Jenna Casey animation

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Is Jenna Casey not supposed to be animated? Because I thought it odd that she is the default Terran picture when you first load up the game, and that unlike the others, she is not animated. Even the new figurehead for the Altarians, Eleys Mue, is animated. I looked in the game files and I believe I found an animation file before for Jenna Casey, but I couldn't get it to work. Does anyone have an answer for me? I could not find any answer elsewhere in the forums.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I'm not sure what's up with that. In my experience it only occurs when you select the Jenna Casey image for a custom race - when playing against the normal Terrans, she's the same animated-video style of any of the major races. I've also experienced this problem with the Korath leader - when selected to be the image for a custom race, he's just a still image a la a minor race leader. Other leaders, however, work fine with custom opponents, at least as far as I know. I think I'll experiment with making Eleys Mue and Ynrhed Eidden (Krynn leader) the images for custom opponents, as I'm inclined to suspect this bug (if it is one) involves all the newer civ leaders.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

So she is supposed to be animated?

For me, it's not just that she's not animated for a custom civilization, it's that even when she is used for the Terrans she is not animated. So I have yet to see her animated anywhere in the game.

I am playing Galactic Civilizations 2: Ultimate Edition, if that helps.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

The reason this happens is because the default Terran race.xml points to movies named RaceImage_Jenna*.bik instead of Jenna*.bik. So this is all just a sloppy oversight. There are similar problems with some of the minor races based on major ones, which are also inconsistently named.

To fix it go to your ...\GalCiv2Ultimate\Twilight\Movies directory and rename the files:

Jenna_Angry.bik ->

RaceImage_Jenna_Angry.bik

Jenna_Happy.bik ->

RaceImage_Jenna_Happy.bik

Jenna_Neutral.bik ->

RaceImage_Jenna_Neutral.bik

Jenna_Small.bik ->

RaceImage_Jenna_Small.bik

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting Army_L, reply 3

The reason this happens is because the default Terran race.xml points to movies named RaceImage_Jenna*.bik instead of Jenna*.bik. So this is all just a sloppy oversight. There are similar problems with some of the minor races based on major ones, which are also inconsistently named.

To fix it go to your ...\GalCiv2Ultimate\Twilight\Movies directory and rename the files:

Jenna_Angry.bik ->

RaceImage_Jenna_Angry.bik

Jenna_Happy.bik ->

RaceImage_Jenna_Happy.bik

Jenna_Neutral.bik ->

RaceImage_Jenna_Neutral.bik

Jenna_Small.bik ->

RaceImage_Jenna_Small.bik

 

I checked the GalCiv 2 Unlimited Twilight RaceConfig.xml file and the references were:

 

<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>Jenna Casey</RaceLeader>
        <ShortEmpireName>Terran</ShortEmpireName>
        <AIPersonality>11</AIPersonality>
        <DialogueTag>Human</DialogueTag>
        <LeaderGender>2</LeaderGender>
        <Portrait>Gfx\Race\RaceImage_Jenna.png</Portrait>
        <Logo>Gfx\Race\RaceLogo00.png</Logo>
        <SmallLogo>Gfx\Race\Small\RaceLogo0.png</SmallLogo>
        <DefaultTradePortrait>Gfx\Race\Trade_Race0_Neutral.png</DefaultTradePortrait>
        <DefaultTradeMovie>Jenna_Neutral.bik</DefaultTradeMovie>
        <FriendlyTradeMovie>Jenna_Happy.bik</FriendlyTradeMovie>
        <UnfriendlyTradeMovie>Jenna_Angry.bik</UnfriendlyTradeMovie>
        <UnitedPlanetsMovie>Jenna_Small.bik</UnitedPlanetsMovie>


etc.

 

So, it doesn't seem like a good idea to re-name those .bik files!

 

Using GalCiv 2 v2.04.017 direct from Stardock btw.