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ModCast Episode 73: "Knock It Out of the Park"

Discussion in 'Civ6 - Creation & Customization' started by DanQ, Oct 15, 2017.

  1. DanQ

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    Home run. The seventy-third episode of ModCast, entitled "Knock It Out of the Park", is now netcasting. Lead co-host Rob "Rob (R8XFT)" Riley is joined by fellow regular co-hosts "vicevirtuoso", John "Neirai", Lee "LeeS" Shipp with returning guest Sukrit "Sukritact" Tanticharoenkiat in this 35m49s outing.

    The summary of topics is as follows:

    - 00m32s | Modder's Spotlight
    Recent Civilization VI works by the show's returning guest: the Swahili, prompting consideration of heavily faovuring coastal starts for a civilization, custom leaders of Siam and Ethiopia, and at length enter the Policy Manager modification.
    - 23m15s | Mailbag
    Responding to feedback first from Episode 71 and then, more substantively and in turn substantially, from Episode 72.
    - 26m01s | Code Corner
    The Application Program Interface (API) for CivVI is compared to Civilization V with focus on the former's modifier system versus programming language Lua in the latter, and Lua's presence otherwise in VI.

    ModCast is the first spin-off of the Civ strategy-centric PolyCast; fellow sibling TurnCast focuses on Civ multiplay.
     
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  2. greyTiger

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    Another great show. Was very interesting to hear from Sukritact and what tools he uses.

    I think the feedback from experienced moders like yourselves would prove quite valuable to the author(s) of which ever mods you take a look at. :mischief:
     
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  3. DanQ

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    :) -- thank you kindly.
     
    DanQ, Oct 15, 2017
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  4. LeeS

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    Assuming Dan does not have to chop it out for the next episode (erm, that's all I'll spoiler).

    We haven't really done excruciating code line-by-line reviews for any mods we've talked about this season, both because of time constraints and because it would probably bore the average listener to tedium.
     
    LeeS, Oct 25, 2017
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  5. Neirai

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    But we should.
     
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  6. Gedemon

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    How many lines do you want ? :D
     
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    The review for most of your code would be
     
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  8. Gedemon

    Gedemon Modder Moderator

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    Well, you know, that's exactly how I feel sometime when coming back on some part of my code a few months later, the worst part being when I've left some comments in the middle of it, and I do remember that this comment was explaining the whole chunk and was perfectly clear in my head when I've written it, but now... And of course when I come back to those parts of code, it's because I need to change it for new features... So then it's:

    "ok, I've done it once, I can do it again, let's grab some coffee and let's find out how and why does this work"

    but I learn, I change the comment, put it on multiple lines, hopping that I'll understand it next time I'll come back in that part of the code...
     
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  9. greyTiger

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    Was not thinking code reviews, but more along the lines of possible additions or changes that would improve a mod. Or perhaps missed opportunities. etc
     
    greyTiger, Nov 8, 2017
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