Unofficial BTS 3.13 patch

Hmm!

There was no perm alliance between them, but now I'm remembering some sort of other bug the other day I spotted.

Chariots don't get defense in trees, but I noticed, if a friendly neighbour of mine happens to be stacked in the same tile as the chariot I want to hit, this fubbers up the whole combat odds calc, and then it applies the +50 forest def to the charriot.

I'm not 100% sure if it's just a display glitch or if it actually will affect the combat though.

Since that happens, I wouldn't be surprised if Qin maybe had a unit in the city and caused this to happen.

I do remember, pre 3.13 when if there was a friendly spy unit even next to a city, you couldn't nuke it at all.

Anyhow, I'll keep my eye out for any more anomalies.
 
Roland Johansen said:
The area of the nuclear blast doesn't seem to effect the Chinese territory, so I don't know why the game let's the Chinese civilisation shoot down the ICBM.

Some questions:
Is there a Chinese unit in Ghenghis city? In that case, I would find it logical that the ICBM was shot down.

Are the Chinese and the Mongolese civilisations in a Permanent alliance? Again, in that case, I would find it logical to see an ICBM shot down by the permanent alliance partner.

Is there a hidden Chinese spy in the nuclear blast area? You'll need to enter the World Builder to see that, but I think spies shouldn't cause the SDI to react.
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I suspect that it's ether a Chinese unit in Genghis' city....or else Genghis is a vassal of the Chinese, and a master's SDI protection applies to vassals as well. (Which would be logical). I don't know if the vassal thing is true or not.
 
obsolete said:
Hmm!

There was no perm alliance between them, but now I'm remembering some sort of other bug the other day I spotted.

Chariots don't get defense in trees, but I noticed, if a friendly neighbour of mine happens to be stacked in the same tile as the chariot I want to hit, this fubbers up the whole combat odds calc, and then it applies the +50 forest def to the charriot.

I'm not 100% sure if it's just a display glitch or if it actually will affect the combat though.

Since that happens, I wouldn't be surprised if Qin maybe had a unit in the city and caused this to happen.

I do remember, pre 3.13 when if there was a friendly spy unit even next to a city, you couldn't nuke it at all.

Anyhow, I'll keep my eye out for any more anomalies.
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Without any game saves that show the exact nature of the anomaly, these reports won't help to fix any potential bugs. To find the exact nature of a bug and to reproduce the bug a savegame is very important. Otherwise, bugs can't be distinguished from normal but misunderstood game behaviour. And if someone is willing to search through the code to actually find the cause of a bug, then it is probably very important to see the exact in-game conditions which cause a bug.
 
As far as im aware this patch hasnt been updated since october 2007.

Yet this thread lives and and people are often pointing out new bugs, has anything been updated since then ?
 
Woody1 said:
Oh, yes! If that works, then please include it in the next unofficial patch. I hate that new colonies are banned, simply because old civs can't be reused.
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Works, with 1 unfixable bug, and 1 fixable bug.

Fixable bug: that code posted doesn't clear the culture of the old civilization. Easy to fix.

Unfixable bug: the name of the civilization is set to the name of the old civilization in question, as is the leader. The civilization actually changes, and the leader head changes, and the features of the civilization change -- but the actual name of the leader, and the name of the civ, is stored where I can get at it.

This is a bit jarring at the start, but it doesn't cause that big of a problem. Ie "why does Qun Shun Hung of the Chinese look like Ragnar?! And why does he have Berzerkers?!"
 
Hmmm... I'd rather that the same civ was reused, rather than a different civ under the same name and leader. The way you say it works is kind of disconcerting.
 
Yakk said:
Works, with 1 unfixable bug, and 1 fixable bug.

Fixable bug: that code posted doesn't clear the culture of the old civilization. Easy to fix.

Unfixable bug: the name of the civilization is set to the name of the old civilization in question, as is the leader. The civilization actually changes, and the leader head changes, and the features of the civilization change -- but the actual name of the leader, and the name of the civ, is stored where I can get at it.

This is a bit jarring at the start, but it doesn't cause that big of a problem. Ie "why does Qun Shun Hung of the Chinese look like Ragnar?! And why does he have Berzerkers?!"
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I find that very odd ... I change dead leaders/civs all the time in my mod and have never run in to that.

The function getName in CvPlayer does:

Code: 
	if (isEmpty(gDLL->getPlayerName(getID(), uiForm)) || (GC.getGameINLINE().isMPOption(MPOPTION_ANONYMOUS) && isAlive()))
	{
		return GC.getLeaderHeadInfo([B]getLeaderType()[/B]).getDescription(uiForm);
	}
	else
	{
		return gDLL->getPlayerName(getID(), uiForm);
	}

So, as long as you've properly changed the leader type it shouldn't be a problem. To do this you would make calls like:

Code: 
	GC.getInitCore().setLeader(eNewPlayer, eLeader);
	GC.getInitCore().setCiv(eNewPlayer, eCiv);
	GC.getInitCore().setColor(eNewPlayer, eColor);

If you want some source code as a reference, check out my mod ... specifically CvPlayer::changeLeader, CvPlayer::changeCiv and CvGame::addPlayerNoTurn
 
Ok, so when I get my replacement DVD drive from Dell I have Civ4 and BTS ready to install.
Then,
1. I use the updater to get it to BtS 3.13
2. Then I . . .?
 
Is there any thoughts on fixing the Random Events causes out of sync in multiplayer-bug?

I guess this is happening due to the random generator. Is there no way to ensure that all peers have the same seed? Or that the server transmits the random number generated for random events, thus ensureing that all get the same?
 
the sync bug in MP usually is the result of cache issues. (and has nothing to do with the unofficial patch, but 3.13's flawed install process)

do a complete uninstall.
delete the Civ4 directory (AND the one in My Documents\My Games)
do a complete reinstall

No more sync issues. I play a ton of MP, and this is the best solution I found.
 
Does anybody have a link to the PREVIOUS version of this patch... the one just prior to the May release?
 
Duuk said:
the sync bug in MP usually is the result of cache issues. (and has nothing to do with the unofficial patch, but 3.13's flawed install process)

do a complete uninstall.
delete the Civ4 directory (AND the one in My Documents\My Games)
do a complete reinstall

No more sync issues. I play a ton of MP, and this is the best solution I found.
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Do you play with random events on?
 
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