Who is The AD

[Tealdragon204]

So I'm playing a modded version of the game (The Civilizations names and all are completely unchanged), nuked the English out of curiosity to see who would declare war, Carthage and the Hittites, so I decided to reload again and nuke again to see if that'd change and it says the AD declared war, whoever that is

Is this an easter egg? A glitch?

 

[Theov]

maybe a modder made an oopsie in the .txt files somewhere.

 

[Knightfall]

Yeah, never seen this in a normal game. Sounds like a mod error. If the author is still active here you could try asking them.

 

[tjs282]

maybe a modder made an oopsie in the .txt files somewhere.

Doesn't look like the infamous Steam labels.txt problem.

That pop-up is generated from the script.txt: I found this section in mine (which is mostly unmodded):

#SUMMARY_THEY_DECLARE_WAR_ON_US
#advisor Foreign Angry
The $CIVNOUN0 declared war on us!

...but just to be thorough, I also looked at my labels.txt and diplomacy.txt: the phrase "declared war on us!" didn't show up in either of those.

@Tealdragon204

So you'll need to check your mod's script.txt, assuming it has one (if so, it should be in the ../Civ3/Conquests/Scenarios/[YourMod]/Text/ folder). If not, then the mod is using the original script.txt (in your ../Civ3/Conquests/Text/ folder).

If that script.txt line is there and unchanged (compared to mine), then the next thing to look at is the mod's .biq file.

Open the .biq in the Editor, choose "Edit Rules", go to the Civilizations tab, and scroll down through all 32 tribes, checking the assigned nouns for each one (which are used to fill in the "$CIVNOUN0" variable). If you find "AD" in one of those slots (e.g. might be a copy-paste error?), there's your culprit.

If for some reason you haven't got access to the Editor, you can attach the .biq to a post, and let someone else take a look at it.

 

[Tealdragon204]

maybe a modder made an oopsie in the .txt files somewhere.

Doesn't look like the infamous Steam labels.txt problem.

That pop-up is generated from the script.txt: I found this section in mine (which is mostly unmodded):

#SUMMARY_THEY_DECLARE_WAR_ON_US
#advisor Foreign Angry
The $CIVNOUN0 declared war on us!

...but just to be thorough, I also looked at my labels.txt and diplomacy.txt: the phrase "declared war on us!" didn't show up in either of those.

@Tealdragon204

So you'll need to check your mod's script.txt, assuming it has one (if so, it should be in the ../Civ3/Conquests/Scenarios/[YourMod]/Text/ folder). If not, then the mod is using the original script.txt (in your ../Civ3/Conquests/Text/ folder).

If that script.txt line is there and unchanged (compared to mine), then the next thing to look at is the mod's .biq file.

Open the .biq in the Editor, choose "Edit Rules", go to the Civilizations tab, and scroll down through all 32 tribes, checking the assigned nouns for each one (which are used to fill in the "$CIVNOUN0" variable). If you find "AD" in one of those slots (e.g. might be a copy-paste error?), there's your culprit.

If for some reason you haven't got access to the Editor, you can attach the .biq to a post, and let someone else take a look at it.

I made the mod (Very WIP), didn't edit any of those files or the tribes name. And if I do something BEFORE nuking the English (Like moving a unit) it correctly displays that "the Carthaginians" declared war on me. Whereas if I reload the save and immediately nuke the English, it shows it as "the AD"

 

[tjs282]

I made the mod (Very WIP), didn't edit any of those files or the tribes name.

Even if you didn't intentionally edit any of the Civ-entries, it's still possible that the Editor (or you) introduced an unintentional error into the .biq — especially if you used one of the cracked or homebrew-editors rather than the 'official' Conquests Editor.

It's also possible (although unlikely) that there's an error in the default .biq settings.

I know for a fact that the default diplomacy.txt file has at least one Firaxis boo-boo in it, because I found and fixed it in my installation (which I bought in 2015, i.e. >10 years after the final Conquests patch was released!).

(IIRC, one of Mursilis' messages uses the "$THEIRCIV" instead of the "$OURCIV" variable, with the result that he asks something along the lines of "What would the generous Hittites like to offer in trade with us?").

And if I do something BEFORE nuking the English (Like moving a unit) it correctly displays that "the Carthaginians" declared war on me.Whereas if I reload the save and immediately nuke the English, it shows it as "the AD"

The first sentence implies that Hanni has an MPP with Liz — correct?

But when nukes are dropped for the first time, MPPs aren't needed for the more powerful/aggressive AI-Civs to declare war against the nuke-dropper. So it's possible that the "AD" notice may be coming from yet another Civ on the map...?

 

[Tealdragon204]

Even if you didn't intentionally edit any of the Civ-entries, it's still possible that the Editor (or you) introduced an unintentional error into the .biq — especially if you used one of the cracked or homebrew-editors rather than the 'official' Conquests Editor.

It's also possible (although unlikely) that there's an error in the default .biq settings.

I know for a fact that the default diplomacy.txt file has at least one Firaxis boo-boo in it, because I found and fixed it in my installation (which I bought in 2015, i.e. >10 years after the final Conquests patch was released!).

(IIRC, one of Mursilis' messages uses the "$THEIRCIV" instead of the "$OURCIV" variable, with the result that he asks something along the lines of "What would the generous Hittites like to offer in trade with us?").
The first sentence implies that Hanni has an MPP with Liz — correct?

But when nukes are dropped for the first time, MPPs aren't needed for the more powerful/aggressive AI-Civs to declare war against the nuke-dropper. So it's possible that the "AD" notice may be coming from yet another Civ on the map...?

No MPP, first nuke dropped, I know it's Carthage because the only other civ NOT at war with me is the Hittites and they declare war as a normal message afterwards

 

[Aiken_Drumn]

I am the AD

Alas I was not responsible for this though.


If you load earlier saves does it happen every time?

 

[Lionic]

I have seen a message beginning "Our righteous crusade against snivelling AD..." when buddies of the nation you are at war with join it against you. It seems that it happened more than in one mod. Not sure about original unmodded game though.