Joan of Arc

[France-Fan]

Ok so ive just downloaded the joan of arc leaderhead, which by the way ive just realised she kinda looks like catherine(i looked at screenshots), but im having a rough time figuring out how to add her to my game !!!

Please help if at all possible !! -France-fan-

 

[Refar]

If you didn't mod at all so far, you might prefer to download a complete mod. Look for something like "Modular France" - with any luck there is one. Otherwise "big" packs like Civ Gold should have her included.


If you want to do it yourself - it's really not hard, but you will need to take a look at some tutorials. Here's one on the topic: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=278906
There are others in the tutorial section as well.

 

[Shiggs713]

there was a modular joan of arc but the file isn't there anymore

 

[France-Fan]

Ugh!! joan of arc is like, my hero and when i found her i went nuts !!
but i havent ever edited XML files before and the tutorial is waaay to difficult for a non-computer savy person for me to figure out !! well ill just have to wait and find the modular joan of arc !!

-France-fan-

 

[mechaerik]

Ugh!! joan of arc is like, my hero and when i found her i went nuts !!
but i havent ever edited XML files before and the tutorial is waaay to difficult for a non-computer savy person for me to figure out !! well ill just have to wait and find the modular joan of arc !!

-France-fan-

Try it, XML is very simple.
I didn't even know what XML was before Civ4, and I now enough to make a mod (see signature.)

I learned by finding something i wanted in the game, and then examining the files to see how its done.

 

[France-Fan]

ok ill try it

. . . . if im not on for a while its because my computer blew up . . .

 

[France-Fan]

ok so editing the files were easy, like the previous posters said. thats for sure


BUT!! when i was done and loaded my game i went to the civiliopedia and clicked on france , the whole page was blank. none of the leaders minipictures were there and either were the unique buildings and units . or even frances description. then when i tried to load joans page there was nothing. her leaderhead wasnt there and the description i put wasnt there either.

then to top it all off i clicked play now and lazily skipped through the planet options to choose my civ. as soon as i clicked france the entire game crashed!!

Please help !! . . . . again . . . . .

 

[mechaerik]

Sounds like an ArtDefines error. Something is off with Joan of Arc that causes crashes. Post the ArtDefinesLeaderHeadInfos Joan of Arc Section.

 

[Shiggs713]

i think you messed up something in the civilizationinfos.xml, otherwise the rest of France's entries would look normal.

post the whole France section of that xml up here, inside of code tags, so we can help you fix it.


OR, did you have XML errors that you just clicked through? if so, you'll definitely have problems, most of them are easy fixes.

 

[France-Fan]

- <CivilizationInfo>
<Type>CIVILIZATION_FRANCE</Type>
<Description>TXT_KEY_CIV_FRANCE_DESC</Description>
<ShortDescription>TXT_KEY_CIV_FRANCE_SHORT_DESC</ShortDescription>
<Adjective>TXT_KEY_CIV_FRANCE_ADJECTIVE</Adjective>
<Civilopedia>TXT_KEY_CIV_FRANCE_PEDIA</Civilopedia>
<DefaultPlayerColor>PLAYERCOLOR_DARK_BLUE</DefaultPlayerColor>
<ArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_CIVILIZATION_FRANCE</ArtDefineTag>
<ArtStyleType>ARTSTYLE_EUROPEAN</ArtStyleType>
<bPlayable>1</bPlayable>
<bAIPlayable>1</bAIPlayable>
- <Cities>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_PARIS</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_ORLEANS</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_LYONS</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_RHEIMS</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_TOURS</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_MARSEILLES</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_CHARTRES</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_AVIGNON</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_BESANCON</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_ROUEN</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_GRENOBLE</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_DJION</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_AMIENS</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_CHERBOURG</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_POITIERS</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_TOULOUSE</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_BAYONNE</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_STRASBOURG</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_BREST</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_BORDEAUX</City>
<City>TXT_KEY_CITY_NAME_RENNES</City>
</Cities>
- <Buildings>
- <Building>
<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_OBSERVATORY</BuildingClassType>
<BuildingType>BUILDING_FRENCH_SALON</BuildingType>
</Building>
</Buildings>
- <Units>
- <Unit>
<UnitClassType>UNITCLASS_MUSKETMAN</UnitClassType>
<UnitType>UNIT_FRENCH_MUSKETEER</UnitType>
</Unit>
</Units>
- <FreeUnitClasses>
- <FreeUnitClass>
<UnitClassType>UNITCLASS_SETTLER</UnitClassType>
<iFreeUnits>1</iFreeUnits>
</FreeUnitClass>
</FreeUnitClasses>
- <FreeBuildingClasses>
- <FreeBuildingClass>
<BuildingClassType>BUILDINGCLASS_PALACE</BuildingClassType>
<bFreeBuildingClass>1</bFreeBuildingClass>
</FreeBuildingClass>
</FreeBuildingClasses>
- <FreeTechs>
- <FreeTech>
<TechType>TECH_THE_WHEEL</TechType>
<bFreeTech>1</bFreeTech>
</FreeTech>
- <FreeTech>
<TechType>TECH_AGRICULTURE</TechType>
<bFreeTech>1</bFreeTech>
</FreeTech>
</FreeTechs>
<DisableTechs />
- <InitialCivics>
<CivicType>CIVIC_DESPOTISM</CivicType>
<CivicType>CIVIC_BARBARISM</CivicType>
<CivicType>CIVIC_TRIBALISM</CivicType>
<CivicType>CIVIC_DECENTRALIZATION</CivicType>
<CivicType>CIVIC_PAGANISM</CivicType>
</InitialCivics>
- <Leaders>
- <Leader>
<LeaderName>LEADER_JOAN_OF_ARC</LeaderName>
<bLeaderAvailability>1</bLeaderAvailability>
</Leader>[/B]
- <Leader>
<LeaderName>LEADER_LOUIS_XIV</LeaderName>
<bLeaderAvailability>1</bLeaderAvailability>
</Leader>
- <Leader>
<LeaderName>LEADER_NAPOLEON</LeaderName>
<bLeaderAvailability>1</bLeaderAvailability>
</Leader>
</Leaders>
<CivilizationSelectionSound>AS3D_FRANCE_SELECT</CivilizationSelectionSound>
<CivilizationActionSound>AS3D_FRANCE_ORDER</CivilizationActionSound>
</CivilizationInfo>

The joan of arc info (bold) is the only thing i edited in this file !! hope u all can help !!

 

[France-Fan]

<LeaderheadArtInfo>
<Type>ART_DEF_LEADER_JOAN _OF_ARC</Type>
<Button>,Art/interface/LeaderHeads/Btn_LH_Joan_of_Arc.dds,Art/Interface/Buttons/Warlords_Atlas_2.dds,6,7</Button>
<NIF>art/LeaderHeads/Joan_of_Arc/joan_of_arc.nif</NIF>
<KFM>art/LeaderHeads/Joan_of_Arc/joan_of_arc.kfm</KFM>
<NoShaderNIF>art/LeaderHeads/Joan_of_Arc/joan_of_arc_noshader.nif</NoShaderNIF>
<BackgroundKFM>art/LeaderHeads/Joan_of_Arc/joan_of_arc_BG.kfm</BackgroundKFM>
</LeaderheadArtInfo>


it shrunk the lines of the files to fit it in the box sorry

 

[mechaerik]

<LeaderheadArtInfo>
<Type>ART_DEF_LEADER_JOAN _OF_ARC</Type>
<Button>,Art/interface/LeaderHeads/Btn_LH_Joan_of_Arc.dds,Art/Interface/Buttons/Warlords_Atlas_2.dds,6,7</Button>

Delete the second half of the button infos so it should be like this:
<Button>Art/Interface/LeaderHeads/Btn_LH_Joan_of_Arc.dds</Button>

No commas or second section.
Then it should work.

 

[Shiggs713]

well your civilization infos XML looks normal. Though I guess you know you wont be able to use de gaulle anymore the way you did it.

Also in the leaderhead art entry, most (I suppose ALL) custom leaderheads use a fireaxis animation, that usually isn't included. I would imagine there is no such thing as the joan_of_arc.kfm, you should look in the folder to confirm that. It will probably (just a guess) use the catherine animation, in that case you'll want to copy that entire line from catherines entry and paste it over your kfm entry.

And, if your using the same joan of arc that I downloaded, (just to see what files are included), there is no button nor nonshadernif and the BG is called catherineBG.dds, not whatever it says now.

you can leave the nonshader nif blank, like this; <NoShaderNIF/>
but the button will need something in it, I'd suggest just copying catherines, as a placeholder for now, just to see if it'll work.

In fact it might be best if you just zipped the whole mod up and attach it here so someone can look at it closer.

 

[mechaerik]

Another thing, have you added her into the LeaderHeadInfos?
And it would be smart to put DeGaulle back in, because the sudden removal of a leaderhead can interrupt the DiplomacyInfos (i know, because i've tried it).

 

[France-Fan]

i fixed the file u pointed out and she still didnt show - is it possible that there is something wrong with joan her self? im posting the files that were downloaded as joan of arc .

ancientlongsword.dds
catherine_diff.dds
Hair01.dds
joanofarc.niff
ndlongsword.dds
catherine_bg.dds
curiass.dds
Hair01_dark.dds
ndgauntlets.dds

I dont know about u guys but she has an unusually small # of traits !!

 

[mechaerik]

The artdefine should look like this then:

<LeaderheadArtInfo>
<Type>ART_DEF_LEADER_JOAN _OF_ARC</Type>
<Button>PASTE ANOTHER LEADERS BUTTON HERE</Button>
<NIF>art/LeaderHeads/Joan of Arc/joanofarc.nif</NIF>
<KFM>PASTE CATHY'S KFM HERE</KFM>
<NoShaderNIF/>
<BackgroundKFM>art/LeaderHeads/Joan of Arc/catherine_bg.dds</BackgroundKFM>
</LeaderheadArtInfo>

Assuming that you put a folder named Joan of Arc inside the Art/LeaderHeads folder.

 

[mechaerik]

Double post.
stupid wireless .

 

[France-Fan]

HA HA HA!!

ill try it !!

 

[France-Fan]

i did that but Joan wont come up !!!

ugh this is makin me mad . . . .

 

[mechaerik]

Again, is she defined in the LeaderHeadInfos?
That would be a reason.
It would probably be best to do as Shiggs said and post your files in a zip.