how are the UNIT_SETTLER cost defined?

in the unit info xml the cost is set to 0, but then in game the cost is 100

if you change the iCost to be more than 0, the game cost will increase to the iCost factor.

how could you change it to cost less?

I think that the cost is defined somewhere else, but cannot find anywhere the relevant infos.

Could this be relatedo to the new IMPERIALISTIC trait?

I had the same problem.. the solution is you can use negative numbers for the icost... so try setting the icost to -100 for eg.

not so easy:

I've tried that way, and then the russian settlers started to cost 30k+
:eek:

It is controlled in the Civ4GameSpeedsInfo.xml file. I think the tag is growth rate. I'm not at home so I can't be more specific...

Cheers,
ripple01

It is controlled in the Civ4GameSpeedsInfo.xml file. I think the tag is growth rate. I'm not at home so I can't be more specific...

Cheers,
ripple01

But does that change only the settler cost? also Era's change the settler cost aswell.. I have no trouble setting the iCost of settlers to negative numbers.