Trying to make an improvement, can't build it

[Drazule]

Hey everybody,

So I know I'm supposed to attach my mod for all questions like this, but its pretty late and I think this is more of a general answer than specific to me.


How do I get my improvement to be build-able by a worker?Also, how do I create a prerequisite technology for my improvement?

My improvement works in-game (by spawning it with IGE), but I can't figure out how to get somebody to build one of them for me.

I'm just not sure where to start looking.

 

[whoward69]

All improvements need an entry in the <Improvements> table and the <Builds> table. Assuming you've got both of those, you're asking us to guess what you may or may not have done wrong with your mod, so ...

 

[bouncymischa]

It's quite possible you missed the <Builds> table, though. You may also need to ensure that valid terrains are assigned that the improvement can be built on...

 

[Drazule]

I believe it was the builds table, I will get back to y'all once I confirm this!

What does a build table look like? haha

 

[Troller0001]

[...] What does a build table look like? haha

This is how such a table looks like (including some other, pretty important code). Taken from CIV5Units.xml and CIV5Builds.xml respectively

<Unit_Builds><!--this allows workers to build the improvement-->
	<Row>
		<UnitType>UNIT_WORKER</UnitType>
		<BuildType>BUILD_MYBUILD</BuildType>
	</Row>
</Unit_Builds>

<Builds>
     <Row>
	<Type>BUILD_MYBUILD</Type>
	<PrereqTech>TECH_WHATEVER</PrereqTech>
	<Time>700</Time>
	<ImprovementType>IMPROVEMENT_MYIMPROVEMENT</ImprovementType>
	<Description>TXT_KEY_BUILD_MYIMPROVEMENT</Description>
	<EntityEvent>ENTITY_EVENT_MINE</EntityEvent>     <!--I'm not sure, but I think this is what the worker animation looks like. So here, it animates when it would build a mine, I think. Another possibility could for example be ENTITY_EVENT_CHOP, which is used for clearing marshes, and chopping down forests and jungle (check CIV5_Builds.xml for more ENTITY_EVENT's)-->
	<HotKey>KB_N</HotKey>     <!-- I don't know how to define a new hotkey, or what KB_N actually stands for. Someone else (with more experience) will probably know :p)
	<OrderPriority>96</OrderPriority>     <!--No idea what this does-->
	<IconIndex>22</IconIndex>     <!--this is how the Build_MyImprovement-action in your worker's interface will look like)
	<IconAtlas>UNIT_ACTION_ATLAS</IconAtlas>     <!--This is the atlas where that icon is taken from-->
     </Row>
</Builds>

You might also want to use this, if you want to remove jungle, forest or marsh before you construct your improvement. (Taken from CIV5Builds.xml)

<BuildFeatures>
		<Row>
			<BuildType>BUILD_MYBUILD</BuildType>
			<FeatureType>FEATURE_JUNGLE</FeatureType>
			<PrereqTech>TECH_BRONZE_WORKING</PrereqTech>
			<Time>700</Time>
			<Remove>true</Remove>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<BuildType>BUILD_MYBUILD</BuildType>
			<FeatureType>FEATURE_FOREST</FeatureType>
			<PrereqTech>TECH_MINING</PrereqTech>
			<Time>400</Time>
			<Production>20</Production>
			<Remove>true</Remove>
		</Row>
		<Row>
			<BuildType>BUILD_MYBUILD</BuildType>
			<FeatureType>FEATURE_MARSH</FeatureType>
			<PrereqTech>TECH_MASONRY</PrereqTech>
			<Time>600</Time>
			<Remove>true</Remove>
		</Row>
<BuildFeatures>

NOTE: <GameData>-tags are missing here, don't forget to add those