No Colonies with 18 civs problem

[Robcore]

Hey

I just found out after putting a good few playing hours of this Epic game i am playing, that you can not create colonies when you start the game with 18civs

So I was wondering if it would be possible to edit the saved game or the world builder map in such away to remove 2 of the Civs that have been eliminated thus freeing up space for new Colonies?

Complete dummy when it comes to XML or Python but I am willing to learn.

[Robcore]

What i have tried so far is, entering the World Builder and saving that map. Then i open the saved map in Notepad and remove all references to the two teams that where in it. No luck though as the game crashes when it starts.

[Welnic]

I know in the past raising that limit had to be at the .dll level, and I think that is still true.

You could go into WB and eliminate a civ or two. But then you would see things you weren't supposed to. You could send a saved game to me, welnic at mac dot com, and I could try to do it for you.

On the other hand there are in the game devices for eliminating civs.

[Macmatt]

There are a few modded DLLs that allow you to use more civs, the highest one I've seen is 40 civs. Have a poke around in the downloads section.

[snarko]

Originally Posted by Robcore

What i have tried so far is, entering the World Builder and saving that map. Then i open the saved map in Notepad and remove all references to the two teams that where in it. No luck though as the game crashes when it starts.

The game require 18 players and teams even if you do not have 18 players or teams in the game. If you have less the extra should simply be empty.

[Robcore]

Macmatt, thanks for the mod advise, i found and downloaded it. Unfortunately it wont let me start my saved game from that mod. Is there anyway around this?

snarko, Im not 100% sure what you mean, should i edit the file like this:

BeginPlayer
Team=4
LeaderType=
LeaderName=
CivDesc=
CivShortDesc=
CivAdjective=
FlagDecal=
WhiteFlag=
CivType=
Color=
ArtStyle=
PlayableCiv=
MinorNationStatus=
StartingGold=
StartingX=61, StartingY=
StateReligion=
StartingEra=
RandomStartLocation=
CivicOption=
CivicOption=
CivicOption=
CivicOption=
CivicOption=
AttitudePlayer=, AttitudeExtra=
Handicap=
EndPlayer


I have attached the save game/map file (without any plot info to cut down on size for upload), I have made some changes to it already.

[Nooble]

Even if you have some civs killed off, you still can't make colonies. I've tried it too.

In my game, I had 18 civs at the start, and 5 of them died by the them I was able to make colonies, but I couldn't!! I had 2 cities and i clicked to liberate them to their independence but nothing happened!

[Robcore]

yes we have established that nooble, I am trying to edit the game now.

[snarko]

The teams you want to be empty should look like this:

BeginTeam
	TeamID=17
	ContactWithTeam=17
	RevealMap=0
EndTeam

The players you want empty like this:

BeginPlayer
	Team=17
	LeaderType=NONE
	CivType=NONE
	Color=NONE
	ArtStyle=NONE
	Handicap=HANDICAP_NOBLE
EndPlayer

Replace 17 with whatever is appropriate for that team/player.

[Robcore]

Snarko, thanks for the advise! I got it work and I am happy to say North Australia is a happy colony with Abe Lincoln in charge.

tack själv mycket! (hope that makes sense!)