Matsuda123
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I'm afraid I don't understand. So you mean to say, the thing I want to do with the cities, akin to CIV III or CIV V, it is not possible?
[TOT] The Test Of Time Patch Project
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I'm afraid I don't understand. So you mean to say, the thing I want to do with the cities, akin to CIV III or CIV V, it is not possible?
That's the most comon issue indeed.
Could you attach your 5 files please ?
Here it is :
I believe both are already manageable to some extent.
So under @COSMIC2 I would add
CitySpritesPerTribe, 0 (change this to 1 if I wanted to enable tribe specific cities?)
CitySpritesPerMap, 1
Then make a file called CITIESM0 for the first map, CITIESM1 for the second map? and so on from 0-3 if i had more maps?
Then make CITIEST0-7 for specific tribe cities if on single map, CITIESM0T0 etc for multimap?
CitySpritesPerTribe, 0 (change this to 1 if I wanted to enable tribe specific cities?)
CitySpritesPerMap, 1
Then make a file called CITIESM0 for the first map, CITIESM1 for the second map? and so on from 0-3 if i had more maps?
Then make CITIEST0-7 for specific tribe cities if on single map, CITIESM0T0 etc for multimap?
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First, for freezes and crashes, please begin with that :
Then try again please.
Last overlay (thus rivers and seas) seems correctly defined
Are there any specific units that must remain in their original slots on the units file?
I am trying to organize all the units I am using to make it easier for me to balance them. I would assume settler, engineer, caravan, freight, diplomat, and spy are all hard coded and must remain in their original slots in the unit file. Is this correct or are there more/less? I understand moving units around will throw my description file out of whack but that is an easy fix as I will already have a lot of units to add to it and will require me to completely change up the order in a few other spots in the rules.
I am trying to organize all the units I am using to make it easier for me to balance them. I would assume settler, engineer, caravan, freight, diplomat, and spy are all hard coded and must remain in their original slots in the unit file. Is this correct or are there more/less? I understand moving units around will throw my description file out of whack but that is an easy fix as I will already have a lot of units to add to it and will require me to completely change up the order in a few other spots in the rules.
Those are more
.Settlers is hard coded as beeing gifted as a beginning unit. Otherwise most other slot may be used for settlers.
Caravan can be set to any slot.
Diplomat slot is important as the barbarian uses this unitType as the barbarian leader (with graphic used the one after the last unit ones)
For the "more" to look into, most of it can be seen on the scenario league wiki
Well got busy and had to stop working on this but about to have some down time again and wanted to pick up where I left off.
Question in regards to tribe specific cities bmp.
For single map I want to make each tribe have different looking cities I understand that I have to make a CITIEST0-7 bmp for each tribe. So my question is the 0-7 does the 0-7 designate what number slot the tribe falls in under the leaders section? Since in the leaders section there are 21 different tribes each tribe is assigned 1-7, 1-7, 1-7, I would assume that CITIEST1 would be used for all tribes that are in the “1” slot correct? If that is the case what does the 0 do read from cities bmp?
Thanks
Question in regards to tribe specific cities bmp.
For single map I want to make each tribe have different looking cities I understand that I have to make a CITIEST0-7 bmp for each tribe. So my question is the 0-7 does the 0-7 designate what number slot the tribe falls in under the leaders section? Since in the leaders section there are 21 different tribes each tribe is assigned 1-7, 1-7, 1-7, I would assume that CITIEST1 would be used for all tribes that are in the “1” slot correct? If that is the case what does the 0 do read from cities bmp?
Thanks
Thorvald of Lym
A Little Sketchy
Yep; numbers correspond to the colour masks/flags as seen in the bottom-left of Cities.bmp: 0 = Red (Barbarians), 1 = White, 2 = Green, &c.
Note that these variant files only alter city graphics: colours/flags, fortify/fortress, airbase, and transporter sprites are read from the base Cities.bmp.
Note that these variant files only alter city graphics: colours/flags, fortify/fortress, airbase, and transporter sprites are read from the base Cities.bmp.
Does anyone know of a scenario or mod that has this active where every tribe has different looking cities? I am trying to see how exactly this is set up.
Debug issue found. Now just want to see how the different citiest files are set up.
Debug issue found. Now just want to see how the different citiest files are set up.
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Thorvald of Lym
A Little Sketchy
Huh, I thought for sure I'd have something on-hand, but it seems they're all my personal projects.
It's not each and every tribe, but I converted KESH and threw in some flavour: three architectural styles across all eras (except for Modern, which narrows to two). Should offer a basic outline of how things work.
It's not each and every tribe, but I converted KESH and threw in some flavour: three architectural styles across all eras (except for Modern, which narrows to two). Should offer a basic outline of how things work.
My understanding is the 3rd number after the leader name designates what row of the cities files that tribe will use and their cities will look like in game.
I have made CitiesT1-7 files and have edited the corresponding rows based off the 3rd number after the leader name and they appear to show up in game, so I am assuming that is working as intended, correct?
How do the early industrial, modern, and renaissance rows come into play? Do all tribes switch to what ever images are in these rows when they reach said era in game? If so then I need to edit these rows as well for each cities files to be what I want them to look like correct?
I have made CitiesT1-7 files and have edited the corresponding rows based off the 3rd number after the leader name and they appear to show up in game, so I am assuming that is working as intended, correct?
How do the early industrial, modern, and renaissance rows come into play? Do all tribes switch to what ever images are in these rows when they reach said era in game? If so then I need to edit these rows as well for each cities files to be what I want them to look like correct?
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Thorvald of Lym
A Little Sketchy
Correct on all counts: third digit is City Style in order of the first four rows. Tribes will read later-era graphics from their dedicated file; eras are activated once the civ has researched specific advances:
This is the genius of the patch, as per-civ city sprites were previously done by making the era-switching techs unique to specific players, which meant hard-coded mechanics like pollution would be uneven between civs.
- Renaissance = Invention
- Industrial = Industrialization
- Modern = Automobile & Electronics
This is the genius of the patch, as per-civ city sprites were previously done by making the era-switching techs unique to specific players, which meant hard-coded mechanics like pollution would be uneven between civs.
