Modmodding Q&A Thread

[Leoreth]

How do I change the year that the game officially ends?

And what is the DoC equivalent of CIVIV_Game_Text_Objects_BTS.xml?

I think either the ending turn or year is set in the scenario files.

What does that XML file do? If it's just a text file, it doesn't matter where you but the text keys in that folder.

 

[Sanguivorant]

Okay, thanks.

I have other questions if you do not mind answering them.

Is there a way to make it so that making an improvement gives you that tile culturally?

If I want to make a unique power that gives me bonus commerce based on how many cities have a certain state religion, how do I go about doing that?

Is there a way to lock a certain set of civics on a civilization?

Also, how can I allow just one civilization to survive without it having a city, and the only condition to destroying it is to remove all its units from the game?

 

[Leoreth]

Okay, thanks.

I have other questions if you do not mind answering them.

Is there a way to make it so that making an improvement gives you that tile culturally?

Sure, but I couldn't say how right now.

If I want to make a unique power that gives me bonus commerce based on how many cities have a certain state religion, how do I go about doing that?

CvPlayer::calculateTotalCommerce(), iterate through all cities and count which of those have your state religion, then add it to the result.

Is there a way to lock a certain set of civics on a civilization?

Not sure what you mean by that, but CvPlayer::canDoCivics() is probably the right place.

Also, how can I allow just one civilization to survive without it having a city, and the only condition to destroying it is to remove all its units from the game?

Not sure, but there's a game option for that. I suggest tracing it back in the code and then use the same place it is implemented. Maybe you can even reuse that code.

 

[Sanguivorant]

Are the Cvplayer parts in the Python?

 

[Leoreth]

Nope, DLL.

 

[merijn_v1]

Is there a way to make it so that making an improvement gives you that tile culturally?

The Super Forts modcomp does something like that.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=17822

 

[Sanguivorant]

For some reason I am unable to see the FlagDecal of any civ. When I look at it through the DDS viewer, I just get a white screen. How can I see the FlagDecal so that I can change it?

 

[citis]

How od I edit colours? I found where the primary colour is defined, but there should be a place where the exact colour's proportions are defined. Moreover, where do I define secondary colours?

 

[Leoreth]

For some reason I am unable to see the FlagDecal of any civ. When I look at it through the DDS viewer, I just get a white screen. How can I see the FlagDecal so that I can change it?

The flag decal is an alpha map, not a color map. Maybe you're editing the DDS with a tool that doesn't show alpha maps? I suggest using DXTBmp.

How od I edit colours? I found where the primary colour is defined, but there should be a place where the exact colour's proportions are defined. Moreover, where do I define secondary colours?

Every civilization has a "player color" that is defined in CIV4CivilizationInfos.xml. A player color consists of three colors: primary, secondary, text. Both can be edited in the XML files in the Interface folder.

 

[citis]

Thank you, and where do I define the colours themselves. For example where is dark_lemon colour defined? How much red, green and blue?

 

[Leoreth]

As I said, the XML files that govern that are in the interface folder. ColorVals.xml or something.

 

[srpt]

I'm getting these errors (in my Canada DoC mod):

Spoiler :

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "BugEventManager", line 400, in _handleDefaultEvent
File "CvRFCEventHandler", line 184, in onCityAcquired
File "Stability", line 72, in onCityAcquired
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'changeConqueredCities'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "BugEventManager", line 400, in _handleDefaultEvent
File "CvRFCEventHandler", line 823, in onChangeWar
File "Stability", line 109, in onChangeWar
File "StoredData", line 253, in removeWarStatus
KeyError: 37
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "BugEventManager", line 400, in _handleDefaultEvent
File "CvRFCEventHandler", line 823, in onChangeWar
File "Stability", line 109, in onChangeWar
File "StoredData", line 253, in removeWarStatus
KeyError: 36

I'm confused because lWarStatus should automatically increment to iNumPlayers right?

 

[Leoreth]

I feel like I still have a problem maintaining the WarStatus objects in general, so that might not actually be related to your modmod.

 

[mrrandomplayer]

I'm editing Python files of a copied and renamed version of the most recent SVN revision, but whenever I try to save the python files, it won't let me because:

I/O Error
[Errno 13]Permission denied: "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Firaxis Games\\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\\Beyond the Sword\\Mods\\RFC Dawn of Decolonization\\Assets\Python\\Consts.py"

 

[Novicenoble]

Did you tried with administrator authorization?

 

[andrewv42]

Is it possible to download the source files for the CvGameCore.dll of the current version of DoC? I want to add some new buildings to the mod and I'm trying to avoid downloading the SVN version.

 

[Leoreth]

The SVN repository is where they are, though. Why don't you want to use it?

If it's just the amount of data, you can append "/CvGameCoreDLL" to the URL to only download the source code folder. If you intend to mod 1.11, make sure to update to the right revision to avoid incompatibility problems.

 

[andrewv42]

I'll just download the SVN then. I was afraid that some of the newer features wouldn't be balanced.

 

[Leoreth]

Well as I said, you can roll back the SVN to any arbitrary state including 1.11, if you want.

But I would say current SVN is as good as 1.11 in terms of balance.

 

[mrrandomplayer]

Did you tried with administrator authorization?

Yeah, that's probably where the problem is. I'm going to see what happens if I edit any non Civ 4 Python files.