How to tweak lairs exploration outcomes?

[Zongo]

I would like to change the relative frequency of lair exploration outcomes.

Ideally, I would like Bradeline Well to always spawn baddies and have a higher chance of getting the real bad ones. Alternatively I could live with a similar behaviour for all epic lairs.

I tried a quick search through the XML and Python files, to no avail. Possibly I tried the wrong words. Can someone enlighten me, please?

 

[esvath]

The spell to explore a lair is defined in CIV4SpellInfos.xml, just search for SPELL_EXPLORE_LAIR_BRADELINES_WELL.

Then, the result is invoked through python, using this code in the spell :

            <PyResult>spellExploreLairEpic(pCaster)</PyResult>
            <PyRequirement>reqExploreLair(pCaster)</PyRequirement>

All Epic Lair use the same python, so you have to create your own python, such as spellExploreBradeline. Use this to you PyResult.

Then, create a function in CvSpellInterface.py

def spellExploreBradelinecaster):
	pPlot = caster.plot()
	iRnd = CyGame().getSorenRandNum(100, "Explore Lair") + caster.getLevel()
	iDestroyLair = 0
	if iRnd < 54:
		iDestroyLair = cf.exploreLairBigBad(caster)
	if iRnd >= 54:
		iDestroyLair = cf.exploreLairBad(caster)
	if iDestroyLair > CyGame().getSorenRandNum(100, "Explore Lair"):
		CyInterface().addMessage(caster.getOwner(),True,25,CyTranslator().getText("TXT_KEY_MESSAGE_LAIR_DESTROYED", ()),'AS2D_POSITIVE_DINK',1,'Art/Interface/Buttons/Spells/Explore Lair.dds',ColorTypes(8),pPlot.getX(),pPlot.getY(),True,True)
		pPlot.setImprovementType(-1)
	caster.finishMoves()
	caster.changeExperience(1, -1, false, false, false)

For the actual spawning of baddies, you can look at CustomFunctions.py, under

	def exploreLairBigBad(self, caster):

and

	def exploreLairBad(self, caster):

Of course, you can create your own super-big-bad-extreme-baddies (spawning 12 hostile Death Angels, just for example ) by changing iDestroyLair = cf.exploreLairBigBad(caster) into something you like.

Hope this will help

 

[Zongo]

Hope this will help

It certainly helps insofar it answer my question! As I am a Python neophite, I will have to intuitively dig my way through the code, but it looks feasible. Your help is concise and informative enough to make it seem so

 

[Zongo]

It does not work, though.

I created a copy of spellExploreLairEpic(pCaster) and renamed it spellExploreLairEpicBradeline(pCaster) in the file CvSpellInterface.py;

then I modified Civ4SpellInfos.xml as follows

        <SpellInfo>
            <Type>SPELL_EXPLORE_LAIR_BRADELINES_WELL</Type>
            <Description>TXT_KEY_SPELL_EXPLORE_LAIR</Description>
            <Civilopedia>TXT_KEY_SPELL_PLACEHOLDER_PEDIA</Civilopedia>
            <ImprovementPrereq>IMPROVEMENT_BRADELINES_WELL</ImprovementPrereq>
            <bDisplayWhenDisabled>1</bDisplayWhenDisabled>
            <bHasCasted>1</bHasCasted>
            <bAbility>1</bAbility>
<PyResult>[COLOR="Red"]spellExploreLairEpicBradeline(caster)[/COLOR]</PyResult>
            <PyRequirement>reqExploreLair(pCaster)</PyRequirement>
            <Effect>EFFECT_SPELL1</Effect>
            <Sound>AS3D_SPELL_HASTE</Sound>
            <bGraphicalOnly>1</bGraphicalOnly>
            <Button>Art/Interface/Buttons/Spells/Explore Lair.dds</Button>
        </SpellInfo>

The exploration of Bradeline's well does not do anything, now. I just get the message "explore lair" and that's it.

 

[a_civilian]

caster instead of pCaster a typo?

 

[Zongo]

caster instead of pCaster a typo?

most likely Still new to Python. Thanks