Where can I find the full official Civ4 BtS SDK?

[Vilx-]

Since my favorite Civ4 mod has some minor yet annoying issues with every version, I've finally gotten to the point where I want to take things into my own hands and fix them myself.

Now, I'm a computer programmer, so things like C/C++, XML, Python, etc. are easy for me. However what I cannot find is a reference for Civ4 customization. What I want is a full comprehensive manual that describes what files go where; what all the settings do; XML schemas; game Python library references, etc. In other words - the Works. Hardcore Civ4 mod bible.

I'm assuming there should be one, since (as I understand it) Civ4 was designed with heavy user customization in mind. A comprehensive documentation is a must-have for this. But I can't seem to find it... Is really all modding knowledge coming only from community hackers?

 

[xienwolf]

They made it possible to mod, not easy Everyone wishes there was such a resource, but nobody has made it (most of us with the know-how are wrapped up in designing mods and don't take time off to write documentation longer than answering a question or writing up a quick, pointed, tutorial). So basically, you are stuck with what is in this Tutorial forum and you can ask from there.


There is a list of the calls you can make from python (python API I think it was called?), and the wiki has a decent amount of assistance, but nothing is quite exhaustive in scope.

 

[Vilx-]

Crappy. I had expected better of Sid. Oh well, will see what I can do with the resources here.

 

[deanej]

I recommend a combination of the Civilization IV Modding Reference (link in sig), which has links to most of the tutorials here, relevant programs, the BtS python API, and some XML documentation (by that I mean sparse - I really should continue adding it). For the XML stuff I recommend the civ 4 wiki (though I think my documentation on Civ4LeaderHeadInfors.xml is better).