Changing AI research speed

[roidesfoux]

What I want to do is modify Noble difficulty level so that the AI gets cheaper research. The only place I can find research mentioned in CivHanidicapInfo.xml appears to modify your own research speed. Is the only way to accomplish my goal to increase my research cost in CivHanidicapInfo.xml while decreasing the research cost in Civ4GameSpeedInfo.xml?

-RdF

[maxpublic]

In a nutshell, yes. Although you could modify all of the leader traits (excepting whatever you use as your own) to increase the number of research points produced per turn. The relevant line would be something like:

	<CommerceModifiers>
		<iCommerce>0</iCommerce>
		<iCommerce>25</iCommerce>
		<iCommerce>0</iCommerce>
	</CommerceModifiers>

in the file CIV4TraitInfos.xml. This would increase the research output of all civs with that trait by 25%.

You'd just have to make sure that whatever Civ you pick to play *doesn't* have that trait (or change it when you decide to play that civ, then back again when you're done).

Max