Is creating a leader with different traits possible?

[Grandpa Troll]

In a scenario, would it be too difficult to allow a leader to be saddled with different than the game is shipped with traits?

I was looking through and saw some UB's and felt they would be simply awesome with a leader with different traits.

I think I saw perhaps in BTS but not sure, where one could do this exact thing, kind of a "what if" scenario.

I think it would be awesome to be able to pick any two traits to assign to a civ in a game


Gramps

[snoopy369]

It is certainly possible with the XML files, or in the WB file. In your XML files in the mod, you can give anyone any trait. However I am not sure that you could give the user the choice, without either python (if it would even be possible there) or creating every possible leader (which would be a lot).

[Dale]

As snoopy says, you can set it in Civ4LeaderHeadInfos.xml, but that's a static definition. You can't change it, and it's not exposed to python either.

However, I have thought of a way to do it so you could select your two traits via the DOM screen. Interested?

[Grandpa Troll]

That would be so cool!

I am very interested!

[Dale]

Okay, here's the G.O.

Pic 1. Popup appears on starting to select your traits. Click the buttons to turn them on/off (checkboxes don't work sorry ).

Pic 2. Note how your traits list grows.

Pic 3. DoM shows updated traits list.

Pic 4. In-game settings with my super-dooper Peter.

I'm just cleaning up the last of it, but will upload in the next few days.

Any comments/suggestions welcome.

[Grandpa Troll]

/me hugs Dale

So you could select multiple traits?

I sued to do this in Conquests, make a Super Dooper Leader

This is awesome!!
I am so grateful, Peter Triggs, for my birthday, set me up a Mod, where I could pick a starting era and an end era, works awesome!

Do you see this as a possible conflict or should this work fine?

Thanks and am so looking forward to using it!

Gramps

[Dale]

BTW, if you want this and Pete's mod you'll have to give me a link to his mod. I couldn't see one in the eras thread.

I have to combine them both.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Dale
BTW, if you want this and Pete's mod you'll have to give me a link to his mod. I couldn't see one in the eras thread.

I have to combine them both.

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=166104

Post # 4 sir

and thanks so much Dale

[Dale]

Wierd, the link there doesn't show in Firefox. Had to download with IE instead?!?!

[Dale]

Gramps try this one: http://rtw.apolyton.net/files/PickTraits.zip

Unzip this file to ....Civilization 4\Warlords\Mods\

Load Warlords and open PickTraits mod.

Let me know how it goes.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Dale
Gramps try this one: http://rtw.apolyton.net/files/PickTraits.zip

Unzip this file to ....Civilization 4\Warlords\Mods\

Load Warlords and open PickTraits mod.

Let me know how it goes.

Well, I d/l the Picktraits Mod, checked that it was in Warlords, picked it in advanced, started a custom game to pick starting era, the game showed top right the mod name of Picktraits and it did allow me to use Peters Mod (in yours) but did not allow me to pick any traits

Gramps

[Dale]

Could you try a quick game instead of a custom game? Does it allow you to pick then?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Dale
Could you try a quick game instead of a custom game? Does it allow you to pick then?

Ok

Works fine when you

A) Load the Mod

B) Pick Single player then quick

If it is not possible through the custom screen, I can live with this

After you pick your traits then you pick an end era (Peters Contribution)

Thanks so much Dale, this does mean alot to me!! A LOT!!!

Gramps

[Dale]

Cool so it's just custom games. I'll have a look at it. Might just move it to after the DoM screen to fix it. Will still work as planned, just won't update the DoM screen though.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Dale
Cool so it's just custom games. I'll have a look at it. Might just move it to after the DoM screen to fix it. Will still work as planned, just won't update the DoM screen though.

Thanks

Ok Im a bit embarrassed, what is the DoM screen