View Full Version : Changing the names of Eras?


Gordon Farrell
Jan 13, 2006, 02:28 PM
Has anyone found the XML line for doing this? I've looked all over for it! Thanks in advance if you can help me out.

Crayton
Jan 13, 2006, 02:36 PM
XML\GameInfo\Civ4EraInfo
You can replace "TXT_KEY_ERA_ANCIENT" with "A Long Time Ago" etc...

OR

XML\Text\CIV4GameTextInfos_Objects
Scroll halfway down and replace "<English>Ancient</English>" with "<English>A Long Time Ago<English" etc...

Exavier
Jan 13, 2006, 02:42 PM
I would recommend the 2nd option as the first would have to be changed on litterally everything.

Crayton
Jan 13, 2006, 03:16 PM
Good Point.
Ha, that would sure be fun... hunting down every reference to TXT_KEY_ERA_ANCIENT in the XML files would be as exhaustive as your first search.

Exavier
Jan 13, 2006, 03:20 PM
Thats nothing... try adding 54 new techs to the game then having to actually create all the links!!! (about half of those were existing techs but it was easier to do them all at once with new names than figuring out Fraxis's format)

I just spent the last week doing that for my mod... next update isn't planned for a few more days though :)

Gordon Farrell
Jan 13, 2006, 03:52 PM
Thanks a million, Crayton and Exavier!

Exavier, your mod-making fortitude boggles the mind. Sounds like your end product is going to be amazing!

Exavier
Jan 13, 2006, 04:20 PM
Thanks a million, Crayton and Exavier!

Exavier, your mod-making fortitude boggles the mind. Sounds like your end product is going to be amazing!

Trust me its called ABSOLUTE and SHEER BORDUM at work... that and the ability to edit XML files while on the clock :P

Gordon Farrell
Jan 13, 2006, 07:05 PM
Ahhh... on the clock... gotcha. I'm in a vaguely similar situation.

Anyway, the TextInfos_Objects worked like a charm. I can't believed I never searched it for Eras!!! I just assumed it was only for units and buildings. You know... objects!

Exavier
Jan 13, 2006, 07:34 PM
Ahhh... on the clock... gotcha. I'm in a vaguely similar situation.

Anyway, the TextInfos_Objects worked like a charm. I can't believed I never searched it for Eras!!! I just assumed it was only for units and buildings. You know... objects!

Actually that file contains the names of pretty much everything in the game :P