[MOD] Modified Special Domestic Advisor

[12monkeys]

Mmmh! I agree. As far as I can rate it, their is no change of game rules and their is no information you can't get from any other place in the game. So, is there an official way to approve mods?

 

[Caesium]

Hi!
english:
I installed your Mod, because it seemed to be very effective.
But I've got a problem. If I clicked the DomesticAdvisor, there only appears following Python/C++ exception:

deutsch:
Ich habe deinen Mod installiert, da ich mir viel davon verspreche.
Aber, wenn ich den Advisor aufrufen möchte, bekomme ich folgende Fehlermeldung:

File "CvModSpecialDomesticAdvisor", line 975
in CheckVisibility
RuntimeError: Unidentifiable C++ exception

english:
I understand, what this popup want to tell me, but I want to rewrite the file, so I can use this Domestic Advisor.
If anyone has got a hint, I would be very happy. I installed the german version of Civ4.

deutsch:
Ich verstehe, was mir dieses Popup sagen möchte. Könntest du mir sagen, wie ich diesen Code ändern muss, damit der Advisor wieder nutzbar ist? Logischerweise nutze ich die deutsche Version. Für Fragen o.ä. auch PN im dt. Civforum an Caesium mmöglich, bin eher dort als hier

 

[Elhoim]

I think the problem is when you have more than 20 cities...

 

[12monkeys]

Update 1.8b available. See release notes in first post for details.

 

[12monkeys]

I think the problem is when you have more than 20 cities...

No thats not the problem. The problem was a user added building, which causes a Civ4 method (CyCity.canConstrcut()) to crash. I changed some thing so that it does not happen any longer.

 

[Cammagno]

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Name : Modified Special Domestic Advisor
Version : v1.8b
Date : 20.01.06
Author : 12monkeys (@civfanatics + @apolyton)
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Release Notes :
v1.8b :
- added Italian translation (thx Cammagno)
- Button "Redraw" renamed in "Refresh" (english version only)

Good idea, now it's much more clear what this button does. So, in future releases, the Italian "Ridisegna" may be changed accordingly into "Aggiorna".

Thanks for your work

Edit: here there is the updated Italian translation, with this change and the correction of a mistype.

 

[Wallabulla]

have found a strange thing in game I played, the cityinfoscreen is blank, see screenshot.
If I start a new game it's ok.. don't know why this happened.
Great mod otherwise

 

[Nials]

I just installed this mod and I have to say I am very pleased with its functionality

 

[12monkeys]

have found a strange thing in game I played, the cityinfoscreen is blank, see screenshot.
If I start a new game it's ok.. don't know why this happened.

you may send me the savegame and I will have a look.

Great mod otherwise

Thx!

 

[12monkeys]

I just installed this mod and I have to say I am very pleased with its functionality

 

[Wallabulla]

you may send me the savegame and I will have a look.



Thx!

Here are two games, the blank city game has happened to me in both games I've used this mod on.

Thanks for checking it out, hope you'll find an solution, really want to use this one

Edit: seems like the cityinfoscreen came back, atleast in the 1490 game.. don't know why though..

 

[12monkeys]

Here are two games, the blank city game has happened to me in both games I've used this mod on.

Thanks for checking it out, hope you'll find an solution, really want to use this one

Edit: seems like the cityinfoscreen came back, atleast in the 1490 game.. don't know why though..

OK, thx for the data. There was a "self" reference missing which causes a python error under certain circumstances.
It should be fixed now. See first post for update to v1.8c.

 

[Wallabulla]

ok, thanks alot for the update

 

[Duke van Frost]

Hi there Thanks for the great Mod you´ve done!

IMHO it´s the best Domestic Advisor up to now (and i´ve tested them all - you can believe me)!

Now the BUT

I´m using the german cIV version so i don´t know if it´s a typo or you got the icons wrong, but the tooltips in the City and Military screen have different icons for "unruhe" and "besatzung". (short in german: die icons von unruhe und besatzung sind - ich glaube - im military screen vertauscht, auf jeden Fall beim mouse over Tooltip)

Is it possible to use the "state religion" icon (the folded hands) as the icon for the priest instead of the "happy" icon (because the priest doesn´t make the people happy).
And you could use the "angry people" icon for the citizen instead of the "bullet" - it´s just my opinion but i would like those better.

One other question i´ve also asked myself since the special domestic advisor came:
Can one use the icon from "automate - no city growth" from the city screen for "growth" instead of the red one??

Ok seems to be alot of requests, but you have to decide yourself if you like my suggestions - anyway this Mod is one of the best i´ve seen so far, so thx for this great improvement in cIV gameplay.

 

[Patricius]

Hi 12Monkeys,

I think your mod is great and it is the best of all Domestic Advisors so far. I don't know if anyone else would like this, but have you thought of adding a "rush buy" button for each city? I would really like it, I don't know if enough other people would like it though for you to add it.

Sincerely,
Patricius

 

[12monkeys]

Hi there Thanks for the great Mod you´ve done!

IMHO it´s the best Domestic Advisor up to now (and i´ve tested them all - you can believe me)!

Thx !

Now the BUT

I´m using the german cIV version so i don´t know if it´s a typo or you got the icons wrong, but the tooltips in the City and Military screen have different icons for "unruhe" and "besatzung". (short in german: die icons von unruhe und besatzung sind - ich glaube - im military screen vertauscht, auf jeden Fall beim mouse over Tooltip)

I have to check that. There may be type in the XML file.

Is it possible to use the "state religion" icon (the folded hands) as the icon for the priest instead of the "happy" icon (because the priest doesn´t make the people happy).
And you could use the "angry people" icon for the citizen instead of the "bullet" - it´s just my opinion but i would like those better.

I will have a look on this. Didn't care much about the icons so far.

One other question i´ve also asked myself since the special domestic advisor came:
Can one use the icon from "automate - no city growth" from the city screen for "growth" instead of the red one??

Need to check. THere are not so much iceons available and not all can be used in all locations.

I'm currently working on another project which is stopped till the next patch comes out (need the SDK, I'm afraid). As soon as the next patch is released I will have a look on this advisor again and on all of the mentioned topics. Its very likely that there are some modifications needed to make it compatible again.

Anyway, thx for the feedback.

 

[12monkeys]

Hi 12Monkeys,

I think your mod is great and it is the best of all Domestic Advisors so far. I don't know if anyone else would like this, but have you thought of adding a "rush buy" button for each city? I would really like it, I don't know if enough other people would like it though for you to add it.

Sincerely,
Patricius

I will think about the "rush button". Yet not sure if I like it, to be honest.

Anyway, thx for the tribute .

 

[Cammagno]

I will think about the "rush button". Yet not sure if I like it, to be honest.

Well, my opinion is that it's not needed, because one can use the icons in the lower part of the screen to rush production and to change it...

 

[Duke van Frost]

I will have a look on this. Didn't care much about the icons so far.

Maybe because i´m studying architechture i´m a little bit too much into aesthetics

I'm currently working on another project

Any way you would tell us what this project is? Because i use your MSDA + PlotListEnhancement 0.96 + Restart Air Patrol, and i think your doing a great job with python!

So i hope your other project might be a new military advisor, since the one done by Supreme Overlord isn´t going do be developed further by him.

I guess i will see what i can do on my own with the things i´ve stated, and if i´ve done something i´ll send you the files, so you can have a look at them, if you want to.

 

[12monkeys]

The project I'm working on is the next version of the Plot List Enhancements. I stopped working on the other advisors (except Domestic of cause), because to much other people focused on that. Maybe I start on that after everything else is finished. The military advisor from Supreme Overlord is OK, but needs some improvements. Didn't know that he stopped working on it.