Pyre Zombies not exploding?

[Sciz]

I haven't had this mod for so long, so today I tried out Sheaim for the first time. I beelined for Pyre Zombie since they seemed awesome because of their explosion-when-they-die thing. Got around 10 Pyre Zombies and attacked my neighbor, the Amurites. Started with attacking a city, but not a single PZ exploded. Do they only explode when they're defending? Or is it just random if they explode or not? Because if it's just random i must've gotten very unlucky to not get one explosion after 10 tries.

 

[rvarnell]

They explode when they die. Did any die?

PS - its weird that a zombie explodes when it dies, since I assume that it had to be dead to become a zombie. But I digress...

 

[[to_xp]Gekko]

it's a bug in the current version, will be fixed.

 

[avalonnn]

does that bug explain why the Sons of Asena _were_ exploding?

 

[Angrenost]

Fix:
CIV4UnitInfos.xml , row 13169
move this line

<PythonPostCombatLost>postCombatExplode(pCaster,pOpponent</PythonPostCombatLost>

up to row 12934:

        </DamageTypeCombats>
        <PythonPostCombatLost>postCombatExplode(pCaster,pOpponent</PythonPostCombatLost>
    </UnitInfo>
    <UnitInfo>
        <Class>UNITCLASS_AXEMAN</Class>
        <Type>UNIT_SONS_OF_ASENA</Type>

So take it away from Sons of Asena and give back to Pyre Zombies.

 

[Sciz]

Thanks, I did that, but they still don't explode. And yes, they're dying. Ten of my Pyre Zombies all wiped out by three fortified archers in an Amurite city, no explosions whatsoever. Do i have to start a new game for these promotions to take effect?

And yes I saved the .xml file after editing it. Maybe I just did it wrong? I removed it from that line, and added it to under </DamageTypeCombats> at the bottom of the Pyre Zombie info. Just above axeman/sons of asena.

EDIT: Nevermind, found an edited XML in the bug thread which fixed it, I was just doing it wrong I guess.

But I might as well ask another thing while i'm at it. I accidentally deleted my FFH2 shortcut a few weeks ago. From the wastebin as well. So now i have to first load BtS, then load the mod through it, which is kinda annoying. Is there anywhere I can download just the shortcut for the game?

 

[Pickly]

I'm not sure how you make the icon look right, but to create a shortcut that loads it directly:

1. On the desktop (at least in Windows XP, other systems may work differently), right click, go to new, create a new short cut.

2. Right clikc the shortcut, go to properties.

3. One of the properties, if you look through, should be "Target" with a line you can type in. Type:

(folder path to Beyond the Sword)\Civ4BeyondSword.exe" mod="\(insert mod here)"

This should load the mod directly.