Modding game turns.

[nokmirt]

If I wanted to start my game the first week of August, 1942. Then have each turn be a week thereafter. How would I do that with xml?

 

[nokmirt]

I guess there is no way to do this. Oh well I tried. Just one more thing I miss about Civ IV.

 

[DoctorMcGann]

Are you sure there's not a way? Doesn't R.E.D. WWII do something like that? You might just have to make a special gamespeed or something.

 

[nokmirt]

Are you sure there's not a way? Doesn't R.E.D. WWII do something like that? You might just have to make a special gamespeed or something.

I am not sure. I may download it to see.

 

[Gedemon]

I've coded my own in RED and use an override in TopPanel.lua to display mine instead of civ5 calendar.

IIRC, the following should be enough:

this at the beginning of the file, before function UpdateData() (You can add or remove days in dayList to fit your game speed.)

g_Calendar = {}
local monthList = { "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" }
local dayList = { "1", "5", "10", "15", "20", "25" }
local turn = 0
for year = 1939, 1946 do -- see large
	for month = 1, #monthList do
		for day = 1, #dayList do
			local bStart = (month >= 7 and year == 1939) -- Start date = july, 1st 1939
			if bStart or (year > 1939) then
				local numMonth, numDay
				if month < 10 then numMonth = "0"..month; else numMonth = month; end
				if tonumber(dayList[day]) < 10 then numDay = "0"..dayList[day]; else numDay = dayList[day]; end
				g_Calendar[turn] = { Text = monthList[month] .. " " .. dayList[day] .. ", " .. year, Number = tonumber(year..numMonth..numDay)}
				turn = turn + 1
			end		
		end
	end
end

and this at the end of the UpdateData() function (just before the 2 closing "end")

		local realDate = g_Calendar[Game.GetGameTurn()].Text or "You should really end this war now !"
		Controls.CurrentDate:SetText(realDate)

edit: but the savegames will still show the civ5 calendar, you'll need more works to fix that.

 

[nokmirt]

I've coded my own in RED and use an override in TopPanel.lua to display mine instead of civ5 calendar.

Thank you Gedemon. I will try it out. Quite interesting. Although I am lost about how to implement this code.

 

[nokmirt]

I posted this code. It didn't work so I must have something fouled up. Do I have to use the whole TopPanel.lua file?

-- Lua Script1
-- Author: nokmirt
-- DateCreated: 5/5/2015 2:58:40 PM
--------------------------------------------------------------

-- Update date
g_Calendar = {}
local monthList = { "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" }
local dayList = { "1", "7", "14", "21", "28", }
local turn = 0
for year = 1939, 1946 do -- see large
	for month = 1, #monthList do
		for day = 1, #dayList do
			local bStart = (month >= 7 and day ==7 and year == 1942) -- Start date = august, 7th 1942
			if bStart or (year > 1939) then
				local numMonth, numDay
				if month < 10 then numMonth = "0"..month; else numMonth = month; end
				if tonumber(dayList[day]) < 10 then numDay = "0"..dayList[day]; else numDay = dayList[day]; end
				g_Calendar[turn] = { Text = monthList[month] .. " " .. dayList[day] .. ", " .. year, Number = tonumber(year..numMonth..numDay)}
				turn = turn + 1
			end		
		end
	end
end
                local date = Game.GetTurnString();
		Controls.CurrentDate:SetText(date);
                local realDate = g_Calendar[Game.GetGameTurn()].Text or "You should really end this war now !"
		Controls.CurrentDate:SetText(realDate)
	end
end

function OnTopPanelDirty()
	UpdateData();
end

I tried taking this out which did not work.

                local date = Game.GetTurnString();
		Controls.CurrentDate:SetText(date);

 

[Nutty]

Do I have to use the whole TopPanel.lua file?

That's the method Gedemon is describing, yes. Get a copy of TopPanel.lua from your game installation [for BNW, in Assets\DLC\Expansion2\UI\InGame], make the edits, then add it to your mod, VFS=true. It must be named TopPanel.lua. You don't need to set an entry point since you're just doing a wholesale replacement of the game file.

 

[nokmirt]

That's the method Gedemon is describing, yes. Get a copy of TopPanel.lua from your game installation [for BNW, in Assets\DLC\Expansion2\UI\InGame], make the edits, then add it to your mod, VFS=true. It must be named TopPanel.lua. You don't need to set an entry point since you're just doing a wholesale replacement of the game file.

Okay thanks. I got it just need to make a few turn adjustments.

 

[nokmirt]

I just wanted to add this code as a reference for anyone wanting to use it. Add this to TopPanel.lua.

-- Update date
g_Calendar = {}
local monthList = { "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" }
local dayList = { "1", "7", "14", "21", "28" }
local turn = 0
for year = 1939, 1946 do -- see large
	for month = 1, #monthList do
		for day = 1, #dayList do
			local bStart = (month >= 8 and year == 1942) -- Start date = august, 1st 1942
			if bStart or (year > 1946) then
				local numMonth, numDay
				if month < 10 then numMonth = month; else numMonth = month; end
				if tonumber(dayList[day]) < 10 then numDay = dayList[day]; else numDay = dayList[day]; end
				g_Calendar[turn] = { Text = monthList[month] .. " " .. dayList[day] .. ", " .. year, Number = tonumber(year..numMonth..numDay)}
				turn = turn + 1
			end		
		end
	end
end
                local date = Game.GetTurnString();
		Controls.CurrentDate:SetText(date);
                local realDate = g_Calendar[Game.GetGameTurn()].Text or "You should really end this war now !"
		Controls.CurrentDate:SetText(realDate)
	end
end

function OnTopPanelDirty()
	UpdateData();
end