Limit on number of effects in a single PlanetTrait?

While attempting to make a custom homeworld for my species (I'm pretty new to modding, and wanted something easy), I've discovered that GalCiv won't start if I have more than four EffectModifiers defined in a single PlanetTrait. I'm wondering if I'm just doing it wrong or I've run into a cap on the number of modifiers.

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Nope planet traits cannot have more than 4 effects and I have yet to successfully add a single new planet trait.

I can get them to load up just fine, but as long as there are any new traits in a mod the game simply crashes straight to desktop as soon as you try to generate a map.

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You're doing something wrong Deathwynd. Planet traits work just fine, but yes, there is a 4 modifier limit (despite the XML schema saying otherwise).

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hrm ok I'll revisit the idea, I assumed since the file passed my xml compiler and the game didnt throw a hissy fit that it should work, wasnt using anything unusual just stuff thats already in the game files.

Well thanks for the info thats good to know.

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Deathwynd I also cannot get some planet traits to work, here, I will show you all the ones that do, and all the ones that don't:

Working:

Code: xml
<PlanetTrait>
    <InternalName>GasGiantColony</InternalName>
    <DisplayName>Precursor Gas Giant Colony</DisplayName>
    <Description>Sophisticated equipment rests in a stable orbit around this gas giant, allowing for a simple colony.</Description>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>Manufacturing</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Multiplier</BonusType>
      <Value>2</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>Research</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Multiplier</BonusType>
      <Value>2</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>GoodsAndServices</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Multiplier</BonusType>
      <Value>2</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>Tourism</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Multiplier</BonusType>
      <Value>2</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
  </PlanetTrait>
  <PlanetTrait>
    <InternalName>NoxCrashedShipWorld</InternalName>
    <DisplayName>Crashed Nox Ship</DisplayName>
    <Description>This planet has a crashed Nox ship that has been turned into a functioning military colony.</Description>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>Manufacturing</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Flat</BonusType>
      <Value>20</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>Research</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Flat</BonusType>
      <Value>10</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>PlanetaryDefense</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Flat</BonusType>
      <Value>0.5</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
  </PlanetTrait>
  <PlanetTrait>
    <InternalName>TiliGardenWorld</InternalName>
    <DisplayName>Garden World</DisplayName>
    <Description>This world is covered in verdant growth.</Description>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>Food</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Multiplier</BonusType>
      <Value>2</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>Growth</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Multiplier</BonusType>
      <Value>2</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>Approval</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Multiplier</BonusType>
      <Value>1</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
  </PlanetTrait>

Not Working:

Code: xml
<PlanetTrait>
    <InternalName>KellOrganoSyntheticWorld</InternalName>
    <DisplayName>Synthetic World</DisplayName>
    <Description>This world long ago turned synthetic, everything now works towards a common goal.</Description>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>Manufacturing</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Multiplier</BonusType>
      <Value>2</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
    <EffectModifier>
      <EffectType>Research</EffectType>
      <Target>
        <TargetType>Colony</TargetType>
      </Target>
      <BonusType>Multiplier</BonusType>
      <Value>2</Value>
    </EffectModifier>
  </PlanetTrait>

But why? The one that doesn't work is doing nothing new!

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I actually just found out a way to have as many effects in a planet trait as you'd like. So, when Sorentoft mentioned schemas I decided to look at them (I'd ignored them because they looked very important). I opened up the PlanetTraits schema and found toward the end of line 31 that you could set the minimum and maximum occurrences of EffectModifiers. I set the max to 20 and saved it. Now, I tried to get the game to load my custom modified schema from the mods folder, but it didn't work. I modified the schema in the main folder to allow 20 occurrences of EffectModifiers, then started the game. I got to the main menu fine, and tried to start a match. The match loaded fine and when I moused over my homeworld it had every single effect I could find.

If someone could tell me how to get schemas to load from outside the main folder (like from Mods), that'd be great.

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Yeah after going back and rehashing my work with my custom planet traits I found I had one world type that was crashing the game.

Commenting out that one world allowed the whole set except that one to work.

Even removing the special effects I was trying to use and just using effects that exist internal to the PlanetTraitDefs.xml that one entry still crashes the game so for now I ahve just commented it out.

MisterSaturnus it looks like you discovered the solution to your problem in the other thread.

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