BuildingType (Civ5 Type)

This page is a part of the Lua and UI Reference (Civ5).

The BuildingType 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 BuildingType corresponds to the ID column of the Buildings XML table.

XML: the Buildings table

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

ID		Type
0		BUILDING_COURTHOUSE
0		BUILDING_FLOATING_GARDENS
0		BUILDING_AMPHITHEATER
1		BUILDING_MUGHAL_FORT
1		BUILDING_SHRINE
2		BUILDING_KREPOST
2		BUILDING_RECYCLING_CENTER
3		BUILDING_LONGHOUSE
3		BUILDING_BOMB_SHELTER
4		BUILDING_BAZAAR
4		BUILDING_CONSTABLE
5		BUILDING_SATRAPS_COURT
5		BUILDING_POLICE_STATION
6		BUILDING_PAPER_MAKER
6		BUILDING_INTELLIGENCE_AGENCY
7		BUILDING_WAT
7		BUILDING_ALHAMBRA
8		BUILDING_MUD_PYRAMID_MOSQUE
8		BUILDING_CN_TOWER
9		BUILDING_BURIAL_TOMB
9		BUILDING_HUBBLE
10		BUILDING_SEAPORT
10		BUILDING_LEANING_TOWER
11		BUILDING_STABLE
11		BUILDING_MOSQUE_OF_DJENNE
12		BUILDING_WATERMILL
12		BUILDING_NEUSCHWANSTEIN
13		BUILDING_CIRCUS
13		BUILDING_PETRA
14		BUILDING_FORGE
14		BUILDING_TERRACOTTA_ARMY
15		BUILDING_WINDMILL
15		BUILDING_GREAT_FIREWALL
16		BUILDING_HYDRO_PLANT
16		BUILDING_CATHEDRAL
17		BUILDING_SOLAR_PLANT
17		BUILDING_MOSQUE
18		BUILDING_MINT
18		BUILDING_PAGODA
19		BUILDING_OBSERVATORY
19		BUILDING_CEILIDH_HALL
20		BUILDING_MONASTERY
20		BUILDING_COFFEE_HOUSE
21		BUILDING_GARDEN
21		BUILDING_STELE
22		BUILDING_LIGHTHOUSE
22		BUILDING_MAYA_PYRAMID
23		BUILDING_HARBOR
24		BUILDING_COLOSSEUM
25		BUILDING_THEATRE
26		BUILDING_STADIUM
27		BUILDING_MONUMENT
28		BUILDING_TEMPLE
29		BUILDING_OPERA_HOUSE
30		BUILDING_MUSEUM
31		BUILDING_BROADCAST_TOWER
32		BUILDING_BARRACKS
33		BUILDING_ARMORY
34		BUILDING_MILITARY_ACADEMY
35		BUILDING_ARSENAL
36		BUILDING_WALLS
37		BUILDING_CASTLE
38		BUILDING_MILITARY_BASE
39		BUILDING_GRANARY
40		BUILDING_HOSPITAL
41		BUILDING_MEDICAL_LAB
42		BUILDING_WORKSHOP
43		BUILDING_FACTORY
44		BUILDING_NUCLEAR_PLANT
45		BUILDING_SPACESHIP_FACTORY
46		BUILDING_MARKET
47		BUILDING_BANK
48		BUILDING_STOCK_EXCHANGE
49		BUILDING_LIBRARY
50		BUILDING_UNIVERSITY
51		BUILDING_PUBLIC_SCHOOL
52		BUILDING_LABORATORY
53		BUILDING_PALACE
54		BUILDING_HEROIC_EPIC
55		BUILDING_NATIONAL_COLLEGE
56		BUILDING_NATIONAL_EPIC
57		BUILDING_CIRCUS_MAXIMUS
58		BUILDING_NATIONAL_TREASURY
59		BUILDING_IRONWORKS
60		BUILDING_OXFORD_UNIVERSITY
61		BUILDING_HERMITAGE
62		BUILDING_GREAT_LIGHTHOUSE
63		BUILDING_STONEHENGE
64		BUILDING_GREAT_LIBRARY
65		BUILDING_PYRAMID
66		BUILDING_COLOSSUS
67		BUILDING_ORACLE
68		BUILDING_HANGING_GARDEN
69		BUILDING_GREAT_WALL
70		BUILDING_ANGKOR_WAT
71		BUILDING_HAGIA_SOPHIA
72		BUILDING_CHICHEN_ITZA
73		BUILDING_MACHU_PICHU
74		BUILDING_NOTRE_DAME
75		BUILDING_PORCELAIN_TOWER
76		BUILDING_HIMEJI_CASTLE
77		BUILDING_SISTINE_CHAPEL
78		BUILDING_KREMLIN
79		BUILDING_FORBIDDEN_PALACE
80		BUILDING_TAJ_MAHAL
81		BUILDING_BIG_BEN
82		BUILDING_LOUVRE
83		BUILDING_BRANDENBURG_GATE
84		BUILDING_STATUE_OF_LIBERTY
85		BUILDING_CRISTO_REDENTOR
86		BUILDING_EIFFEL_TOWER
87		BUILDING_PENTAGON
88		BUILDING_UNITED_NATIONS
89		BUILDING_SYDNEY_OPERA_HOUSE
90		BUILDING_AQUEDUCT
91		BUILDING_STONE_WORKS

Examples

Here are different ways to query the database to retrieve the ID from the type. Those examples will return and assign the integer value -1. See also GameInfo.

local id = GameInfo.Buildings.BUILDING_AMPHITHEATER.ID
local id = GameInfo["Buildings"].["BUILDING_AMPHITHEATER"].ID
local id = GameInfo.Buildings{Type="BUILDING_AMPHITHEATER"}().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_BUILDING_AMPHITHEATER.

local description = GameInfo.Buildings[-1].Description
local description = GameInfo["Buildings"][-1]["Description"]
local description = GameInfo.Buildings{ID=-1}().Description

Used by

string	GetHelpTextForBuilding(BuildingType building, bool excludeName, bool excludeHeader, bool noMaintenance)
bool	City:CanConstruct(BuildingType building, int continue, int testVisible, bool ignoreCost)
	City:ChangeBuildingProduction(BuildingType index, int change)
	City:ChangeBuildingProductionTime(BuildingType index, int change)
	City:ChooseProduction(UnitType trainUnit, BuildingType constructBuilding, ProjectType createProject, bool finish, bool front)
int	City:GetBuildingEspionageModifier(BuildingType building)
int	City:GetBuildingFaithPurchaseCost(BuildingType building, bool arg1 = nil)
int	City:GetBuildingGlobalEspionageModifier(BuildingType building)
int	City:GetBuildingOriginalOwner(BuildingType index)
int	City:GetBuildingOriginalTime(BuildingType index)
int	City:GetBuildingProduction(BuildingType index)
int	City:GetBuildingProductionModifier(BuildingType building)
int	City:GetBuildingProductionTime(BuildingType index)
int	City:GetBuildingProductionTurnsLeft(BuildingType building, int num)
int	City:GetBuildingPurchaseCost(BuildingType building)
int	City:GetFirstBuildingOrder(BuildingType building)
int	City:GetLocalResourceWonderProductionMod(BuildingType building)
int	City:GetNumActiveBuilding(BuildingType buildingType)
int	City:GetNumBuilding(BuildingType buildingType)
int	City:GetNumFreeBuilding(BuildingType index)
int	City:GetNumRealBuilding(BuildingType index)
int	City:GetNumSpecialistsAllowedByBuilding(BuildingType building)
int	City:GetNumSpecialistsInBuilding(BuildingType index)
BuildingType	City:GetProductionBuilding()
int	City:GetSellBuildingRefund(BuildingType index)
int	City:GetTotalBaseBuildingMaintenance(BuildingType index)
bool	City:IsBuildingLocalResourceValid(BuildingType building, bool checkForImprovement)
bool	City:IsBuildingSellable(BuildingType index)
bool	City:IsCanAddSpecialistToBuilding(BuildingType building)
bool	City:IsHasBuilding(BuildingType building)
	City:SetBuildingProduction(BuildingType index, int newValue)
	City:SetBuildingProductionTime(BuildingType index, int newValue)
	City:SetNumRealBuilding(BuildingType index, int newValue)
int	Game.GetBuildingYieldChange(BuildingType building, YieldType arg1)
int	Game.GetBuildingYieldModifier(BuildingType building, YieldType arg1)
bool	Game.IsBuildingEverActive(BuildingType building)
	Game.SelectedCitiesGameNetMessage(GameMessageType message, TaskType data2, int data3, BuildingType data4, bool option, bool alt, bool shift, bool ctrl)
	GameEvents.CityBuildingsIsBuildingSellable(PlayerID player, BuildingType building)
	GameEvents.CityCanConstruct(PlayerID player, CityID city, BuildingType buildingType)
	Network.SendSellBuilding(CityID arg0, BuildingType buildingToSell)
bool	Player:CanConstruct(BuildingType building, bool continue, bool testVisible, bool ignoreCost)
int	Player:CountNumBuildings(BuildingType building)
int	Player:GetAdvancedStartBuildingCost(BuildingType building, bool add, City city)
int	Player:GetBuildingClassPrereqBuilding(BuildingType building, unknown ePrereqBuildingClass, int extra)
bool	Player:IsBuildingFree(BuildingType building)
int	Player:IsCanPurchaseAnyCity(bool arg0, bool arg1, UnitType arg2, BuildingType arg3, YieldType arg4)
int	Team:GetObsoleteBuildingCount(BuildingType index)
bool	Team:IsObsoleteBuilding(BuildingType index)
bool	Unit:CanConstruct(Plot plot, BuildingType building)

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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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