Questions & Answers

[Baldyr]

That other comma isn't necessary but I doubt it is causing you any issues either:

(iShaka, iZara_Yaqob[COLOR="Red"],[/COLOR]),

Other than that, I couldn't see anything obvious wrong with those entries. Perhaps someone else has an idea?

edit: Oh yeah, could you perhaps attach the leaderhead infos file or whatever it is where the leaders themselves are defined in the XML? Because the Shaka entry must be in the right spot between Saladin and Sitting Bull...

 

[Gruekiller]

One way seems to be not installing CivIV in the default programs or whatever folder. That way Windows doesn't care about you messing with the files.

Where exactly should I put it? Right now it's under C: > Program Files (x86) > 2K Games.

 

[Baldyr]

Try putting it directly under C: then, and bypass the Program Files folder. At least I've heard this should do the trick, but it should also be possible to run the OS with admin rights and thus be allowed to edit the contents of that folder. I wouldn't know how to do that however, since I'm running an XP system.

 

[Gruekiller]

You think I could just copy-paste the whole thing to C? Or would I have to reinstall it?

 

[Baldyr]

Reinstall. You might wanna uninstall first though.

 

[Gruekiller]

Huh. I can keep the save files, right?

 

[Baldyr]

Back up any files you wanna keep. But the save files are in documents\games\bts\saves\ or something.

And don't take my word on any of this - I've only read about the hardships of W7 users - I'm not one myself. I'm just filling in while the people who know this stuff take their time to get here.

 

[Gruekiller]

Thanks for the help any way.

 

[Dumanios]

That other comma isn't necessary but I doubt it is causing you any issues either:

(iShaka, iZara_Yaqob[COLOR="Red"],[/COLOR]),

Other than that, I couldn't see anything obvious wrong with those entries. Perhaps someone else has an idea?

edit: Oh yeah, could you perhaps attach the leaderhead infos file or whatever it is where the leaders themselves are defined in the XML? Because the Shaka entry must be in the right spot between Saladin and Sitting Bull...

Removed the extra comma doesn't solve my problem. Shaka's entry is, however, in the right place.

 

[Baldyr]

Dumanios, are you positive that you're modding the correct files? You could add a debug message at the bottom of the Consts module:

print "Ethiopian leaders: " + str(tLeaders[9][0]) + ", " + str(tLeaders[9][1])

If the message "Ethiopian leaders: 42, 52" appears in \My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\Logs\PythonDbg.log then you at least know that the game has recognized your changes. If not, you might not have the proper administrator rights to edit anything in your Program Files folder, or something. (See Gruekiller's issue in the same thread.)

Note however that you might have to enable logging in the CivilizationIV.ini file in order to get that debug message printed into the log.

 

[WNxPowder]

what do i do if the civilization auto-name isnt working ex.(everyone is [there name] empire)

 

[Ready_set_go]

What does loading an autosave that saved during auto-play do?

 

[Baldyr]

What does loading an autosave that saved during auto-play do?

Auto saves are just the same with auto-play than otherwise. Try loading one and you'll see that you jump in during the auto-play sequence.

 

[Linkman226]

How does one change the Conquerors event so it can happen earlier?

 

[Baldyr]

According to this line of code the event is active from game turn 182:

                if (gc.getGame().getGameTurn() < con.i1800AD and gc.getGame().getGameTurn() [B]> 181[/B]): #>181 necessary, must be later than the game initialization

How early were you thinking? Because the types of units probably wouldn't match.

 

[Linkman226]

In my last game, most of Europe had Optics by 1200.

So it gets slightly annoying just sitting around slightly off the coast of the Americas, for another century.

 

[Linkman226]

Also, why does razing cities/ trading them away/ granting independence cause permanent instability? Could it be changed so that, at the very least, giving cities away only incurs instability if the recipient is not a vassal?

Because doesn't that defeat the point of a vassal in RFC? Vassals are normally used as city eaters for expanding outside of your historical zone, so wouldn't it be better if we could grant them cities without instability?

 

[Ready_set_go]

Assigning Cities to Vassals?

Short hand, how do you do it, do you need to be able to "Liberate it to them?"

I'm Rome, captured a German city, and want to give it to Russia.

 

[Linkman226]

Assigning Cities to Vassals?

Short hand, how do you do it, do you need to be able to "Liberate it to them?"

I'm Rome, captured a German city, and want to give it to Russia.

One way is to talk to the vassal and just gift them the city on the trade screen. It should say 'Liberate' in parentheses next to the city name if it counts as a liberation. The other option is to go the domestic advisor (the one with the list of your cities) and press the fist icon in the bottom right. This will give you a list of options on liberating cities.

Of course, I'm pretty sure you can't liberate revolting cities, unless they have a certain percentage of the culture of the vassal you're gifting it to.

 

[hoplitejoe]

i think the city needs to be in a certain area i.e. the incas will only take south American city's