[Request] UI Mod for Great People Screen

[CivLuvah]

I saw this on the Civ reddit, and I thought it would be cool to have this as a UI mod for the Great People Screen. What do you guys think? Can anyone make this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/594od6/my_suggestion_for_a_ui_tweak_to_the_great_people/

 

[Sun Ce of Wu]

I totally agree with you. I was thinking about the same thing before viewing the pictures. I hope it will be doable once we will be able to import custom art into the game. For now the only thing we can do is collecting the pictures.

[EDIT]: It seems that Firaxis already thought of that too. Checking the game files revealed this fragments of code.

In Icons_GreatPeople.xml:

[...]
<!-- TODO: Need assets for individual great people, they all use same asset for now  -->
        <!-- Individial Icons -->
        <Row Name="ICON_GREAT_PERSON_INDIVIDUAL_ARTEMISIA"                            Atlas="ICON_ATLAS_GREAT_PERSON_INDIVIDUAL"    Index="1"    />
        <Row Name="ICON_GREAT_PERSON_INDIVIDUAL_GAIUS_DUILIUS"                    Atlas="ICON_ATLAS_GREAT_PERSON_INDIVIDUAL"    Index="0"    />
[...]

In GreatPeoplePopup.lua:

-- Grab icon of the great person themselves; first try a specific image, if it doesn't exist
        -- then grab a generic representation based on the class.
        if (kPerson.ClassID ~= nil) and (kPerson.IndividualID ~= nil) then
            local portrait:string = "ICON_" .. individualData.GreatPersonIndividualType;
            textureOffsetX, textureOffsetY, textureSheet = IconManager:FindIconAtlas(portrait, 160);
            if textureSheet == nil then        -- Use a default if none found
                print("WARNING: Could not find icon atlas entry for the individual Great Person '"..portrait.."', using default instead.");
                portrait = "ICON_GENERIC_" .. classData.GreatPersonClassType .. "_" .. individualData.Gender;
                portrait = portrait:gsub("_CLASS","_INDIVIDUAL");
            end
            local isValid = instance.Portrait:SetIcon(portrait);
            if (not isValid) then
                UI.DataError("Could not find icon for "..portrait);
            end
        end

Basically they are officially in progress or they forgot/had to skip them to release the game on time.

 

[Daft73]

This is a nice Idea..wtg Firaxis , there must be a rain-check on it or something.

 

[Nutty]

Note CQUI (a QuickUI fork) among other things, at least fixes the need to scroll back and forth on the GP screen...

EDIT: This seems to me to be a lot like my City States Leaders II mod for Civ5 (read: a complete pain in the ass to make all the art, especially if you're trying to keep a consistent art style).

 

[CivLuvah]

BUMP.... because I want to know if there are people who are willing to do this...

 

[Nutty]

I'd be willing, but Firaxis needs to release the SDK already!

 

[CivLuvah]

I'd be willing, but Firaxis needs to release the SDK already!

Can you explain to me, an ignorant non-modder, what SDK is?

 

[Nutty]

SDK = Software Development Kit: the official mod creation tools.

Mod support in Civ6 is still crippled at the moment. We can't include new icons or modify art defines without copying files manually and causing incompatibility with other mods, and can't add new leaderscreens nor new 3D resources at all. Plus (though it's not a huge value-add to me) Steam Workshop support will only come with a Civ6 version of ModBuddy.

The fact that we have so vibrant a mod community at this stage says much more about the intelligence, persistence, and... impatience? of the modders here than anything else.

 

[CivLuvah]

SDK = Software Development Kit: the official mod creation tools.

Mod support in Civ6 is still crippled at the moment. We can't include new icons or modify art defines without copying files manually and causing incompatibility with other mods, and can't add new leaderscreens nor new 3D resources at all. Plus (though it's not a huge value-add to me) Steam Workshop support will only come with a Civ6 version of ModBuddy.

The fact that we have so vibrant a mod community at this stage says much more about the intelligence, persistence, and... impatience? of the modders here than anything else.

Do you think I could contribute pictures for the UI mod in the mean time?

 

[Horem]

SDK = Software Development Kit: the official mod creation tools.

We can't include new icons or modify art defines without copying files manually and causing incompatibility with other mods

That was mostly fixed with the Winter patch.

 

[Nutty]

@Horem : Thanks, that's true. The other issues remain, but it's certainly enough to get started.

@CivLuvah : Sure, that would be very helpful.

 

[CivLuvah]

Sure, that would be very helpful.

They're pictures from the Internet though. I don't have any drawing skills. Is that fine for you or do you need someone more skilled?

 

[Nutty]

They're pictures from the Internet though. I don't have any drawing skills. Is that fine for you or do you need someone more skilled?

Of course, that was my expectation. It would be incredibly difficult to do otherwise, there being so many GPs...

 

[Sun Ce of Wu]

I just remembered i collected all the Great Prophets pictures for fun when this thread first popped out...
...well, it misses Haji Hudd since i didn't find anything
http://imgur.com/a/lkeFv

 

[CivLuvah]

I've finally completed my research. I wasn't able to find a picture or a likeness of several GPs, so I chose stand-ins that I thought were appropriate considering the time period they lived in. More details are in the notes that came with some of the folders.

Here is the link to the Dropbox folder(s):
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/o11cm1zvwfxzafg/AAC-6Qk40IANxLQ46btUtfJFa?dl=0

@Sun Ce of Wu I've actually found a picture of Haji Hudd. It's in here^

 

[Sun Ce of Wu]

I managed to make a quick test mod using a placeholder image (a young Martin Luther) to all prophets, and it worked. I only have to guess the right size of the icons, and possibly move or make the Class Icon (praying hands, gem, etc...) transparent.

Spoiler In-game screen :

I plan to continue the mod this evening, and to deliver it as quick as possible (since the days are devoted to studying çAç )

 

[Nutty]

Very cool.

guess the right size of the icons

Its 180×180 I think.

 

[Sun Ce of Wu]

@Nutty I though like that too, since my first guess was 160x160. I will see when i'll work back on it later. Thanks for the hint.

 

[CivLuvah]

BUMP
Because I've heard the SDK is now available:
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-sdk-is-now-available.610903/


@Nutty

 

[CivLuvah]

Can I still BUMP this and not get moderator action?