REQUEST: How to add "Hidden Nationality"??

[swankinrosco]

Long Story Short. I want to add a new unit that has hidden nationality... suicide bomber. will be available at late game tech w/ islam religion and theocracy prereq. Any chance any of you guys could help point me in the right direction here, or show me someone whose made something similar??


Thanks.

 

[BlackX]

I think the idea of hidden suicide bombers is good...but modding it as an option for spy might be better. It seems a bit politically incorrect..some might say racist actually, to associate it with only Islam considering many people of all nationalities have used that as a type of attack throughout history. Japan would be a good example.

 

[Grave]

Who cares about "political correctness?". I don't. If people are offended by a certain idea in a mod, they don't have to download it. Nobody here gets paid for creating these mods, it's all free... created by enthuiasts for enthuiasts.

Sorry, I just don't see the point of watering down an idea just so I don't "offend" somebody.


Anyway, if you have BtS, in CIV4UnitInfos.xml all you need to do is turn this:

<bHiddenNationality>0</bHiddenNationality>


into this...

<bHiddenNationality>1</bHiddenNationality>

 

[swankinrosco]

score, thanks... i should've noticed that! don't know how i overlooked it...

is there a similar setting for suicide on attack? i know there's one for collateral damage...

would it be difficult to create an action button on the unit, so that i could use it as a standard infantry unit, and when desired i could use the action button to suicide/collateral damage?

how do i set a religion as a pre-req?

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to the first guy, hey if you give me a list of terrorist units you want to have made, their civs, and which tech period they should become available, i'd be down...

IRA... Celtic or British? guerillias for maya/aztec could be cool.... there's lots of dimensions here. i just got started with extremist jihad because of the obvious relevance to today.

 

[Grave]

score, thanks... i should've noticed that! don't know how i overlooked it...

is there a similar setting for suicide on attack? i know there's one for collateral damage...

would it be difficult to create an action button on the unit, so that i could use it as a standard infantry unit, and when desired i could use the action button to suicide/collateral damage?

how do i set a religion as a pre-req?

You really need to take a good look at the UnitInfos.xml file. All your questions will be answed by taking a good look at that file.

Also, creating buttons is easy if you have a good paint program.

 

[Ekmek]

The XML doesn't have a prereq civ line IIRC. that would have to be added by python. No idea why Firaxis left that out.