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Yes it works fine by itself.
Merging BUG with other Mods
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Yes it works fine by itself.
I couldn't find any merge of Next War and BUG which still works with the current version of BUG so I decided to have a go at my own.
When I tried to copy the cannotConstruct callback into the mod, following the instructions in the tutorial in the first post of this thread, I couldn't get it working at first, as the game gave the following error:
04:12:10 TRACE: Error in nextwar callback handler cannotConstruct
04:12:10 TRACE: cannotConstruct() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)
It turns out that the problem was that in CvGameUtils.py, the callback is defined as
Now, I know nothing about programming beyond BASIC on the Commodore 64, so I don't know what self means or why I had to remove it, but it might be helpful to mention this in the tutorial for the benefit of anyone else who wants to just cut and paste their way to a merged mod.
When I tried to copy the cannotConstruct callback into the mod, following the instructions in the tutorial in the first post of this thread, I couldn't get it working at first, as the game gave the following error:
04:12:10 TRACE: Error in nextwar callback handler cannotConstruct
04:12:10 TRACE: cannotConstruct() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)
It turns out that the problem was that in CvGameUtils.py, the callback is defined as
def cannotConstruct(self,argsList):
but in the module in BUG it needed to bedef cannotConstruct(argsList):
Now, I know nothing about programming beyond BASIC on the Commodore 64, so I don't know what self means or why I had to remove it, but it might be helpful to mention this in the tutorial for the benefit of anyone else who wants to just cut and paste their way to a merged mod.
Ok so I am attempting again to merge the lopez's immigration mod with LOR. IT looks like it is fully loaded. The next step would be to pput traces in and see what is goign wrong?
07:10:03 DEBUG: Timer - load mod [MovieMod] took 1 ms
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugConfig - loading mod file Immigration
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugInit - loading mod Immigration...
07:10:03 INFO : BugCore - creating uninitialized mod Immigration
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugUtil - looking up Immigration.CvImmigrationEventManager
load_module Immigration
load_module ImmigrationUtils
load_module CvConfigParser
load_module ConfigParser
load_module CvPath
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugEventManager - adding event 'CvImmigrationEventManager'
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugUtil - looking up Immigration.CvEventManager
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugEventManager - adding event 'CvEventManager'
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugUtil - looking up Immigration
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugGameUtils - registering Immigration
07:10:03 DEBUG: Timer - load mod [Immigration] took 88 ms
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugConfig - loading mod file RevDCM
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugInit - loading mod RevDCM...
07:10:03 INFO : BugCore - creating uninitialized mod RevDCM
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugUtil - looking up RevDCM.RevDCM
load_module RevDCM
07:10:03 DEBUG: Timer - load mod [MovieMod] took 1 ms
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugConfig - loading mod file Immigration
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugInit - loading mod Immigration...
07:10:03 INFO : BugCore - creating uninitialized mod Immigration
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugUtil - looking up Immigration.CvImmigrationEventManager
load_module Immigration
load_module ImmigrationUtils
load_module CvConfigParser
load_module ConfigParser
load_module CvPath
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugEventManager - adding event 'CvImmigrationEventManager'
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugUtil - looking up Immigration.CvEventManager
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugEventManager - adding event 'CvEventManager'
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugUtil - looking up Immigration
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugGameUtils - registering Immigration
07:10:03 DEBUG: Timer - load mod [Immigration] took 88 ms
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugConfig - loading mod file RevDCM
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugInit - loading mod RevDCM...
07:10:03 INFO : BugCore - creating uninitialized mod RevDCM
07:10:03 DEBUG: BugUtil - looking up RevDCM.RevDCM
load_module RevDCM
Ummm... This one is sort of out of the blue, yes?
Did you post this in the wrong thread? I can see that it's a Python debug log, but I have no idea what it is that you're trying to do. I also don't know what error messages you're getting, or what you have done to this point.
It's probably best if you start a new thread, right here in the BUG forum, and collect all of the information and post it in that thread. We always like to help, but it would be much easier for us to help you if we had all the information in one place.
The Number Pi
Irrational Number
Hello,
I am trying to merge BUG with my own mod, the problem is that the
' have replaced the 
and the 's have appeared before an ability is listed. Also, the 
's have disappeared. The numbers are still there, but it is annoying to play with 's all over the place. There are also Smilies before messages. See below for pictures.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
I am trying to merge BUG with my own mod, the problem is that the
' have replaced the and the 's have appeared before an ability is listed. Also, the 's have disappeared. The numbers are still there, but it is annoying to play with 's all over the place. There are also Smilies before messages. See below for pictures.Any help is greatly appreciated!
Spoiler :
EmperorFool
Deity
Awww, that's so cute! Just kidding. Does your mod use its own font for symbols that moves and ? BUG adds new symbols, but it doesn't move any of the original ones.
Just kidding. Does your mod use its own font for symbols that moves and ? BUG adds new symbols, but it doesn't move any of the original ones.
The Number Pi
Irrational Number
Awww, that's so cute!
No, my mod does not touch the symbols.
It is based off of Earth 2010, with JCultureControl, Influence Driven War, Advanced Combat Odds, and the Unofficial Patch included.
EmperorFool
Deity
Are you using the font file from BUG? If so, please answer the questions on the Troubleshooting page in my sig. This is an odd one!
The Number Pi
Irrational Number
Yeah, I'm using the BUG font file.
OS: Windows XP
BTS: 3.19
BUG Version: 4.4
Installation Source: EXE
Installation Method: Mod
Merged Mods: Earth 2010, JCultureControl, Influence Driven War, Advanced Combat Odds, and the Unofficial Patch
PythonErr2 and PythonDbg attached (there was nothing in PythonErr)
EmperorFool
Deity
Does the path where you have Civ5 installed or your Windows user name have non English letters or symbols in it? That would normally make all symbols disappear--not move them around.
The Number Pi
Irrational Number
No, all of them are English. (assuming you meant civ4
civ5 is not installed on my computer)
EmperorFool
Deity
Hehe, yes I meant Civ4. Everything in PythonDbg.log looks okay, and I can see it registering the font symbols.
Do you have any files in CustomAssets that might be interfering? I recommend renaming your CustomAssets (in My Games / BTS) to make sure. Civ4 will create a new empty folder for you. Another option is to remove BUG's font file. You'll be missing the added symbols, but if the bullets in on-screen messages are still wrong there's something else going on here.
Everything in PythonDbg.log looks okay, and I can see it registering the font symbols.Spoiler :
Do you have any files in CustomAssets that might be interfering? I recommend renaming your CustomAssets (in My Games / BTS) to make sure. Civ4 will create a new empty folder for you. Another option is to remove BUG's font file. You'll be missing the added symbols, but if the bullets in on-screen messages are still wrong there's something else going on here.
The Number Pi
Irrational Number
Hehe, yes I meant Civ4.
Spoiler :
Do you have any files in CustomAssets that might be interfering? I recommend renaming your CustomAssets (in My Games / BTS) to make sure. Civ4 will create a new empty folder for you. Another option is to remove BUG's font file. You'll be missing the added symbols, but if the bullets in on-screen messages are still wrong there's something else going on here.
I did as you said (CustomAssets was empty-I renamed it anyway) and the GameFont_75.tga file seems to be causing the issue. With it removed, the bullets were correct, with it added: smilies as far as the eye can see!
The GameFont.tga file did not cause any problems.
EmperorFool
Deity
Try downloading GameFont_75.tga straight from the source. It sounds like your copy is corrupted.
The Number Pi
Irrational Number
I replaced the file, but nothing has changed. Any other ideas?
If it helps, I had merged BULL/BUFFY into the same mod (seperate from this one, which only has BUG) and the same issue occurs there.
EmperorFool
Deity
What happens if you install BUG as a mod into its own folder without doing any merging?
The Number Pi
Irrational Number
Then it works fine.
I know that it's not BUG, and I'm reasonable sure it's not the mod I'm merging. I think it is my actual merging of the code. So I tried a few times to merge, to be sure I was not messing something up, but I still get the same problem, so I guess I keep missing whatever is causing the problem.
What file would control the placing of those smilies/symbols? Maybe I could merge it one piece at a time and see where the problem is inside it.
EmperorFool
Deity
The font file itself is just a big grid numbered from 0 in the top-left and increasing by one to the right, wrapping at each edge down a row. The first cell is mapped to some fixed number somewhere in the EXE I believe, so that cannot be mucked up since you use the same EXE with both BUG and your merge.
Next, FontUtil.py (BUG has its own) maps named constants in Python to Unicode characters (just another number like 6,803), but these are only used when replacing text from the XML files in the Text folder in Python. This is normally done by the DLL, and that Python file doesn't alter that in any way. But if you're not using a custom DLL with your merged mod, I don't see how that could affect it.
Do you provide new language translations (like Russian or something else)? Do you provide new text XML files with translations for your stuff?
The weird part is that normal XML files that you most likely aren't modifying in the Text folder and BUG doesn't modify are messing up. The bullet character is being replaced by one of the smilies which means the mapping in the EXE or DLL is messed up. Since you're not replacing either of those, I don't get it.
You're not using a custom DLL, right?
Next, FontUtil.py (BUG has its own) maps named constants in Python to Unicode characters (just another number like 6,803), but these are only used when replacing text from the XML files in the Text folder in Python. This is normally done by the DLL, and that Python file doesn't alter that in any way. But if you're not using a custom DLL with your merged mod, I don't see how that could affect it.
Do you provide new language translations (like Russian or something else)? Do you provide new text XML files with translations for your stuff?
The weird part is that normal XML files that you most likely aren't modifying in the Text folder and BUG doesn't modify are messing up. The bullet character is being replaced by one of the smilies which means the mapping in the EXE or DLL is messed up. Since you're not replacing either of those, I don't get it.
You're not using a custom DLL, right?
The Number Pi
Irrational Number
I think you just found the problem!
I am using a custom DLL (I guess I should have said that more directly, sorry 
). The problem would be in the GameTxtMgr file, right?
EmperorFool
Deity
If it's in there, that's where it would be. I think. Maybe. It's been a long while since I messed with it. That being said, if your mod has a custom DLL that changes where the symbols go, it most certainly should have provided its own font file. Does it?
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