change support cost fore some unit types

kaangen · Dec 12, 2007, 11:57 AM

Hei. I like to change the support cost fore the "oil units" So the powerful tank`s is more expencive. How to do that?

77alex77 · Dec 12, 2007, 12:30 PM

Hmm, as support costs are not unit specific this might be a bit difficult. Would be much easier to increase the production costs.
I know that is not what you want... but easier.

kaangen · Dec 12, 2007, 12:55 PM

Yea, i know. I have done that to.

99wattr89 · Dec 12, 2007, 02:19 PM

I think <bMilitarySupport>1</bMilitarySupport> sets the support cost.
So just increase the value there for each unit you want to make more expensive to support.
But I've not tried it myself, so I'm not 100% sure.

Seven05 · Dec 12, 2007, 02:45 PM

It's a boolean value, hense the lower case b in the name, so it will only accept true & false values or, in this case 0 (false) and 1 (true) so setting it to a higher number won't work. You'll probably have to dive into python or SDK code to adjust support for specific units.

kaangen · Dec 13, 2007, 09:31 AM

i tryed to set <bMilitarySupport>2</bMilitarySupport> But get an error message. But im going to try and figure it out.

99wattr89 · Dec 13, 2007, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seven05

It's a boolean value, hense the lower case b in the name, so it will only accept true & false values or, in this case 0 (false) and 1 (true) so setting it to a higher number won't work. You'll probably have to dive into python or SDK code to adjust support for specific units.

Oh, sorry, my mistake.
I never really thought about what the i's and b's were before...

primordial stew · Dec 13, 2007, 10:53 PM

in civ4unitinfos.xml there is:

<iExtraCost>2</iExtraCost>

This unit will cost an extra 2 gpt. So lets say you have free support 10 units, but you only have 5 of these units, then you'll be spending 10gpt on unit costs despite being still in the "free support" range.

Now, if there are 11 of them, then support will cost 23 gpt, assuming it is only 1 gpt/supported unit.

There is no way to do it by unit class, so you'll just have to set this for each unit.

<bMilitarySupport> just determines which of the 2 bins this unit is accounted for in. Look for "iBaseFree" in the civ4civicinfos.xml file.

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Dec 12, 2007, 12:30 PM	#2
77alex77 Chieftain Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Somewhere beyond the sea Posts: 91	Hmm, as support costs are not unit specific this might be a bit difficult. Would be much easier to increase the production costs. I know that is not what you want... but easier.

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kaangen Chieftain Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Steinkjer Norway Posts: 50	Yea, i know. I have done that to.

Dec 12, 2007, 02:19 PM	#4
99wattr89 Warlord Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 205	I think <bMilitarySupport>1</bMilitarySupport> sets the support cost. So just increase the value there for each unit you want to make more expensive to support. But I've not tried it myself, so I'm not 100% sure.

Dec 13, 2007, 09:31 AM	#6
kaangen Chieftain Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Steinkjer Norway Posts: 50	i tryed to set <bMilitarySupport>2</bMilitarySupport> But get an error message. But im going to try and figure it out.

Dec 13, 2007, 10:53 PM	#8
primordial stew Emperor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: a puddle Posts: 1,206	in civ4unitinfos.xml there is: <iExtraCost>2</iExtraCost> This unit will cost an extra 2 gpt. So lets say you have free support 10 units, but you only have 5 of these units, then you'll be spending 10gpt on unit costs despite being still in the "free support" range. Now, if there are 11 of them, then support will cost 23 gpt, assuming it is only 1 gpt/supported unit. There is no way to do it by unit class, so you'll just have to set this for each unit. <bMilitarySupport> just determines which of the 2 bins this unit is accounted for in. Look for "iBaseFree" in the civ4civicinfos.xml file.

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