[MOD/FIX] restart air patrol/interceptor animation after game load

[12monkeys]

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Name : Reinit Interceptor Mission
Version : v1.1 (for Civ4 1.52) and v1.0 (for Civ4 1.09)
Date : 24.12.05 ( merry christmas guys )
Author : 12monkeys (@civfanatics + @apolyton)
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Features :
This mod fixes the problem, that air intercepters are not animated (circling fighters and jet-fighters over cites) after a save game is loaded.
After loading a saved game, the mod is executed once when you finish the first turn. Then all fighers and jet-fighters which are on air patrol are garrisoned and send to air patrol again. The effect is, that the animation is restartet.
By pressing a hot key (Alt-I in v1.0 and Shift-I in v1.1) you can execute the reinit manually at any time.

Requirements :
- ReinitInterceptorMission-v1.1 works with Civ4 patch 1.52.
- ReinitInterceptorMission-v1.0 works with Civ4 patch 1.09.

Installation :
copy the files from the ZIP into their corresponding folders in the "My Documents\My Games\Civilization 4" folder. Installation at own risk!. If you alread yhave the ReinitInterceptorMission v1.0 installed, you can overwrite it with the new files over.
If you have already a modified versions of a file, you can manually merged them by looking for the comments "12monkeys - Re-Init Interceptor Mission "

Issues :
- no issues known

Ideas for future realeases :
- none

release notes :
v1.1 :
- hotkey changed from Alt-I to Shift-I (Alt-I is already used for hiding the interface)
- adapted and tested for Civ4 patch 1.52.

v1.0 :
- initial release for Civ4 patch 1.09

Attachments :
messed something up here . Here are the files : v1.0 and v1.1

[ghen]

I actually never noticed anything wrong, thats neat How does the game preform with this in place, does it actually show the display moving from city to city or is it all in the background?

[12monkeys]

Everything is in the background. All you see is that your patrols suddenly start turning their cycles.

[Gramphos]

You should submit this to the Mod category in the direcotry:

http://apolyton.net/dir/index.php?cat=354&t=sub_pages

[12monkeys]

done!

[rjwoer]

This has bugged me since the beginning. Thanks for fixing it! This kind of thing should be included in the next patch, IMO.

[12monkeys]

its not a real fix, its more a kind of workaround. I hope firaxis will implement a fix in the next patch as well.

[ghen]

I've lost the graphics at other times in the game too, not just when I'm loading a save.. Would it be possible to set this up at every auto-save turn? Have you even seen the graphics die without a loaded game being the culprit?

[12monkeys]

Originally posted by ghen
I've lost the graphics at other times in the game too, not just when I'm loading a save.. Would it be possible to set this up at every auto-save turn? Have you even seen the graphics die without a loaded game being the culprit?

No, I havn't seens this. But if it happens, you can press "Alt-I" to reinit them manually.

[12monkeys]

Here is the actual files for the v1.0 :

[12monkeys]

Here is the file for the v1.1 :

[Sebster]

copy the files from the ZIP into their corresponding folders in the "My Documents\My Games\Civilization 4" folder.

Can you be more specific as to where to install MyTools.py?

I have tried to put it into C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Assets\Python but whenever I try to load a saved game I get an error/exit.

Thanks.

[12monkeys]

The folder "C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Assets\Python" is defenitly wrong, because you now overwrote your installed original version. If you made a copy of the CvEventManager.py file, you should restore it. If you copied the MyTool.py to somewhere in that folder, delete it please.

You should install the mod, by copying the zip into the folder "My Documents\My Games\Civilization 4" folder and unzip it there. Then the files should be unziped to the proper folder

Depending on your country settings, the folder "My Documents" is called differently, but usually it is the upper most folder in the folder window of your explorer. There should be an already existing folder "My Games" which is created by the Civ installation. Thats the place where you always should copy mods to. The folder you used, should never be touched unless you really know what you are doing.

If you already installed other mods, it may happen, that the file CvEventManager.py is already existing in the "My Documents\My Games\Civilization 4\Python" folder. In this case you have to merge them manually by comparing line by line. There is no chance to do this autmatically.

Here is a list of the directories where you have to put the single files to :
- My Documents\My Games\Civilization 4\Python\CvEventmanager.py
- My Documents\My Games\Civilization 4\Python\MyTools\MyTools.py

I hope that helps a bit.