Civilization IV Leader Picker

EDIT: Version updated to 1.4 to include trait changes in patch 1.61.

Here's a little utility I created (in the form of a simple web page) that'll list leaders with their related civ, trait, tech, and UU information by trait and/or tech selection.

Want a quick list of all the industrious leaders? Want a quick list of all the leaders that start with mining? Want a (short and) quick list of the leaders that have industrious AND mining?

This utility provides it. It's a handy way to do leader comparisons.

Here's an example listing:



EDIT: You can see it at http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/reference/leader_picker.html

(Thanks to Thunderfall for adding the utility to this site and linking it here!)

Feedback (comments, suggestions, error/data issues) are welcome!

Enjoy!

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The source is attached as a text file. To use it yourself (locally or whatever) you'd want to save it and rename it as an .htm or .html file.

Tech Notes (of sorts)

This post has been edited numerous times...especially once I figured out the advanced editing features existed.

IE6. If you download the source and run it locally as a file the page might get hosed due to security settings. The page is made up of harmless html and javascript but you'll still have to let IE use the javascript. <sigh>

I got some of the unit info from a PDF that another forum user posted several days ago but I don't remember the username (and I had only saved off the file, not a link to the thread). Beyond that I used the manual and 'pedia.

Like this?


EDIT: apparently not :-/

Yup, works good. Very informative too --

Thanks, Good job! Now I don't have to read the civopedia for five minutes

(EDIT - removed extra copy of the screenshot and text that was no longer necessary - but I couldn't figure out a way to delete this post entirely)

how exactly to get to it? I'm not very good with internet things....

Zhahz, cool utility! Thank you.

This question was posted before the utility was available via linkage...

Samurai of Ice said:

how exactly to get to it? I'm not very good with internet things....

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EDIT - Thunderfall has kindly added the utility to the Civ IV reference section of this site, so I've removed my ramblings about downloading and running the source.

Check out the original post or the post immediately after this one for a link to the utility.

Very nice, Zhahz.

I have uploaded it to the main site. The link is:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/reference/leader_picker.html

I like this so much, I've linked to it here.

Bookmark it!

Zhahz, if you want to send me a little blurb for the bottom that gives you complete credit, I'd be happy to post it for you.

** bah: Thunderfall beat me. **

I still like it.

thunderfall, don't you think you should give credit where credit is due?

Good post, glad I read it.
*bookmarked*

mikh07 said:

thunderfall, don't you think you should give credit where credit is due?

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Of course.

Zhahz: 1 request; Would you please add in the "UU-column" the stats of the unit it replaces.
for example: Cossack (18/2/120) (Cavalry 15/2/120)

This is great. Excellent work.

Very neat, nice job.

Awesome job. Very nice.

*Civrules gives it 5 stars*

Would it be possible to choose two triats or techs, either way, this thing is awsome.

Thanks for the feedback and I'm glad people like it!

Thunderfall said:

Very nice, Zhahz.

I have uploaded it to the main site. The link is:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/reference/leader_picker.html

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Thanks and I'm honored. Thanks for sticking my name in there too but it's not really necessary. (I had put my username/name in the javascript as a comment.) I'm going to edit my earlier posts in this thread to remove some of my no longer necessary ramblings.

Rik Meleet said:

Zhahz: 1 request; Would you please add in the "UU-column" the stats of the unit it replaces.
for example: Cossack (18/2/120) (Cavalry 15/2/120)

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Good idea and I'll see about adding that.

Sildo said:

Would it be possible to choose two triats or techs, either way, this thing is awsome.

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Tough call. I would prefer to keep it simple and you can get a reasonable list by picking a single trait or tech so I'm not sure I'll add this, but I may experiement with it. Not a bad idea by any stretch, but not quite what I had intended (I mainly built the thing to reduce the amount of time I spent manually comparing leaders in the manual, 'pedia, and/or startup screens, when starting a new game).

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I'm told (via PM) that there's a problem with the utility running thru Safari on Macs. I'm not familiar with Safari so I'm not sure what the problem might be. I suspect it's due to how the dropdowns are dynamically populated. If anybody knows for sure, please let me know!

Nice work! Incidentally, I can't get over the stupid fact that Greece is only represented by one leader. They should have had an alternative in the form of someone from Greece's classical period, Pericles of Athens, for example, and let him have been creative and financial, corresponding to the characteristics of Athens and the other Greek city states in their days of glory. And it would also duplicate the Greek characteristics in Civ III.
True, in due time Athens lost its leading position and their hegemony went to pieces. But then, Alexander's empire went to pieces at the moment of hisdeasth, and yet his legacy endured And he buiklt on the achievements if city states such as (above all) Athens.

Öjevind Lång

I've updated the source attachment in the original post to version 1.1, which includes expanded UU replacement unit information per Rik Meleet's suggestion (but I'm not sure if the format is optimal). There's an updated screenshot reflecting this addition.

There are also a few minor text/content fixes - Navy SEALs were missing first strike and Quechua cost was incorrect.