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HalxQuixotic
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replacing races mod: old races still showing up, help

January 25, 2009 8:19:22 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums

So I decided to make my first mod, and I mean EVER, on any game. I decided to start very simple: replace the major races with Star Trek races, matching them up as best as possible, so that I didnt have to mess with changing stats or super abilities. I followed a modding guide and got to work changing the RaceConfig and the CustomPlanets file. Finally I finished and everything looked great! The new pictures and descriptions were all there. There is a problem, however, on the "choose your opponants" screen at the very end of the game setup. . .

All of my races are listed, but 6 of the original races are still there: Terrans, Drath, Korath, Yor, and Iconian. I changed their names and pictures in the RaceConfig file to make room for the new Trek races. So why are they still there? If I put one of these races in the game, their homeworlds are what I changed them to, for the new races. Also, a couple of new races I had "the" in front of them, and I wasnt sure if that would be redundant on some game messages, so I went back and deleted the prefix. But on two of my new races I have both of the versions, for example both "The Romulan Empire" and "Romulan Empire" appear in the opponant list, even though all I did was delete the word "the" and resave RaceConfig. If I pick one of them, the other disappears from the list.

These problems arent the end of the world, but I like to have my opponants randomly chosen, and if I do that now, Ill get a couple of vanilla races in the mix, and I dont want that. Any advice as to what Ive done wrong would be great, but keep in mind, Im extremely new at this.

Thank you

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Reply #1 January 25, 2009 9:18:59 PM
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go to my documents/my games/[your version of GC2] and delete all of the .raceconfig files

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Reply #2 January 25, 2009 11:46:51 PM
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Wow, I NEVER wouldve figured that one out. Thanks so much! Im a modder now hehehe.

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Reply #3 January 26, 2009 5:06:18 AM
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There are two ways to fix this problem your raceconfig Xml should look like this.

<Race Name="Terran Alliance">
  <RaceID>0</RaceID>
  <DisplayName>Terran Alliance</DisplayName>
  <Alignment>50</Alignment>
  <Description>The humans recently joined the interstellar club with the invention of Hyperdrive. They are the diplomats and traders of the galaxy. Though a bit impulsive, they are tougher than they look.</Description>
  <Homeworld>Earth</Homeworld>
  <Homestar>Sol</Homestar>
  <RaceLeader>Alan Bradley</RaceLeader>
  <ShortEmpireName>Terran</ShortEmpireName>
  <AIPersonality>8</AIPersonality>
  <DialogueTag>Human</DialogueTag>
  <LeaderGender>1</LeaderGender>
  <Portrait>Gfx\Race\RaceImage00.png</Portrait>
  <Logo>Gfx\Race\RaceLogo00.png</Logo>
  <SmallLogo>Gfx\Race\Small\RaceLogo0.png</SmallLogo>
  <DefaultTradePortrait>Gfx\Race\Trade_Race0_Neutral.png</DefaultTradePortrait>
  <DefaultTradeMovie>RaceImage00_neutral.bik</DefaultTradeMovie>
  <FriendlyTradeMovie>RaceImage00_happy.bik</FriendlyTradeMovie>
  <UnfriendlyTradeMovie>RaceImage00_angry.bik</UnfriendlyTradeMovie>
  <UnitedPlanetsMovie>RaceImage00_Small.bik</UnitedPlanetsMovie>
  <RobotMovie>NewsRobot_Human</RobotMovie>
  <RobotImage>Gfx\Message_Robot</RobotImage>
  <RaceMusic>Race00</RaceMusic>
  <RaceColor>12,12,255</RaceColor>
  <ShadowColor>0,5,41</ShadowColor>
  <UndefendedStarColor>64,64,192</UndefendedStarColor>
  <DefendedStarColor>128,128,255</DefendedStarColor>
  <SectorColor>12,12,255</SectorColor>
  <BaseColor>241,251,220</BaseColor>
  <TrimColor>0,64,128</TrimColor>
  <EngineColor>0,255,255</EngineColor>
  <InterfaceColor>0,200,255</InterfaceColor>
  <ShipStyle>Terran Alliance Style</ShipStyle>
  <ModuleStyle>0</ModuleStyle>
  <AbilitiesDescription>+ Strong Diplomacy
  - Weak Military</AbilitiesDescription>
  <AIAbilities>50</AIAbilities>
  <Aggression>50</Aggression>
  <FinancialResources>100</FinancialResources>
  <CPUUsage>0</CPUUsage>
  <SuperAbility>0</SuperAbility>
  <ResearchAdvantage>Diplomacy</ResearchAdvantage>
  <ECONOMICS>0</ECONOMICS>
  <WEAPONS>0</WEAPONS>
  <DEFENSE>0</DEFENSE>
  <SPEED>0</SPEED>
  <POPULATIONGROWTH>0</POPULATIONGROWTH>
  <SOCIALPRODUCTION>0</SOCIALPRODUCTION>
  <MILITARYPRODUCTION>0</MILITARYPRODUCTION>
  <RESEARCH>10</RESEARCH>
  <INFLUENCE>0</INFLUENCE>
  <TRADE>25</TRADE>
  <MORALE>10</MORALE>
  <DIPLOMACY>25</DIPLOMACY>
  <HITPOINTS>0</HITPOINTS>
  <REPAIR>0</REPAIR>
  <SENSORS>0</SENSORS>
  <ESPIONAGE>0</ESPIONAGE>
  <SOLDIERING>0</SOLDIERING>
  <INTERESTRATES>0</INTERESTRATES>
  <PLANETQUALITY>0</PLANETQUALITY>
  <TRADEROUTES>1</TRADEROUTES>
  <CRIME>0</CRIME>
  <CABINET>0</CABINET>
  <RANGE>0</RANGE>
  <LUCK>0</LUCK>
  <COURAGE>0</COURAGE>
  <CREATIVITY>0</CREATIVITY>
  <GOVERNMENT>0</GOVERNMENT>
  <LOYALTY>0</LOYALTY>
  <LOGISTICS>6</LOGISTICS>
  <MINIATURIZATION>0</MINIATURIZATION>
  <CustomizationPoints>10</CustomizationPoints>
  <CivType>4</CivType>
  <Tech>Xeno Communications</Tech>
  <Tech>HyperDrive</Tech>
  <Tech>Xeno Engineering</Tech>
 </Race>

Either delete our rename this part

<DefaultTradeMovie>RaceImage00_neutral.bik</DefaultTradeMovie>
  <FriendlyTradeMovie>RaceImage00_happy.bik</FriendlyTradeMovie>
  <UnfriendlyTradeMovie>RaceImage00_angry.bik</UnfriendlyTradeMovie>
  <UnitedPlanetsMovie>RaceImage00_Small.bik</UnitedPlanetsMovie>

It should look like this after all that mess

<Race Name="Twelve Colonies">
  <RaceID>0</RaceID>
  <DisplayName>Twelve Colonies</DisplayName>
  <Alignment>50</Alignment>
  <Description> Kobol, the ancient homeworld of humanity.
      Caprica City.Approximately 2,000 years prior to the Fall of the Twelve
      Colonies, the last twelve tribes of Kobol leave their planet over
      conflicts with their gods, as well as a "sort of calamity" The tribes settle on twelve worlds some distance away The tribes' namesakes and icons originally corresponded
      to the twelve signs of the ancient tribes, although these names drifted
      over time.</Description>
  <Homeworld>Kobol</Homeworld>
  <Homestar>Sol</Homestar>
  <RaceLeader>Prisident Adar</RaceLeader>
  <ShortEmpireName>Terran</ShortEmpireName>
  <AIPersonality>8</AIPersonality>
  <DialogueTag>Human</DialogueTag>
  <LeaderGender>1</LeaderGender>
  <Portrait>Gfx\Race\RaceImage00.png</Portrait>
  <Logo>Gfx\Race\RaceLogo00.png</Logo>
  <SmallLogo>Gfx\Race\Small\RaceLogo0.png</SmallLogo>
  <DefaultTradePortrait>Gfx\Race\Trade_Race0_Neutral.png</DefaultTradePortrait>
  
  <RobotMovie>NewsRobot_Human</RobotMovie>
  <RobotImage>Gfx\Message_Robot</RobotImage>
  <RaceMusic>Race00</RaceMusic>
  <RaceColor>12,12,255</RaceColor>
  <ShadowColor>0,5,41</ShadowColor>
  <UndefendedStarColor>64,64,192</UndefendedStarColor>
  <DefendedStarColor>128,128,255</DefendedStarColor>
  <SectorColor>12,12,255</SectorColor>
  <BaseColor>241,251,220</BaseColor>
  <TrimColor>0,64,128</TrimColor>
  <EngineColor>0,255,255</EngineColor>
  <InterfaceColor>0,200,255</InterfaceColor>
  <ShipStyle>Terran Alliance Style</ShipStyle>
  <ModuleStyle>0</ModuleStyle>
  <AbilitiesDescription>+ Strong Diplomacy
  - Weak Military</AbilitiesDescription>
  <AIAbilities>50</AIAbilities>
  <Aggression>50</Aggression>
  <FinancialResources>100</FinancialResources>
  <CPUUsage>0</CPUUsage>
  <SuperAbility>0</SuperAbility>
  <ResearchAdvantage>Diplomacy</ResearchAdvantage>
  <ECONOMICS>0</ECONOMICS>
  <WEAPONS>0</WEAPONS>
  <DEFENSE>0</DEFENSE>
  <SPEED>0</SPEED>
  <POPULATIONGROWTH>0</POPULATIONGROWTH>
  <SOCIALPRODUCTION>0</SOCIALPRODUCTION>
  <MILITARYPRODUCTION>0</MILITARYPRODUCTION>
  <RESEARCH>10</RESEARCH>
  <INFLUENCE>0</INFLUENCE>
  <TRADE>25</TRADE>
  <MORALE>10</MORALE>
  <DIPLOMACY>25</DIPLOMACY>
  <HITPOINTS>0</HITPOINTS>
  <REPAIR>0</REPAIR>
  <SENSORS>0</SENSORS>
  <ESPIONAGE>0</ESPIONAGE>
  <SOLDIERING>0</SOLDIERING>
  <INTERESTRATES>0</INTERESTRATES>
  <PLANETQUALITY>0</PLANETQUALITY>
  <TRADEROUTES>1</TRADEROUTES>
  <CRIME>0</CRIME>
  <CABINET>0</CABINET>
  <RANGE>0</RANGE>
  <LUCK>0</LUCK>
  <COURAGE>0</COURAGE>
  <CREATIVITY>0</CREATIVITY>
  <GOVERNMENT>0</GOVERNMENT>
  <LOYALTY>0</LOYALTY>
  <LOGISTICS>6</LOGISTICS>
  <MINIATURIZATION>0</MINIATURIZATION>
  <CustomizationPoints>10</CustomizationPoints>
  <CivType>4</CivType>
  <Tech>Xeno Communications</Tech>
  <Tech>HyperDrive</Tech>
  <Tech>Xeno Engineering</Tech>
 </Race>

I hope this helps you any.

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Reply #4 January 26, 2009 6:49:46 PM
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It was the mysterious files in the My Documents folder. Once I deleted them everything worked great. Thanks though.

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Reply #5 January 26, 2009 7:15:52 PM
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glad i could be of assistance.

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