErrorMessages.xml
[1661642.597] [Localization]: Input XML does not contain database entry tags. GameData, GameInfo or Database
[1661651.614] [Localization]: Validating Foreign Key Constraints...

Is there any way to get rid of this error? Like I said, I have already changed both files to <EnglishText> but the error remains.

IIRC there are errors generated by the base game files, check the logs without mods first, then compare.

raen · Apr 26, 2022

Zohar Abu said:
It worked! Thank you so much!

The file that was causing problems was the Leaders file, and it was already in <EnglishText>. I've changed the other one as well just in case. What really fixed the problem was the LoadOrder at properties. Can you please explain to me why this fixed the problem and how the LoadOrder system works? Why LoadOrder 4 and not 3 or 2?

I indicated LoadOrder because if not a syntax issue must be another problem. The problem was that the game was trying to deploy your data before the base game's data. LoadOrder superior to zero indicates your files will be loaded in that specific order. If Im, not wrong base game does not use LoadOrder, therefore always deploys files at LoadOrder = 0. It's enough for you to put LoadOrder = 1 and good to go.

Advanced: If you use your mod with other mods you have to pay attention to the LoadOrder property of those.

Zohar Abu said:
The problem was fixed but Im still getting this from the Database.log:

[1661642.597] [Localization]: StartupErrorMessages.xml
[1661642.597] [Localization]: Input XML does not contain database entry tags. GameData, GameInfo or Database
[1661651.614] [Localization]: Validating Foreign Key Constraints...

Is there any way to get rid of this error? Like I said, I have already changed both files to <EnglishText> but the error remains.

Like Gedemon said that's no error, that's the game logging preparation at startup. Real errors show with this TAG: " ERROR: " or other similar one.

Zohar Abu · Apr 26, 2022

I cant thank you enough, Raen. God bless you. Gedemon, I sent you a message regarding my second question. Im going to copy here so Raen or anybody else can join and help.

The first part is done and now the code is clean, with no errors. The second part is to change/replace some of the CityNames. But while I was changing things, another weird thing happened with the text. I can change Vanilla content with no problem, but everytime I try to change something in the DLC, it doesnt work. I get "LOC_CITY_NAME_CIV_1" on the map instead of my changes. They dont recognize anything from the mod. What do I have to add to the code when Im dealing with DLC and replacing info/text?

Here is an example of what Im doing:

Spoiler Config :

Spoiler List :

Ive created these 2 files and added 2 InGame Actions (Updtate Database and Text) at properties. This is working with every Vanilla content. And it is not working with any DLC. Do I have to add something specific for DLC or is this related with LoadOrder again? If it is, in what order should I put it?

raen · Apr 27, 2022

The problems I see in your XML code:
- You deleted CityNames to add new ones, that's fine but that does not delete text, still have to use replace.
- As for database data don't use replace but use update clause, like this example:

Code:

  <Update>
      <Where BuildingType="BUILDING_NAVIGATION_SCHOOL"/>
      <Set PrereqTech="TECH_NAUTICAL_SCIENCE"   Name="LOC_ESCOLA_NAVEGACAO_NAME"  />
    </Update>

Zohar Abu · Apr 27, 2022

raen said:
The problems I see in your XML code:
- You deleted CityNames to add new ones, that's fine but that does not delete text, still have to use replace.
- As for database data don't use replace but use update clause, like this example:

Code:

<Update> <Where BuildingType="BUILDING_NAVIGATION_SCHOOL"/> <Set PrereqTech="TECH_NAUTICAL_SCIENCE" Name="LOC_ESCOLA_NAVEGACAO_NAME" /> </Update>

Thats odd. Because the same code is working when I change Vanilla content using delete. What I did replaced the text and the CityNames for those Civs. The CityNames ingame are the ones I wrote in the xml. But the same doesnt work with DLC. Very weird. But thats ok. Im going to try update then.

I understand I cant delete text but in this case Im deleting the original list, not text. Im not sure but I believe thats why Vanilla content is working as intended. If I change the name of the cities in the text file, it works ingame just fine. What I dont understand is that if I use the same code with DLC, it doesnt work. Why?

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EDIT: Just a feedback from testing. Apparently you have to use <LocalizedText> Language="en_US" when changing Text that involves DLC. I did that and now is working properly.

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