Help with modding unitactions

[teh1337st]

I'm trying to modify the effect of the messenger unit's action: entreaty by removing adding population and upping the wealth reward.

I deleted the origional entreaty card, appended to unitactions, and then copy the pasted the same card from the example XMLs, and removed/edited some parts. This is the same method I used for editing techs and national spirits, but not working for unitactions for some reason.

Can someone check my code? Thanks!

<ADeck>
   <ReshuffleWhenEmpty>false</ReshuffleWhenEmpty>
   <MaintainOrderWhenShuffled>true</MaintainOrderWhenShuffled>
   <DeckName>TOH_UNITACTIONS</DeckName>
   <AppendToDeck>UNITACTIONS</AppendToDeck>
  
   <Definition>
  
       <ACard>
         <ID>UNITACTIONS-MESSENGER_ENTREATY_DELETION</ID>
         <ExecutionType>CX_All</ExecutionType>
         <Choices>
            <ACardChoice>
               <Effects>
               </Effects>
            </ACardChoice>
         </Choices>
         <CardTags>
            <Tags>
               <Tag>RemoveCard:UNITACTIONS-MESSENGER_ENTREATY</Tag>           
            </Tags>
         </CardTags>
      </ACard>   
  
      <ACard>
         <ID>UNITACTIONS-MESSENGER_ENTREATY</ID>
         <ExecutionType>CX_All</ExecutionType>
         <CardSpriteName>UI/Icons/Unit Actions/deployMinorNation</CardSpriteName>
         <Choices>
            <ACardChoice>
               <Requirements>
                  <ACardRequirement>
                     <ReqType>CR_EntityTagCount</ReqType>
                     <Req>ALLPLAYERS-NeutralTown,GTE,1</Req>
                     <Target>LOC,TILERADIUS,1</Target>
                     <AddToEntityBuffer>true</AddToEntityBuffer>
                  </ACardRequirement>
                  <ACardRequirement>
                     <ReqType>CR_GameData</ReqType>
                     <Req>MovedThisTurn,BOOL_FALSE,0</Req>
                     <UseBooleanFormat>true</UseBooleanFormat>
                     <UsePlainFormat>true</UsePlainFormat>
                  </ACardRequirement>
               </Requirements>
               <Effects>
                  <!-- Consume the Messenger -->
                  <ACardEffect>
                     <EffectType>CE_DestroyEntity</EffectType>
                     <Target>ENT,EXEC</Target>
                     <SuppressTriggers>true</SuppressTriggers>
                  </ACardEffect>

                  <!-- Convert the Minor into an Outpost -->
                  <ACardEffect>
                     <EffectType>CE_DestroyEntity</EffectType>
                     <Target>ENT,FINDTAGLOCRAD,ALLPLAYERS-+NeutralConversionTarget,EXECLOC,1</Target>
                  </ACardEffect>
                  <ACardEffect>
                     <EffectType>CE_SpawnEntity</EffectType>
                     <Payload>OUTPOST,B_TILEIMP_OUTPOST</Payload>
                     <Target>LOC,REQTARGETLOC</Target>
                  </ACardEffect>

                  <!-- Recruit the Population -->
                  <ACardEffect>
                     <EffectType>CE_AdjustGameData</EffectType>
                     <Payload>ResCoin,ADD,500</Payload>
                     <Target>PLAYER</Target>
                  </ACardEffect>

                  <ACardEffect>
                     <EffectType>CE_AdjustGameData</EffectType>
                     <Payload>PeacefulAnnexation,ADD,1</Payload>
                     <Target>PLAYER</Target>
                     <HiddenInTooltip>true</HiddenInTooltip>
                  </ACardEffect>

                  <ACardEffect>
                     <EffectType>CE_PlayFX</EffectType>
                     <Payload>FX/FX_EstablishEnvoy</Payload>
                     <Target>LOC,REQTARGETLOC</Target>
                     <HiddenInTooltip>true</HiddenInTooltip>
                  </ACardEffect>
                  <ACardEffect>
                     <EffectType>CE_PlaySound</EffectType>
                     <Payload>UnitActionSettleCity</Payload>
                  </ACardEffect>
               </Effects>
            </ACardChoice>
         </Choices>
         <CardTags>
            <Tags>
               <Tag>ValidAction-BT_Messenger</Tag>
               <Tag>AIUseUnitAction</Tag>
            </Tags>
         </CardTags>
      </ACard>
      
   </Definition>
</ADeck>

 

[Red Death]

What part exactly is not working? Is the action missing, is the previous version still there, or something else?

 

[teh1337st]

The action icon just doesn't show up. I got it working though by not appending to unitactions, and just created a new deck all together. Same exact code, not sure what went wrong.

 

[Red Death]

The action icon just doesn't show up. I got it working though by not appending to unitactions, and just created a new deck all together. Same exact code, not sure what went wrong.

Hmmm, then at least the deleting part was working, just not the re-adding.

I've definitely also had times when my mod code wasn't working, so I just restarted doing the same thing, and then it worked.