BuildActionType (Civ5 Type)

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

The BuildActionType 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 BuildActionType corresponds to the ID column of the Builds XML table.

XML: the Builds table

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

ID		Type
0		BUILD_ROAD
0		BUILD_HOLY_SITE
1		BUILD_RAILROAD
1		BUILD_POLDER
2		BUILD_FARM
3		BUILD_MINE
4		BUILD_TRADING_POST
5		BUILD_LUMBERMILL
6		BUILD_PASTURE
7		BUILD_CAMP
8		BUILD_PLANTATION
9		BUILD_QUARRY
10		BUILD_WELL
11		BUILD_OFFSHORE_PLATFORM
12		BUILD_FISHING_BOATS
13		BUILD_FORT
14		BUILD_REMOVE_JUNGLE
15		BUILD_REMOVE_FOREST
16		BUILD_REMOVE_MARSH
17		BUILD_SCRUB_FALLOUT
18		BUILD_REPAIR
19		BUILD_REMOVE_ROUTE
20		BUILD_LANDMARK
21		BUILD_ACADEMY
22		BUILD_CUSTOMS_HOUSE
23		BUILD_MANUFACTORY
24		BUILD_CITADEL

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 0. See also GameInfo.

local id = GameInfo.Builds.BUILD_HOLY_SITE.ID
local id = GameInfo["Builds"].["BUILD_HOLY_SITE"].ID
local id = GameInfo.Builds{Type="BUILD_HOLY_SITE"}().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_BUILD_HOLY_SITE.

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

Used by

	Game.SelectionListGameNetMessage(GameMessageType message, int data2 = -1, BuildActionType data3 = -1, UnitID data4 = -1, int flags = 0, bool alt = false, bool shift = false)
bool	Player:CanBuild(Plot plot, BuildActionType build, bool testEra = false, bool testVisible = false, bool testGold = false)
bool	Player:IsBuildBlockedByFeature(BuildActionType build, FeatureType feature)
bool	Plot:CanBuild(BuildActionType build, PlayerID player, bool testVisible)
bool	Plot:ChangeBuildProgress(BuildActionType build, int change, TeamID team)
int	Plot:GetBuildProgress(BuildActionType build)
int	Plot:GetBuildTime(BuildActionType build)
int	Plot:GetBuildTurnsLeft(BuildActionType build, int nowExtra, int thenExtra)
int	Plot:GetBuildTurnsTotal(BuildActionType build)
int	Plot:GetFeatureProduction(BuildActionType build, TeamID team, City city)
int	Plot:GetYieldWithBuild(BuildActionType build, YieldType yield, bool arg2, PlayerID activePlayer)
bool	Plot:IsBuildRemovesFeature(BuildActionType build)
bool	Unit:CanBuild(Plot plot, BuildActionType build, bool testVisible = false, bool testGold = true)
BuildActionType	Unit:GetBuildType()
int	Unit:WorkRate(bool max, BuildActionType build = nil)

The initial version of this page was created by the Civ5 API Bot, see the Civ5 API Reference FAQ. Some of the texts come from the 2kgames' wiki and most of code samples are copyrighted to Firaxis.
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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