I have made some recent changes that together are going to have two benefits:
The Varietas Delectat module is also available on Github, see the Welcome to DoC thread for a link.
To install it, download the separate repository for the module and then copy its Assets directory into the root level of the DoC directory, so that the Assets folder integrates into the Assets folder that is already there. This will create four new elements of note:
- Assets/Varietas Delectat.fpk: contains some of the art used by the module
- Assets/Modules/: contains all the art definitions as well as additional art used by the module
- Assets/Buildings/CIV4CityLSystem.xml: describes how city art should look based on the art style
- Assets/Buildings/CIV4PlotLSystem.xml: describes how improvement art should look based on the art style
The latter two XML files will already be there for the base mod. You have to confirm overwriting them.
Note that if you want to remove VD again, you can delete the FPK and the Modules folder, but you have to restore the original LSystem.xml files.
If you update the base mod directly via the git client, in 99.9% of situations you should be safe because my changes are unlikely to touch the LSystem.xml files. If you update the base mod by downloading the ZIP from Github, my recommendation is to delete the entire existing mod folder and start from scratch. In that case, unpack the base mod first, then copy the Assets directory from the module into it as described above. It's important that the module comes last.
By the way, save games are compatible whether you have the module present or not.
Finally, I want to note that it's still preferable to use the installer over the Github provided content of the module because the game art will be more efficiently packed with that release.
I hope you enjoy the ability to play the mod with the full Varietas Delectat art.
- It will be easier for me to maintain the VD module
- It will be easier to use the VD module with the Github version of the mod
The Varietas Delectat module is also available on Github, see the Welcome to DoC thread for a link.
To install it, download the separate repository for the module and then copy its Assets directory into the root level of the DoC directory, so that the Assets folder integrates into the Assets folder that is already there. This will create four new elements of note:
- Assets/Varietas Delectat.fpk: contains some of the art used by the module
- Assets/Modules/: contains all the art definitions as well as additional art used by the module
- Assets/Buildings/CIV4CityLSystem.xml: describes how city art should look based on the art style
- Assets/Buildings/CIV4PlotLSystem.xml: describes how improvement art should look based on the art style
The latter two XML files will already be there for the base mod. You have to confirm overwriting them.
Note that if you want to remove VD again, you can delete the FPK and the Modules folder, but you have to restore the original LSystem.xml files.
If you update the base mod directly via the git client, in 99.9% of situations you should be safe because my changes are unlikely to touch the LSystem.xml files. If you update the base mod by downloading the ZIP from Github, my recommendation is to delete the entire existing mod folder and start from scratch. In that case, unpack the base mod first, then copy the Assets directory from the module into it as described above. It's important that the module comes last.
By the way, save games are compatible whether you have the module present or not.
Finally, I want to note that it's still preferable to use the installer over the Github provided content of the module because the game art will be more efficiently packed with that release.
I hope you enjoy the ability to play the mod with the full Varietas Delectat art.
