The Complete EDB Guide - discussion

[lim_lucky]

I think I'm quite confused with the dummy building and dummy HR now... I missed out this reply from much earlier with regards to the dummy building.

From my quick testing, a dummy building did not function in the same way as a dummy hidden resource, that is it did not cause the building to appear in the browser.

I am not sure how you tested it, but I meant the dummy building to be used in the upgrade lines. So far I have quite a few building trees that can display the buildings in the browser based on using dummy buildings in upgrade lines. A simple example for my upgrade lines is show below:

upgrades
{
;ACTUAL upgrade lines using hidden_resources only
building_name requires factions { all, } and hidden_resource x and not hidden_resource y
;Dummy building line to allow building trees to be displayed
building_name requires factions { all, } and building_present_min_level dummy dummy1
}

Are you saying that the highways2 doesn't show up in the romans_julii browser? Try adding your dummy hidden resource first. Like so: highways2 requires factions { romans_julii, } and hidden_resource dummyHR or not hidden_resource sc and not hidden_resource yu and not hidden_resource desert. If I'm correct, that should show up.

I used a dummy building to allow highways2 to show up on the browser. I was trying to show that there were some "exceptions" especially when factions { all, } is used throughout the building lines.
Before I explain what I mean by exceptions, I have some questions for you regarding dummyHR used in upgrade lines. I understand that you have used the 'dummyHR or' function in main building lines to allow buildings to be be displayed in the browser, however, have you tested the dummyHR in the upgrade lines?
The reason for this 'exception' that I stated is because I have a vague idea that dummyHR used in upgrade lines may not cause the buildings to be present in the browser. This is why I frequently use dummy buildings, but factions { all, } seem to disregard whether any dummy buildings was used and will show the building in the browser even when I used dummyHR.

1) If I remember rightly, road_levels above 2 should increase the trade bonus but do nothing else (I remember testing this after downloading a mod which used higher level roads).
2) Increases in road level should increase trade, but you have to make sure you are checking it correctly. Open the city details scroll, queue up the building and there should be the predicted changes. Make sure that region has tradeable resources and all that.
3) That just means you don't need to use the word bonus with those effects. Unlike say happiness_bonus.

I checked the city details scroll when I upgraded the roads (I do know that the scroll shows the positive or negative effects of a building in queue), and there are no increase in trade bonuses whether its road_level 0 to 1, or 1 to 2, or 2 to 3. That was one of the reason why I placed trade_base_income bonus some years back when I started editing my own mod. Perhaps my game is broken?