BeliefType (Civ5 Type)

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The BeliefType pseudo-type is actually a regular integer. Pseudo-types do not exist in Lua, they only serve a documentation purpose on the wiki! Integers labeled as BeliefType corresponds to the ID column of the Beliefs XML table. The standard (unmodded) values in the ID and Type columns are also stored in the BeliefTypes Lua enumeration.

Lua: the BeliefTypes enumeration

Firaxis provides a Lua enumeration named BeliefTypes. This is just a regular global table. Its keys are the constants' names and the pairs the corresponding values.

• This specific enumeration contains data from the Beliefs data table.
  
• They are stored as key/value pairs: the keys are the strings from the Type column and the values are the integers from the ID column.
  

Be careful: this enumeration do not reflect the changes, additions and deletions made by mods. As a result it is advised to rely on GameInfo instead.

Below are the values found in this enumeration.

Key		Value
"NO_BELIEF"		-1

XML: the Beliefs table

Here are the ID and Type columns found in this table.

ID		Type
0		BELIEF_GODDESS_HUNT
1		BELIEF_FERTILITY_RITES
2		BELIEF_GOD_CRAFTSMEN
3		BELIEF_GOD_SEA
4		BELIEF_OPEN_SKY
5		BELIEF_MESSENGER_GODS
6		BELIEF_ONE_WITH_NATURE
7		BELIEF_FEED_WORLD
8		BELIEF_FORMAL_LITURGY
9		BELIEF_STONE_CIRCLES
10		BELIEF_GOD_WAR
11		BELIEF_SWORD_PLOWSHARES
12		BELIEF_GURUSHIP
13		BELIEF_HOLY_WARRIORS
14		BELIEF_SACRED_WATERS
15		BELIEF_GODDESS_LOVE
16		BELIEF_RELIGIOUS_SETTLEMENTS
17		BELIEF_GOD_FESTIVALS
18		BELIEF_ORAL_TRADITION
19		BELIEF_ANCESTOR_WORSHIP
20		BELIEF_DESERT_FOLKLORE
21		BELIEF_SACRED_PATH
22		BELIEF_GODDESS_STRATEGY
23		BELIEF_FAITH_HEALERS
24		BELIEF_MONUMENT_GODS
25		BELIEF_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS
26		BELIEF_RELIQUARY
27		BELIEF_PEACE_LOVING
28		BELIEF_INTERFAITH_DIALOGUE
29		BELIEF_CEREMONIAL_BURIAL
30		BELIEF_CHURCH_PROPERTY
31		BELIEF_TITHE
32		BELIEF_INITIATION_RITES
33		BELIEF_JUST_WAR
34		BELIEF_DEFENDER_FAITH
35		BELIEF_ITINERANT_PREACHERS
36		BELIEF_MESSIAH
37		BELIEF_MISSIONARY_ZEAL
38		BELIEF_HOLY_ORDER
39		BELIEF_RELIGIOUS_UNITY
40		BELIEF_CATHEDRALS
41		BELIEF_MOSQUES
42		BELIEF_PAGODAS
43		BELIEF_MONASTERIES
44		BELIEF_PEACE_GARDENS
45		BELIEF_CHORAL_MUSIC
46		BELIEF_RELIGIOUS_ART
47		BELIEF_LITURGICAL_DRAMA
48		BELIEF_ASCETISM
49		BELIEF_RELIGIOUS_CENTER
50		BELIEF_PAPAL_PRIMACY
51		BELIEF_DANCE_AURORA
52		BELIEF_RELIGIOUS_COMMUNITY
53		BELIEF_DIVINE_INSPIRATION
54		BELIEF_PILGRIMAGE
55		BELIEF_WORLD_CHURCH

Examples

Here is how to use the LUA enumeration to retrieve the ID from the type. Those examples will return and assign the integer value -1.

local id = BeliefTypes.NO_BELIEF
local id = BeliefTypes["NO_BELIEF"]

Here are different ways to query the database to retrieve the ID from the type. Those examples will return and assign the integer value 0. See also GameInfo.

local id = GameInfo.Beliefs.BELIEF_GODDESS_HUNT.ID
local id = GameInfo["Beliefs"].["BELIEF_GODDESS_HUNT"].ID
local id = GameInfo.Beliefs{Type="BELIEF_GODDESS_HUNT"}().ID

Alternatively you could use the ID or the type to retrieve the value of the Description column. Those examples will return and assign the value TXT_KEY_BELIEF_GODDESS_HUNT.

local description = GameInfo.Beliefs[0].Description
local description = GameInfo["Beliefs"][0]["Description"]
local description = GameInfo.Beliefs{ID=0}().Description

Used by

	Game.EnhanceReligion(PlayerID vaticanPlayer, ReligionType religion, BeliefType belief4, BeliefType belief5)
	Game.FoundPantheon(int vaticanPlayer, BeliefType belief1)
	Game.FoundReligion(PlayerID vaticanPlayer, ReligionType religion, unknown arg2, BeliefType belief2, BeliefType belief3, BeliefType belief3, int arg6, City vaticanCity)
iterator(int, BeliefType)	Game.GetAvailableBonusBeliefs()
iterator(int, BeliefType)	Game.GetAvailableEnhancerBeliefs()
iterator(int, BeliefType)	Game.GetAvailableFollowerBeliefs()
iterator(int, BeliefType)	Game.GetAvailableFounderBeliefs()
iterator(int, BeliefType)	Game.GetAvailablePantheonBeliefs()
iterator(int, BeliefType)	Game.GetBeliefsInReligion()
	Network.SendFoundPantheon(PlayerID arg0, BeliefType Belief)
	Network.SendFoundReligion(PlayerID arg0, ReligionType CurrentReligion, unknown customName, unknown arg3, unknown arg4, BeliefType arg5, BeliefType arg6, int cityX, int cityY)
BeliefType	Player:GetBeliefInPantheon()

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Functions' signatures were either copied from the 2kgames' wiki, or infered from the Lua source files and the binaries. Errors are possible.
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