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The_J · Jul 1, 2009

I've found the problem. It's something, which, i guess, really confuses every modder.

You have

PHP:

	<Button>,Modules/Ashanti/Art/Drumstation.dds</Button>

The comma at the beginning is the reason for the crash.
If you have only one button without an Atlas, don't use a comma.
No idea, why it happens, but it happens.

hockeyrox38 · Jul 1, 2009

Thanks! I thought it would be something really simple like that :lol:

Thijssietjuh · Jul 14, 2009

I have a question, how can you add the leader of another Civ to your Civ? And how can you change his/her name? For example, if I want to add Washington to my Civ?

And is it possible to change the background of a leader to the background of another leader? Or is that very hard to do?

The_J · Jul 14, 2009

Add leader to existing civ:
In the XML\Civilizations\CivilizationsInfos.xml is an entry

PHP:

<Leaders>
				<Leader>
					<LeaderName>LEADER_WASHINGTON</LeaderName>
					<bLeaderAvailability>1</bLeaderAvailability>
				</Leader>
				<Leader>
					<LeaderName>LEADER_FRANKLIN_ROOSEVELT</LeaderName>
					<bLeaderAvailability>1</bLeaderAvailability>
				</Leader>
				<Leader>
					<LeaderName>LEADER_LINCOLN</LeaderName>
					<bLeaderAvailability>1</bLeaderAvailability>
				</Leader>
			</Leaders>

You can there just add every leader from the game.

Change the name: Look at the xml files in the XML\Text folder, and search there in the files for TXT_KEY_LEADER_theleadername, and change it there.

Change the background: In Art\XML\ArtDefines_Leaderheads.xml is an entry for BackgroundKFM. Just paste the entry there from the other leader to your leader.

Thijssietjuh · Jul 15, 2009

I made a Civilization but when I tried to load the Mod it gave four errors...

Can somebody help?

The_J · Jul 15, 2009

If you post the errors here...

Brian Blessed · Aug 25, 2009

Hey,

I'd been quietly reading this tutorial and making slow, but steady progress, when today things went badly wrong. My previously rusty, but working, mod will not load up anymore. Civ4 itself loads fine, but when I run the mod within it the loading far fills until it reaches the XML (uncached) section, then crashes with the generic "Civ4 has experienced a fatal error...do you wish to report this" spiel.

I've had a look through the art files, which all seem to conform (and many were working before) and a search through the XML files I have been modifying for commas, unfinished tags, etc. Nothing. I know that the Art for my leaderhead and civilization buttons had been working before, though the art for my UU had not been.

I've attempted to retrace my steps to a period before it crashed, without success. I know I was working on trying to get my flag visible - as the previous version had somehow saved with white in the alpha window. I'd also been attempting to get the Civopedia to display my UU name, even though the UU itself (with its somewhat unbalanced powers) is there.

The mod has been made within the BtS folder, generally using files from there. It has many mistakes which I don't mind working through at my own pace. What I can't bear, however, is to not be able to test the mod without being sure why.

Can anyone throw some light on the situation?

The_J · Aug 25, 2009

Welcome to CFC

.

Does your civ with leaderhead, UU and UB appear in the civilopedia?
Do all these entries work?

What i see:

PHP:

<Unit>
					<UnitClassType>UNITCLASS_SWORDSMAN</UnitClassType>
					<UnitType>UNIT_SWORDSMAN UNIT_SOLDIER</UnitType>
				</Unit>

I guess, the space in the unit definition is a problem, i would change that.

Brian Blessed · Aug 26, 2009

Thanks for the welcome!

Well, previously the Civ came up perfectly in the civilopedia, as did the leaderhead. Only the UU was broken, coming up with just the picture of the Swordsman (the modified unit) and the name Swordsman, though it recognised it as a separate unit to the normal swordsman, and recognised its abilities.

Unfortunately, changing the detail you mentioned makes no impact upon the fact the mod crashes before it loads, without offering an explanation as to why or where the error is.

I would have assumed that something was wrong with one of the Art files to get this message, as previous errors in the XML have usually brought up an error message explaining the position and type of error. I am at a loss as to why this should be the case though.

The_J · Aug 26, 2009

You're right, it's an art problem.
I don't know, why i've missed it :confused:

.

The problem with your unit is, that it's not a unit, it's a button.
To explain, what to do:
You've got the leaderhead to work. You've created an entry in the leaderheadinfos -> right. You've linked the entry in the leaderhadinfos with an enty in the ArtDefines_Leaderheads.xml with this: ART_DEF_LEADER_PresidentShinra.

You need to to the same thing with the unit.
In the unitInfos, if you look at the swordsman, it's linked to an enty in the ArtDefines_units.xml, ART_DEF_UNIT_SWORDSMAN.
In your unitinfos, instead of this link there's the entry for the button.
-> Create an entry for your unit in the ArtDefines_units.xml (search for a fitting unit in the forum here), and mention the ART_DEF_ -tag in the UnitInfos.xml.

Brian Blessed · Aug 27, 2009

Problem found, and corrected! Much obliged The_J! I now have my mod back up and running, and can begin correcting mistakes again! I would never have thought to look for that file. To be honest, I didn't even realise from the tutorial that I needed to make a new copy of it.

Thanks again!

Alarconte · Sep 6, 2009

I have done all the tutorial, (except the UU, I left the original one for the moment)

The compiler when executing my mod has this problem:

the gametext file, crashes in line 1,1:
'cause this first line:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

I see that others textfiles of others modes has diferentes "encondings".

What type of problem is that?

EDIT: I supposse is better to have <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 'cause is more like the BTS texts (I'm making the mod for BTS), but don't work also.

Thanks ^^

PD: My civ don't appear in game at all (nor civpedia).. .I assume that doesn't compiled correctly at all 'cause the gametext xml.

Alarconte · Sep 6, 2009

WELL. xD I fixed the gametxt.xml doing the same thing did by some first posters of the thread. I simply change the content of the txt to another txt, and magically worked.

But now I have a bunch of problems. (I edited all the files and included the art, well, I suposse.)

When I start the main menu, in the Civilopedia, there is EMPTY of ANY civilization. The civilization pedia menu is in blank.

And the new liders don't appear.

When I try to engage a new game, If I pick in any civilization, the game crashes.

Any help?

The_J · Sep 6, 2009

Alarconte said:
When I start the main menu, in the Civilopedia, there is EMPTY of ANY civilization. The civilization pedia menu is in blank.

You've forgotten somewhere in your text xml to add the languages in the right order/forgot to add one language (the one you're playing).
It always has to be:

PHP:

<TEXT>
		<Tag>TXT_KEY_BLA</Tag>
		<English>bla</English>
		<French>bla</French>
		<German>bla</German>
		<Italian>bla</Italian>
		<Spanish>bla</Spanish>
	</TEXT>

If in one TXT_KEY the language you're playing is missing, the whole text can disappear.

Alarconte · Sep 6, 2009

Thanks for the advice, but I din't commited this error, as I see:

Spoiler :

I'm not capable of determining where is the error, but all the civPedia has being corrupted (in the mod) and no one civ works.

You can see any major error?

a lot of thanks ^_^

The_J · Sep 7, 2009

Can't really see a problem.

But what you could check: The ñ is a special symbol (not standard ASCII). For the test, take it out, and see, if that does something.

Alarconte · Sep 7, 2009

Thanks, I actually test this the first time; Actually there is no "ñ" in the gametex.xml, or the text of the post. The forum automatically has translated ?42524: (or the symbol it was) to a ñ.

The problem exactly is:

No civs in Civipedia.
The most things of civipedia has no text inside his article, only the image.
No new liders.
When try to select a new civ in standard game, the game crashes.

I will try working a lot changing the gametxt file....

The_J · Sep 7, 2009

mmhh...can't understand it.

What was the last thing you did/what are you doing? The civ itself, the leaderhead, the UU/UB?

Another thing comes to my mind: Are the python exceptions turned on?
If not: Please activate them, and post the error.

How to activate: Go to My Documents\My Games\BtS\Civilization4.ini, open it with wordpad/notepad (rightclick, open with...), search for "python". You'll get this:

PHP:

; Set to 1 for no python exception popups
HidePythonExceptions = 1

Change the value to 0.

Alarconte · Sep 7, 2009

Here is the work to date, hope someone can check it and tellme if is a magical problem like the misterious cases of changing the gametext.xml... or I failed drastically somewhere.

I'm posting the error screen and editing the post, please wait...

The erros are... (In Civilizations - Civpedia)

traceback (most recent call last)...

File "CvScreenInterface", line 206 in PediaMain
File "CvPediaMain", line 873, in pediajump
File "CvPediaMain", line 244 in showscreen
File "CvPediaMain", line 517 in placecivs

runtime error, unendifitable C++ exception.

The mod never works, I want to say that I finished the last step of your post (without unit/building modification yet, I left the originals) and try if it works.

The_J · Sep 8, 2009

Should this be a modular civilization?
Or did you only upload your changed entries?

A problem i see:
You've added the buttons in the style, which all the other entries have, so like

PHP:

	<Button>,Art/Interface/Buttons/Units/Lion.dds,Art/Interface/Buttons/Unit_Resource_Atlas.dds,6,5</Button>

you did

PHP:

<Button>,Art/Interface/Buttons/Civilizations/Republican_spain_button.dds</Button>

and there's the problem.
If you mention only one button (like you did), you must not add the comma at the beginnig.
Remove the comma in the art definitions for your civilization and your leaderheads, and report, what happens (can't try it out atm, sorry).

And yes, that's confusing, and it really confuses everybody.

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a lot of thanks ^_^