I know Combustion obsoletes Whaling... which is funny, since I usually find Whales in-range roughly about the time I get combustion!

Anyways, where is this controlled in the game files... I'm assuming somewhere in the XML is the code that links Whale obsolesence with combustion.

I'd like to push-back the obsoleting of whaling to perhaps "Ecology"... which XML file would I need to change to update this... or is it not in XML? I've nosed around numerous XML files but I can't seem to find the one that links combustion and whaling together.

It's in CIV4BonusInfos.XML in the Terrain folder under the Whale Bonus. Look for:

<TechObsolete>TECH_COMBUSTION</TechObsolete>

It's in CIV4BonusInfos.XML in the Terrain folder under the Whale Bonus. Look for:

<TechObsolete>TECH_COMBUSTION</TechObsolete>
Much abliged kind sir. Thank you, thank you.

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I have set Whale to obsolete with Plastics, since most products other than meat from commercial whaling have since been replaced with either plastic or similar substances.

I chose "Ecology"... you know... Green Peace, environmentalism, "save the whales", etc, etc.

Both sound like good ideas to me... in any case, obsoleting with Combustion was silly.