Registering game rule mods, (was: Hooking next turn)

[Pococurante]

I'm using Kael's (superb) modding guide to create a new feature that can change for all players (AI and human), very similar to Bhuir's TreeGrowth mod.

I can see my script in memory but it does not trigger when I end the turn. What am I doing wrong? Thx folks.

function OnNextTurn()
      print("Bouncing for Joy");
end
function Create()
   IsDebug = true;
   print("Happy happy");
end

Events.SerialEventTurnTimerDirty.Add(OnNextTurn);
-- Events.ActivePlayerTurnEnd.Add(OnNextTurn);
Create();

Edit: What I expect to see in Tuner are my print statements, that I was able to init constants and then see my handler print more comments every time I end the turn (and for every "player" AI or human). Tuner is set to mainstate, I end the turn, and see nothing.

 

[Afforess]

SerialEventTurnTimerDirty doesn't do what you think it does. It is called when someone clicks the end turn button, but doesn't run for the AI.

 

[Pococurante]

Thanks Arness - on reflection that's fine for what I want to do.

But I never see my print statements so I assume my routine is not triggering. My Fire Tuner is set to MainView and I've experimented with other views - all with no luck.

I've seen in other posts that an LUA script can fail silently - could this be be problem and if so how do I detect the fail point?

I love that they used Visual Studio but it is mildly frustrating that none of its features are really leveraged for us, i.e. intellisense, stepped debug etc.

 

[Dave Lawson]

I don't mean to insult you or anything, but you've added the lua file to the appropriate tab in the mod properties window, right?

 

[Pococurante]

Okay found what I was doing wrong - I had failed to update the "Content" tab of the project properties so that Civ knew I was hooking the "Game Rules" type for my mod. And now I get feedback on my syntax error... ah well, one more step up the learning curve!

 

[Pococurante]

I don't mean to insult you or anything, but you've added the lua file to the appropriate tab in the mod properties window, right?

Err umm ahhh well you see...

No I hadn't.

I'm never insulted when folks try to save me from myself!

 

[Dave Lawson]

I've forgotten it enough times now that it's always the very first thing that I check once I suspect my code isn't being executed.

Glad to help.