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I went ahead and documented this for myself here in case anyone else is interested: https://github.com/bmaupin/video-game-mods/tree/main/civilization-4#modding-map-sizes It's a work in progress but at least it's a start.

Lately I've been playing a lot of Dune Wars as the new movies have piqued my interest. It's really well polished and I love how they've integrated the Dune universe into the Civ 4 systems. For instance, since there is no ocean, sand fills in a bit of an analogue for them; certain units can't...

I've seen a lot of posts about people wanting to make Civ maps bigger, but has anyone modded the maps to make them smaller? I've found myself less and less able to play Civ as I get older and have more responsibilities and less time to catch up on sleep. I'd even stopped playing Civ altogether...

Hmm, I just ran across a similar bug that sounds like it could fit the bill: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/cannot-load-multiplayer-pitboss-game-with-hybrid-turn-mode-when-two-humans-are-at-war.528054/

I'm not sure if it's this same bug, but I recently heard about an issue where someone changed the multiplayer turn type from simultaneous to sequential, and then when starting the game again, both players were stuck waiting for the other...

Has anyone successfully changed the multiplayer turn mode after the game has started? If so, what mode did you change from and what mode did you change to? I'm asking because I created a small app for changing some of the game options after a game's already been started. One of the features I...

The number of cities and techs is probably stored in the save file itself once the game is created. That's not to say that it worked, only that I don't think changing the difficulty would change resources of a game that's already started. I think the changed difficulty would be manifested in...

No, I don't own Civ 6. There's some code here to read Civ 6 save files but I don't think it does any modifications: https://github.com/pydt/civ6-save-parser

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Sorry this has taken me so long. My free time is significantly decreasing and I've had to work on some other projects. Try the attached file. What about this?: https://steamcommunity.com/app/8930/discussions/0/864956554631861023/#c135512931366598771 Aside from the fact that changing the...

According to this it seems possible. If you can send me a game I can change it manually to confirm it works before adding it as a feature to the app.

Would both of you mind trying again with these new saves? When I was doing the work for adding the list of players it occurred to me that the civilization for player 1 is listed in 2 spots of the file, and one of the sources I've been using for understanding the save file format seemed to...

Yes, that does seem to be the case. I just added the list of players and their statuses (the second option) to the app. It'll show up for all versions, but before version 1.0.1.674 there's less information and it's a little bit less accurate. There are a few other properties like that where...

I wonder if disabling the DLC would be enough to test. It worked pretty well for me when I was testing for the web app, but of course that was a bit different. I suppose this might matter less as time goes on and the DLC get cheaper and cheaper. At any rate if you find out more information let...

The reason I asked that is because I created a simple web app that allows you to change save file settings. It does pretty much the same thing as the tuner panel, but it should also work for multiplayer games and has a few extra options for them (pitboss, private game, turn mode, turn timer). It...

Interesting, sounds like it's probably going to end up being the same as changing the difficulty: either not possible or buried in the compressed section of the file. Thanks for testing!

As you can see in the app, I'm already reading the list of DLC installed. For what you're describing, do you think it'd be as simple as removing DLC in that list? Maybe a simple button that just removes everything in the list? As with changing the difficulty, I don't mind adding it to the app if...

Here you go; I changed it to marathon.

I'm definitely no expert on the game or the save file format, but if I had to take a guess, I'd say that the difficulty may be stored in more than one place in the file. For instance, I've seen the map in at least 3 different places in the same save file. One possibility is that the difficulty...

Okay, here you go. Let me know if it seems to have worked. My guess is it won't change the amount of settlers the AI has since I would imagine those are established before the game is saved. But beyond that I'm curious if it will have any other effects.