I can't figure out this error in 1.61

[GarretSidzaka]

this one seems really weird. i was loading my mod through the patched game (expecting a crash mind you) when during the map load, i saw a pop-up civ4 window say "there was a error with LEADER_CHINESE_LEADER in Gameinfos/civ4diplomacyinfo.xml"

i have to click it about five times, and then the mod seems to run okay, although i havent even beta tested it yet in the patch beyond this.

does any elites know what this means

 

[NeverMind]

That means all xml tags for Mao changed from "..._MAO_ZEDONG" to "...CHINESE_LEADER" in the patch v1.61.

Can someone provide an explanation of this action?

 

[IVZanIV]

It probably has to do with the censoring in China... I dunno, just my thoughts...

 

[Kael]

It probably has to do with the censoring in China... I dunno, just my thoughts...

Your right. In order to sell in China there are certain laws you have to comply with. One of those is that you cant have the Mao's name in any game. I think they had to do the same with the Forbidden Palace. So they changed the KEY name and then in the chinese translation they can make the name whatever they want.

Bizarre to think their are governments that care about such things. It seems like a government should worry about more important issues, like Janet Jacksons boob.

 

[woodelf]

Why not simply remove China from the game then? Beats censorship...

 

[IVZanIV]

I almost agree Woodelf, but I don't think a country so rich in history should be excluded just because of the choices of the current government.

 

[woodelf]

I know IVZanIV, but this is silly. Couldn't they just issue a Chinese only patch to do that?

 

[IVZanIV]

Haha, that makes sense to me... Why didn't they do that?

 

[woodelf]

If I played Vanilla I'd make an XML patch and upload it for everyone else. Someone should!

 

[NeverMind]

If I played Vanilla I'd make an XML patch and upload it for everyone else. Someone should!

Are you serious?

There are some other changes of this kind.

Communism - Utopia
Forbidden Palace - Great Palace
Three Georges Dum - Great Dum

Why the dum, btw? Is it about China again?

 

[IVZanIV]

I love the Communism -> Utopia one. How much control does the Chinese Government have over this game?!?

 

[Rabbit, White]

I know IVZanIV, but this is silly. Couldn't they just issue a Chinese only patch to do that?

Well this is much easier than a Chinese patch, why go through all that trouble when the game was explicitly built to accomodate such changes. I mean, do you really care what the KEY name is, you still see Mao's name and Communism and so on, when you're playing the game.

 

[NeverMind]

I love the Communism -> Utopia one. How much control does the Chinese Government have over this game?!?

Well, they are powerful enough to change xml tags!

 

[GarretSidzaka]

okay okay okay, brilliant

but how do i get rid of it again? think of talking to a child, a child gerbil.

 

[IVZanIV]

In your mod, wherever the tags MAO, change it to CHINESE_LEADER.

 

[Gunner]

but how do i get rid of it again? think of talking to a child, a child gerbil.

Hahahahaha

That really made me laugh

 

[woodelf]

That is funny.

 

[GarretSidzaka]

okay okay. i fixed it. i had to use the darn 'find' function (at least "MAO" is a rather unique string of letters). and i had to replace the diplotext file completely, as it had a bunch of mao strings in it. and in the other language files, mao came up in a few words in other languages. :LOL:

 

[bdfett]

Lol... China made them change Communism to Utopia? That's pretty halarius.