Remove an existing Civ from game

chrisjwmartin · Mar 10, 2014

Hello,

There is a civ that I really don't like playing against, and I would like to remove it from the game to prevent it from appearing as an AI civ.

Do I just delete the XML for that leader?

Yes, I have already tried looking for simple descriptions, such as the "How to delete stuff" thread, which immediately announced itself as "Contrary to the title of the post, this is really a tutorial about how to deal with the potential ill effects of deleting. I'm assuming a basic knowledge of XML and SQL sufficient to actually delete an item."

PawelS · Mar 10, 2014

You can just set AIPlayable to 0 for that civ.

chrisjwmartin · Mar 10, 2014

Thank you! Which file is that in?

AW Arcaeca · Mar 10, 2014

Well, assuming its America you want to delete, you could make a small mod that contains just this code:

Code:

<GameData>
	<Civilizations>
		<Update>
			<Where Type="CIVILIZATION_AMERICA"/>
			<Set AIPlayable="0"/>
		</Update>
	</Civilizations>
</GameData>

At least, I think that should work....

chrisjwmartin · Mar 12, 2014

Thanks

Do you know which XML file contains that variable?

AW Arcaeca · Mar 12, 2014

No, I was saying make a mod for that.

But if you're insisting on changing an existing file...

1) Find a file called "CIV5Civilizations.xml". It should be within one of the following file paths:
Vanilla: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization V\Assets\Gameplay\XML\Civilizations
G&K: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization V\Assets\DLC\Expansion\Gameplay\XML\Civilizations
BNW: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization V\Assets\DLC\Expansion2\Gameplay\XML\Civilizations

2) Right-click on the file, edit it with notepad or some other text editor

3) Scroll down until you find this:

Code:

		<Row>
			<ID>0</ID>
			<Type>CIVILIZATION_AMERICA</Type>
			<Description>TXT_KEY_CIV_AMERICA_DESC</Description>
			<ShortDescription>TXT_KEY_CIV_AMERICA_SHORT_DESC</ShortDescription>
			<Adjective>TXT_KEY_CIV_AMERICA_ADJECTIVE</Adjective>
			<CivilopediaTag>TXT_KEY_CIV5_UNITEDSTATES</CivilopediaTag>
			<DefaultPlayerColor>PLAYERCOLOR_AMERICA</DefaultPlayerColor>
			<ArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_CIVILIZATION_AMERICA</ArtDefineTag>
			<ArtStyleType>ARTSTYLE_EUROPEAN</ArtStyleType>
			<PortraitIndex>0</PortraitIndex>
			<IconAtlas>CIV_COLOR_ATLAS</IconAtlas>
			<AlphaIconAtlas>CIV_ALPHA_ATLAS</AlphaIconAtlas>
			<MapImage>MapAmerica512.dds</MapImage>
			<ArtStyleSuffix>_EURO</ArtStyleSuffix>
			<ArtStylePrefix>EUROPEAN </ArtStylePrefix>
			<DawnOfManQuote>TXT_KEY_CIV5_DAWN_UNITEDSTATES_TEXT</DawnOfManQuote>
			<DawnOfManImage>DOM_Washington.dds</DawnOfManImage>
			<DawnOfManAudio>AS2D_DOM_SPEECH_UNITED_STATES</DawnOfManAudio>
		</Row>

4) Delete it.

See if that works - of course, this is assuming you want to delete America. America is the first civ in alphabetical order, so if you want to delete a different civ you'll have to scroll down farther.

MMMorshu · Mar 12, 2014

You can use the mod ReallyAdvancedSetup to disable civs from being randomed in a game.

Ninakoru · Mar 13, 2014

chrisjwmartin said:
There is a civ that I really don't like playing against, and I would like to remove it from the game to prevent it from appearing as an AI civ.

Hehe, poor Alex!

whoward69 · Mar 13, 2014

No need to delete it (in fact deleting America like that is a really bad idea as it will take out the <ID>0</ID> line and a lot of DLL code assumes tables with ID/Type fields start at 0)

Just add

Code:

<AIPlayable>0</AIPlayable>

anywhere between the <Row>...</Row> tags

chrisjwmartin · Mar 15, 2014

Ninakoru said:
Hehe, poor Alex!

Haha actually it's not Alex - the thread is really on behalf of my younger brother, who can't work out how to beat Ramkhamhaeng.

chrisjwmartin · Mar 15, 2014

whoward69 said:
No need to delete it (in fact deleting America like that is a really bad idea as it will take out the <ID>0</ID> line and a lot of DLL code assumes tables with ID/Type fields start at 0)

Just add

Code:

<AIPlayable>0</AIPlayable>

anywhere between the <Row>...</Row> tags

That looks like what I was after! Thank you so much to everyone who offered help. I will try to remember to post back in the thread to confirm whether or not it was successful.

Remove an existing Civ from game

chrisjwmartin

Chieftain

PawelS

Ancient Druid

chrisjwmartin

Chieftain

AW Arcaeca

Deus Vult

chrisjwmartin

Chieftain

AW Arcaeca

Deus Vult

MMMorshu

Chieftain

Ninakoru

A deity on Emperor

whoward69

DLL Minion

chrisjwmartin

Chieftain

chrisjwmartin

Chieftain

Similar threads