Limiting Technology and Research

Is it possible to limit Research and Technology so that a Custom Scenario will never reach Gunpowder Units without putting a time limit or turn limit on the scenario?
I didnt see the Info in the FAQ, if I missed it, a link or some simple instruction or advice would be great.

Thanks in advance for any info for a Civ 4 Warlords nooblet

Change the research times to an insanely high number of beakers in the XML. It's the only way I know of.

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You might want to try out the instructions in this post. I haven't done it myself, but the poster seems relatively sure.

Note, the changes that are shown in the post in Ginger_Ale's link require Python which you can download here.

Tibur753 said:

Note, the changes that are shown in the post in Ginger_Ale's link require Python which you can download here.

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Well, I think you can just edit it by opening it in Notepad (or, for example, Notepad++ which I use). You'd need the actual Python installation if you wanted to make your own files...