Issues adding Great Works

[SomaticAge]

Hello!

I've been trying to add new Great Works of Art, but it's not working, and I don't know why.

I already read Kael's guide and XboxAddict77's guide, but I'm still stuck. My great artists never appear (I have tried spawning them with the Ingame Editor mod); I think my problem might have something to do with the Mod Actions (which I've never understood) or maybe with the VFS.

I also tried editing existing Great Artists (I tried to change the Mona Lisa to a different DDS) just to see if my mod would do anything. It didn't work.

So far, I have a ModBuddy file with a folder structure like this:

Art
a bunch of DDS files (all with Import into VFS set to True)

XML
CIV5GameTextInfos_Objects_Expansion2.xml
CIV5GameTextInfos_Units_Expansion2.xml
CIV5GreatWorks_Expansion2.xml
CIV5Units_Expansion2.xml
(again, all of these have Import into VFS set to True)

The XML files are copies of the originals from the BNW DLC folder, but I added the information for the GWoA and the artists, then set Import into VFS to True.

I then tried adding the Mod Actions OnModActivated UpdateDatabase for the four XML files.

Will this let me overwrite the existing files? Do I need to make new XML files? I've tried a lot of things, and it doesn't seem to do anything. I feel like I'm missing something fairly basic, since nothing I do accomplishes anything.

 

[LeeS]

whoward69's zip your mods and attach tutorial

 

[whoward69]

It sounds like you're trying to import a modified version of a game xml file, as opposed to writing an XML (or SQL) file that updates the database, but without sight of the actual mod it's all guesswork.