Apolyton CTP2 Edition: Revision 990 (01-Jun-2009)

[BureauBert]

Just found the following lines in my (revised, otherwise working ) mergecivs.slc.

Well, I remember having read (somewhere, but can't find the source now) that SLIC DB access has been extended to all databases and obviously wanted to test it:

// mrgAdvanceChance = ConstDB(CAPTURE_CITY_ADVANCE_CHANCE); // should work in the AE, but doesn't, with or without quotes
mrgAdvanceChance = 25;

Uncommenting the outcommented line I get a SLIC message telling me that "Symbol CAPTURE_CITY_ADVANCE_CHANCE is undefined". If I put "CAPTURE_CITY_ADVANCE_CHANCE" between quotes I get "syntax error".

[Martin Gühmann]

// mrgAdvanceChance = ConstDB(CAPTURE_CITY_ADVANCE_CHANCE); // should work in the AE, but doesn't, with or without quotes

No it shouldn't work. CAPTURE_CITY_ADVANCE_CHANCE is not a database record in the Const database. In fact it just contains one record. I guess you can add multiple database records but the game will ignore them.

The syntax is like for all the other databases:

ConstDB(0).CaptureCityAdvanceChance;

-Martin

[BureauBert]

In fact it just contains one record.

Ahhh!

The syntax is like for all the other databases

Ohhh!

So, I can take it as a general rule that DB constants in the "old" format with capital letters and underscores need to be CamelToed in a SLIC DB request?

Just to see if I got it right: If I'd wish to get the "base contentment" for "easy" difficulty (the second "structure" in the textfile) from DiffDB I'd need to type:

DiffDB(1).BaseContentment

?

Thank You!

[Martin Gühmann]

So, I can take it as a general rule that DB constants in the "old" format with capital letters and underscores need to be CamelToed in a SLIC DB request?

Well, if I did it this way to generate the new names for the flags than it should work, if I remember correctly, I did it this way. Maybe you will find exceptions, where I gave them a better name.

Just to see if I got it right: If I'd wish to get the "base contentment" for "easy" difficulty (the second "structure" in the textfile) from DiffDB I'd need to type:

DiffDB(1).BaseContentment

?

That's right. And if you want to know how many entries a database has then just use:

DifficultyDB();

Well in fact, in this case it is called DifficultyDB.

-Martin

[BureauBert]

Hi!

I've got 2 new crashes for you

Version 2009-06-01
  0x7c92aa21  [__onexitbegin + 0x7bf5d409]
  0x7c92a3dc  [__onexitbegin + 0x7bf5cdc4]
  0x7c921937  [__onexitbegin + 0x7bf5431f]
  0x77bfc3c9  [__onexitbegin + 0x7722edb1]
  0x77bfc3e7  [__onexitbegin + 0x7722edcf]
  0x77bfc42e  [__onexitbegin + 0x7722ee16]
  0x00403900  [?Debug_AddFunction@@YAXPADI@Z + 0x10]
  0x00403a95  [?Debug_FunctionNameOpen@@YAHPAD@Z + 0x115]
  0x0040425c  [?c3debug_ExceptionStackTrace@@YAPADPAU_EXCEPTION_POINTERS@@@Z + 0x1c]
  0x00406a88  [?main_CivExceptionHandler@@YAJPAU_EXCEPTION_POINTERS@@@Z + 0x98]
  0x00406998  [WinMain@16 + 0x88]
  0x0080685c  [WinMainCRTStartup + 0x134]
  0x7c817077  [__onexitbegin + 0x7be49a5f]

Version 2009-06-01
  0x7c92168b  [__onexitbegin + 0x7bf54073]
  0x7c92a3f5  [__onexitbegin + 0x7bf5cddd]
  0x7c921937  [__onexitbegin + 0x7bf5431f]
  0x77bfc3c9  [__onexitbegin + 0x7722edb1]
  0x77bfc3e7  [__onexitbegin + 0x7722edcf]
  0x77bfc42e  [__onexitbegin + 0x7722ee16]
  0x0040214d  [??2@YAPAXI@Z + 0xd]
  0x00642d6a  [??0CivArchive@@QAE@XZ + 0x1a]
  0x0040ca7b  [?AutoSave@CivApp@@QAEXH_N@Z + 0x17b]
  0x004cb380  [?GEVHookCallback@FinishBuildPhaseEvent@@EAE?AW4GAME_EVENT_HOOK_DISPOSITION@@W4GAME_EVENT@@PAVGameEventArgList@@@Z + 0x70]
  0x0057f357  [?Activate@GameEventHook@@QBE?AW4GAME_EVENT_ERR@@PAVGameEventArgList@@HAAH@Z + 0x37]
  0x0057fd58  [?ActivateHook@GameEventManager@@QAE?AW4GAME_EVENT_ERR@@W4GAME_EVENT@@PAVGameEventArgList@@HAAH@Z + 0x28]
  0x0057de3d  [?Process@GameEvent@@QAE?AW4GAME_EVENT_ERR@@XZ + 0x2d]
  0x0057f7d0  [?AddEvent@GameEventManager@@QAA?AW4GAME_EVENT_ERR@@W4GAME_EVENT_INSERT@@W4GAME_EVENT@@ZZ + 0xd0]
  0x004330f5  [?dh_endTurn@@YAXPAVDQAction@@PAVSequence@@W4DHEXECUTE@@@Z + 0x35]
  0x0042b7b3  [?HandleNextAction@Director@@QAEXXZ + 0xc3]
  0x0040c21b  [?Process@CivApp@@QAEHXZ + 0x11b]
  0x006eb9be  [?CheckForEasterEggs@ChatWindow@@QAEHPAD@Z + 0x12e]
  0x006eb836  [?ChatCallback@ChatWindow@@SAXPAVaui_Control@@IIPAX@Z + 0x66]
  0x00676052  [?TextFieldWindowProc@@YGJPAUHWND__@@IIJ@Z + 0xa2]
  0x7e368734  [__onexitbegin + 0x7d99b11c]
  0x7e368816  [__onexitbegin + 0x7d99b1fe]
  0x7e3689cd  [__onexitbegin + 0x7d99b3b5]
  0x7e3696c7  [__onexitbegin + 0x7d99c0af]
  0x00406f52  [?CivMain@@YGHPAUHINSTANCE__@@0PADH@Z + 0x3d2]
  0x00406975  [WinMain@16 + 0x65]
  0x0080685c  [WinMainCRTStartup + 0x134]
  0x7c817077  [__onexitbegin + 0x7be49a5f]

And another issue: I just added 100 modern civs to my Mod , putting the required files into the scenario folders. Now it's a bit difficult to select from the civs available in the scenario/Mod. I mean, it's possible, but difficult because it shows me the default civ list with the leader names of my modded civs:



So, if I want to play France in this example I need to know the name of France's leading guy (or lady) and then select "Brazil". After the game has started I am France and everyone else seems to be happy, too .

[BureauBert]

I just noticed this in the german version of ldl_str.txt:

str_tbl_ldl_NonRandomCivs_On			"Gegner zufällig wählen"
str_tbl_ldl_NonRandomCivs_Off			"Gegner nach Liste wählen"

The double negation in the constant's name is really nasty ...

Actually it should read:

str_tbl_ldl_NonRandomCivs_On			"Gegner nach Liste wählen"
str_tbl_ldl_NonRandomCivs_Off			"Gegner zufällig wählen"

The english version is not affected

[Matthew Hayden]

I have a wee technical issue with version 990; I've found that the Empire Manager box gives me conflicting information. My final Savings value was in the green, but the actual net revenue was a negative number. This means the actual cash coming in BEFORE expenses. The value was something like -19,300 per turn... I'm not doing anything that I'm aware of that could cause my civilisation to haemorhage so profoundly. Is there any hope of some wisdom to shed light on this very surreal game-pooer-upper?

[Maquiladora]

I have a wee technical issue with version 990; I've found that the Empire Manager box gives me conflicting information. My final Savings value was in the green, but the actual net revenue was a negative number. This means the actual cash coming in BEFORE expenses. The value was something like -19,300 per turn... I'm not doing anything that I'm aware of that could cause my civilisation to haemorhage so profoundly. Is there any hope of some wisdom to shed light on this very surreal game-pooer-upper?

I'm guessing you were using the unit gold support or city gold maintenance rules? These aren't included in the empire manager yet. I'm redesigning the empire manager to include those figures, and I should post the changes within a week. You'll just have to lump it for now though.

[Matthew Hayden]

I'd suspected my rule choice might be to blame, but the sheer size of the value threw me. Thanks for clarifying, Maq'!

[Martin Gühmann]

This thread is closed, because the next version of the Apolyton Edition has been released. You can discuss it here.