.modinfo structure

I've tried changing the code there by hard-coding self.iDefaultNumberMinor to 20 and it made no difference--you can set it to a *lower* number and that seems to work, but I want to set it to a higher number. If you look above at:

self.iNumMinorCivs = PlayerManager.GetAliveMinorsCount();

PlayerManager seems to have already determined the maximum number of minor civs by that point, always to 1.5*number of players actually in the game.

 

Yeah, you're right. All that part of AssignStartingPlots is doing is getting the default values to use later for determination of luxury spreading and the like, apparently. None of the UI seem to allow you to set the number of city-states, and the game seems to determine the hidden * 1.5 in the game core and then just reports the number assigned based on the data sent out to the playermanager system after the numbers are determined.

I mean there are no sliders like there were in civ5 to set the number of city-states like there was for Advanced Set-up in Civ5.

 

I updated the AssignStartingPlots.lua and that made no impact on the City States.

 

@PlotinusRedux pointed out my error in thinking this was where the 'override' was occuring. But it appears to be coming from the playermanager system which just seems to be hardwired to create 1.5x CS as there are Major Players actually within a game.

Posts 61, 62, and 63 wherein I am feasting a little on crow

 

Has anyone tried using the ModArt, UpdateAudio, UpdateARX components of the ModInfo yet?

 

Anyone know if we're able to set a specific database update to only run if a specific ruleset is selected? I've a few tests but none successfully at this point. Would be sad if that was beyond the capabilities of the .modinfo file.

 

Ok, thanks. I'll check out your .modinfo file to see what I'm doing wrong.

 

Thanks, I figured it out. I had <Ruleset> instead of <RuleSet>

 

That's important to know, really. Civ5 did not actually care about column capitalizations. I think it also did not care about table-name capitalizations. I know at least it did not care whether you stated <LANGUAGE_EN_US> or the more conventional presentation of <Language_en_US>, but I don't remember that I ever tried any of the other tablenames.

<Row>, <Update>, <Replace>, <Delete> etc have always required correct upper/lower case usage

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Or was the capitalization issue in the modinfo file? because that might act differently to actual xml files re case sensitivity.

 

The capitalization issue was in the modinfo file...I didn't actually test column capitalization in a database file so it may still be the way Civ V was for all I know.

 

All right, I'm running into another issue. I've attempted to create several different text files to correspond to different rulesets, like so:

Code:

<Components>
        <UpdateDatabase id="TCS_DEFAULT_COMPONENT">
            <Items>
                <File>Data/Default/BuffedYields_Default.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Default/Buildings_Default.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Default/Districts_Default.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Default/Policies_Default.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Default/Misc_Default.xml</File>
            </Items>
        </UpdateDatabase>
        <UpdateDatabase id="RULESET_ENHANCED">
            <Properties>
                <RuleSet>RULESET_ENHANCED</RuleSet>
            </Properties>
            <Items>
                <File>Data/Enhanced/GreatWorks_Enhanced.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Enhanced/Improvements_Enhanced.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Enhanced/Policies_Enhanced.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Enhanced/Units_Enhanced.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Enhanced/Misc_Enhanced.xml</File>
            </Items>
        </UpdateDatabase>
        <UpdateDatabase id="RULESET_COMPLETE">
            <Properties>
                <RuleSet>RULESET_COMPLETE</RuleSet>
            </Properties>
            <Items>
                <File>Data/Enhanced/GreatWorks_Enhanced.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Enhanced/Improvements_Enhanced.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Enhanced/Policies_Enhanced.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Enhanced/Units_Enhanced.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Enhanced/Misc_Enhanced.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Complete/Units_Complete.xml</File>
                <File>Data/Complete/UnitAbilities_Complete.xml</File>
            </Items>
        </UpdateDatabase>
        <LocalizedText id="TCS_DEFAULT_COMPONENT">
            <Items>
                <File>Text/Default_Text.xml</File>
            </Items>
        </LocalizedText>
        <LocalizedText id="RULESET_ENHANCED">
            <Items>
                <File>Text/Enhanced_Text.xml</File>
            </Items>
        </LocalizedText>
        <LocalizedText id="RULESET_COMPLETE">
            <Items>
                <File>Text/Enhanced_Text.xml</File>
                <File>Text/Complete_Text.xml</File>
            </Items>
        </LocalizedText>
    </Components>

The config file is set up correctly as I can select the different rulesets from the dropdown menu. However, the Complete_Text.xml file always loads regardless of which ruleset I select in addition to some (not all) of the entries in the other two text files. There are no other Database log errors. The Modding log shows this:

Code:

Status: Applying Component - TCS_DEFAULT_COMPONENT
[2455346.588] Status: Creating database save point.
[2455346.588] Status: UpdateDatabase - Loading Data/Default/BuffedYields_Default.xml
[2455346.596] Status: UpdateDatabase - Loading Data/Default/Buildings_Default.xml
[2455346.597] Status: UpdateDatabase - Loading Data/Default/Districts_Default.xml
[2455346.598] Status: UpdateDatabase - Loading Data/Default/Policies_Default.xml
[2455346.599] Status: UpdateDatabase - Loading Data/Default/Misc_Default.xml
[2455346.599] Status: Successfully released save point.
[2455346.599] Status: Applied component to game.
[2455346.600] Status: Applying Component - RULESET_ENHANCED
[2455346.600] Status: Creating database save point.
[2455346.600] Status: UpdateDatabase - Loading Data/Enhanced/GreatWorks_Enhanced.xml
[2455346.601] Status: UpdateDatabase - Loading Data/Enhanced/Improvements_Enhanced.xml
[2455346.602] Status: UpdateDatabase - Loading Data/Enhanced/Policies_Enhanced.xml
[2455346.604] Status: UpdateDatabase - Loading Data/Enhanced/Units_Enhanced.xml
[2455346.605] Status: UpdateDatabase - Loading Data/Enhanced/Misc_Enhanced.xml
[2455346.605] Status: Successfully released save point.
[2455346.605] Status: Applied component to game.
[2455346.605] Status: Applying Component - TCS_DEFAULT_COMPONENT
[2455346.606] Status: Creating database save point.
[2455346.606] Status: LocalizedText - Loading Text/Default_Text.xml
[2455346.608] Status: Successfully released save point.
[2455346.608] Status: Applied component to game.
[2455346.609] Status: Applying Component - RULESET_ENHANCED
[2455346.609] Status: Creating database save point.
[2455346.609] Status: LocalizedText - Loading Text/Enhanced_Text.xml
[2455346.610] Status: Successfully released save point.
[2455346.610] Status: Applied component to game.
[2455346.611] Status: Applying Component - RULESET_COMPLETE
[2455346.611] Status: Creating database save point.
[2455346.611] Status: LocalizedText - Loading Text/Enhanced_Text.xml
[2455346.612] Status: LocalizedText - Loading Text/Complete_Text.xml
[2455346.613] Status: Successfully released save point.
[2455346.613] Status: Applied component to game.
[2455346.650] Status: Modding Framework - Finished Apply Components
[2455346.650] Status: Applied all components of enabled mods.

So the ruleset database updates are loading as I want, but ALL of the localization updates are loading no matter which ruleset I select. Is this standard behavior?

 

As for the localized text files, I think I might know your issue.
You're doing it like this:

Code:

<LocalizedText id="RULESET_ENHANCED">
           <Items>
                <File>Text/Enhanced_Text.xml</File>
            </Items>
</LocalizedText>

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you need to add this before <Items>

Code:

<Properties>
                <RuleSet>RULESET_ENHANCED</RuleSet>
</Properties>

 

@NerdByFate You're absolutely correct. I need to take a break.

 

Can you upload a copy of the actual Buildings_Default.xml file ?

You might have problems with the code within the file or your might have inadvertently gotten hidden characters attached to the file.

Also, check you did not accidently create a mismatch between the file name and the way the file is referrred to within the modinfo file (I did this a few times in Civ5 before I learned me better and it drove me crazy figuring out why my file wasn't even loading).

 

I actually figured that out...I had a stray </Update> buried on line 543 or something. Thanks for offering to help though!

 

Just to be sure i didn't miss an important announcement (and because the discussion arose in another thread), did anybody manage to load Lua gameplay script when a game is loaded?
Last time i checked gameplay scripts only worked on newly created games but not after loading a saved game and nobody knew why or how to load them correctly with a saved game, VFS apparently ignored those when loading a game.