Quick Modding Questions Thread

How do you get a graphical effect to continually loop?? (I feel like it should be obvious...)

 

No, wait, I know how to do it. In CvEventManager there is a function called "update" that you can put looping/constant things in. So a looping graphical effect could be done by putting triggerEffect in update().

Edit: it seems that the function you should use is onGameUpdate()

 

Hi Zeta,

In my modding of ROM AND2 I would like to do exactly the same thing what you've mentioned in this post. I have done the TechIcon size, TechName position and TechPanel button positions so far.

Have you found the way of widening TechPanels in this mode? I would like to do roughly 1.5x wide on each (same size on all).
By the way, I would increase the text font size as well a bit.
Can you (or anyone) help me?

 

Hi all, can somebody tell me what this python error log means..? I

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "CvScreensInterface", line 442, in pediaMain
File "SevoPediaMain", line 263, in pediaJump
File "SevoPediaMain", line 322, in showContents
File "SevoPediaMain", line 552, in placeNationalWonders
File "SevoPediaMain", line 834, in placeItems
RuntimeError: unidentifiable C++ exception
ERR: Python function pediaMain failed, module CvScreensInterface

 

Where can I find and edit the text marked with yellow?

 

Actually I have totally forgot about it.
I tried it this morning but with only partial success (increased the tech icon size but it covers tech name and unblockable content).
Can you share your file, your changes?

 

I looked at my versions of SevoPedia but the line numbers don't line up. It usually means there is something wrong with what is being displayed. It is probably not a wrong sized icon or two items with the same name, as those cause other problems. I would need to see that python module (SevoPediaMain.py) to be able to help more.

 

Hi, heres main.py if you really have time to check this error cause pedia not working (building and techs) and trying to use it will crash game.. also if try to star game it will open without UI.

 

Hi Zeta,

There is a good news, I finished completely my TechTree (see uploaded CvTechChooser.py file and some pics).

I used Note++.

1. TechName
Line 417: (szTechID, szTechRecord, szTechString, CvUtil.FONT_LEFT_JUSTIFY, iX + 6 + X_INCREMENT*2, iY + 6, -0.1, FontTypes.SMALL_FONT, WidgetTypes.WIDGET_TECH_TREE, i, -1)
Line 1146: (szTechID, sPanel, szTechString, CvUtil.FONT_LEFT_JUSTIFY, iX + 6 + X_INCREMENT*2, iY + 6, -0.1, FontTypes.SMALL_FONT, WidgetTypes.WIDGET_TECH_TREE, i, -1)

2. TechIcon size & TechName positioning
Line 422: (szTechButtonID, szTechRecord, gc.getTechInfo(i).getButton(), iX + 6, iY + 6, TEXTURE_SIZE*2, TEXTURE_SIZE*2, WidgetTypes.WIDGET_TECH_TREE, i, -1, False)
Line 1146: (szTechID, sPanel, szTechString, CvUtil.FONT_LEFT_JUSTIFY, iX + 6 + X_INCREMENT*2, iY + 6, -0.1, FontTypes.SMALL_FONT, WidgetTypes.WIDGET_TECH_TREE, i, -1)

3. TechPanel button positions
Line 425: (screen, i, X_START+ X_INCREMENT*2, iX, iY - 3, szTechRecord)

4. TechPanel lenghtening
Line 107, 256, 263, 267, 1079, 1084: BOX_INCREMENT_WIDTH = 30

5. I changed the colours of all era and the colour of selecting requested tech.
If you don't like my style, just ignore this part or you can adjust the numbers in RGB system:

Line 373: (szTechRecord, 255, 255, 0) - yellow for current research
Line 376: (szTechRecord, 255, 0, 0) - red for researching tech

Line 383: (szTechRecord, 96, 42, 30) - Ancient
Line 386: (szTechRecord, 50, 55, 2) - Classical
Line 389: (szTechRecord, 0, 96, 18) - Medieval
Line 392: (szTechRecord, 0, 74, 74) - Renaissance
Line 395: (szTechRecord, 0, 55, 85) - Industrial
Line 398: (szTechRecord, 0, 0, 122) - Modern
Line 401: (szTechRecord, 124, 0, 130) - Future

then the same in

Line 1152: (szTechRecord, 255, 255, 0) - yellow for current research
Line 1154: (szTechRecord, 255, 0, 0) - red for researching tech

Line 1160: (szTechRecord, 96, 42, 30) - Ancient
Line 1163: (szTechRecord, 50, 55, 2) - Classical
Line 1166: (szTechRecord, 0, 96, 18) - Medieval
Line 1169: (szTechRecord, 0, 74, 74) - Renaissance
Line 1172: (szTechRecord, 0, 55, 85) - Industrial
Line 98: (szTechRecord, 0, 0, 122) - Modern
Line 401: (szTechRecord, 124, 0, 130) - Future

 

Hi,

I’m trying to cycle through the yields and get the yield value on some plots.
I’m currently trying,

Code:

for i in range(YieldTypes.NUM_YIELD_TYPES):
   plotYield = pPlot.getYield(i)

This is now giving me a, “ this constructor takes no arguments” error.
In CyPlot.h, the function is
int getYield(YieldTypes eIndex).

How do I get this to work?

 

Looks like getYield expects a YieldTypes enum type. So I think you could use something like

Code:

pPlot.getYield(YieldTypes(i))

(but I haven't tested that so I might be wrong.)

 

Thanks, worked

 

Here's the line in question -

Code:

screen.setTableText(self.ITEM_LIST_ID, 0, i, u"<font=3>" + item[0] + u"</font>", info(item[1]).getButton(), widget, data1, data2, CvUtil.FONT_LEFT_JUSTIFY)

For reference, here's the same sort of line in the normal CvPediaMain.py:

Code:

screen.setTableText(tableName, iColumn, iRow, u"<font=3>" + item[0] + u"</font>", gc.getTechInfo(item[1]).getButton(), WidgetTypes.WIDGET_PEDIA_JUMP_TO_TECH, item[1], 1, CvUtil.FONT_LEFT_JUSTIFY)

I don't see anything obviously wrong, but the info(item[1]).getButton() seems fishy for some reason. Usually when I get a C++ exception it's because I am referring to something that I think exists, but doesn't actually; for example, using gc.getInfoTypeForString("TECH_RADAR") when I haven't actually added TECH_RADAR to the xml. In this case, I'm betting that whatever that "info(item[1])" is, it's been messed up somewhere so that it no longer refers to what it should be referring to.

It could be something else in that line doing the same thing...but nothing jumps out at me.

 

All of the text in the victory screen seems to be set up in roughly lines 500-600 of CvVictoryScreen.py. But if you want to just find the text and edit it directly, you can search around in your mod's XML/Text files for whichever one says "ascension" and change it there.

It's possible that whatever mod builds that part of the victory screen using the name of the building rather than any specific text - for example, "Build" followed by TXT_KEY_BUILDING_GATEOFASCENSION (or even pBuilding.getDescription()) in which case you'd have to edit the lines in CvVictoryScreen if you want to change it beyond that.

That's the place Platyping adds text for new victory mods.

 

First, I'm not sure, but buildings aren't able to require other buildings, are they? There are mods that do that but I'm pretty sure vanilla doesn't let you require buildings to build buildings. (Although you can get around it by having the building be required for a unit, which then builds its own building, like a military academy for great generals.)

Edit: I just found BuildingClassNeededs in the XML and it changed my life.

Second, I don't know about "elegant"...but I can think of some ways I'd tackle this:

1. The max player instances for specialbuildings would work but requires SDK (though not that much SDK)
2. Using purely XML, you could have an event with a trigger of iWeight = -1, whose only condition is building a certain building. Then use this building ("BUILDING_DUMMY" or something) to trigger a set of events where the player can choose between different buildings to build in the city. The event trigger can be set to trigger only once. Problem with this is that the AI might not know to build the dummy building unless you give it some benefit, and removing the dummy building would require python (but would be really easy). Or, you could just set the event to trigger when the first city is founded and shortcut all the dummy building stuff.
3. Using python, you could mess around in canConstruct in CvGameUtils and whip out the mutual exclusion pretty easily. Probably not very elegant but very easy. (Although you would have to check to make sure the building isn't built in any of the player's cities, which could become a big loop - though I suppose you could just check whatever city the palace is in, because the buildings will require the palace)
4. With SDK you could add a list tag to the BuildingInfos tile, like <CannotBuildBuildings>, that lists buildings that, if built in the city, will make this building unable to be built. But that seems like just a slightly more complicated way to do the SpecialBuilding thing you were saying.
5. Or with XML you could just make the buildings National Wonders and limit each city to 1 national wonder. But that would also exclude other national wonders, and wouldn't keep the whole civ from building the other buildings, just that one city.
6. Combining python with XML you could do some fancy tech trigger thing where once one of the buildings is built, something is triggered that removes the tech necessary to build all the other buildings. Might work a little better than the dummy building thing or the canConstruct but it's a little more complicated.

 

Afforess has added some code for AND that does just the thing you want:

Code:

            <PrereqNotBuildingClasses>
                <PrereqNotBuildingClass>
                    <BuildingClassMustNotHave>BUILDINGCLASS_NEWTONS_UNIVERSITY</BuildingClassMustNotHave>
                    <bPrereqNot>1</bPrereqNot>
                </PrereqNotBuildingClass>
                <PrereqNotBuildingClass>
                    <BuildingClassMustNotHave>BUILDINGCLASS_LEONARDO</BuildingClassMustNotHave>
                    <bPrereqNot>1</bPrereqNot>
                </PrereqNotBuildingClass>
            </PrereqNotBuildingClasses>

With the code above a city cannot build the Copernicus Observatory if it already has Newton's University or Leonardo's Workshop.