Expanded Earth 1000AD Scenario

stfoskey12 · Jan 2, 2012

I started creating an Earth 1000AD scenario with the Ethiopians, Zulu, and Native Americans, as well as few other minor changes. How should I finish going about this? Links to tutorials you think I would find helpful would be nice.

What I've done:
-Added Ethiopia
-Added a city and removed a settler from the Aztecs and Mayans
-Given the Khmer Empire a barbarian city to the north
-Removed a few units from Arabia
-Made other minor changes

What I have left to do:
-Add the Zulu Empire (with a more than 18 civs mod)
-Add the Native American Empire
-Make any other necessary minor changes

Estimated completion date: late August or early September 2012

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The_J · Jan 2, 2012

Do you want to modify an existing scenario, or to create a new one?

stfoskey12 · Jan 2, 2012

I would like to create a new one. By the way, I have never modded before.

The_J · Jan 2, 2012

I've never made a scenario myself (not really my bussiness), but the easiest way would to look for a suitable map, choose custom scenario, choose the civs you want, start it, and then open the world builder to place everything whereever you want.
Sure, that'll be some work.

stfoskey12 · Jan 3, 2012

I can't seem to add civs in the custom scenario menu. Plus, I want something that opens the same way every time.

stfoskey12 · Jan 3, 2012

I might also like to add a 19th civilization, the Sioux (a.k.a. Native Americans).

The_J · Jan 3, 2012

stfoskey12 said:
I can't seem to add civs in the custom scenario menu. Plus, I want something that opens the same way every time.

The option to add new civs is only there if no civs are already set on the map.
Which again means you'd first have to clean the map up from preset civs.
Edit: Unless you're happy with most of the civs. If so, then exchanging a civ is maybe easier (and that's also described in the thread).

Because if you have set civs, the map will always come up the same (sure, that's what you want).

stfoskey12 said:
I might also like to add a 19th civilization, the Sioux (a.k.a. Native Americans).

Unmodded BtS does only support 18 civs, for more than 18 you'll need a mod.

stfoskey12 · Jan 4, 2012

What if I'm happy with all of them?

The_J · Jan 4, 2012

Do you mean that the map does not yet have 18 civs, but you want to add some more to it?

stfoskey12 · Jan 4, 2012

Yes, I do.

The_J · Jan 5, 2012

Are there cities or units on the map you want to edit?

In general, adding another civ to the map should not be a problem.
If you've taken a look at the linked tutorial, you saw how to edit and remove civs.
To add one, just copy an existing entry, replace an empty entry with it, change the ID, and whatever else you want to change.
In case there are cities/units, you'll also have to place them there. Again the same procedure, search a unit/city, copy it to the appropriate section, change the ower ID, and edit everything else you want.

stfoskey12 · Jan 5, 2012

Yes, there are. I will take a look at the tutorial when I have time.

stfoskey12 · Jan 7, 2012

By place them there, do you mean place them in world builder?

The_J · Jan 8, 2012

Oops, sorry, was not precise enough.

No, I also mean via copy & paste in the text file.
You can't change the ownership of a city in the worldbuilder (unless I'm missing something), and you can't start the game with a new civ if all others have cities and the new one doesn't (it would be dead), so the only option is via the text file.

stfoskey12 · Jan 17, 2012

I am not giving up on this, I am just really busy.

stfoskey12 · Jan 17, 2012

I may get something out tomorrow.

stfoskey12 · Jan 19, 2012

Here are some screenshots of stuff I did in worldbuilder. I have made a few more changes since then.

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stfoskey12 · Jan 20, 2012

I made sure to delete extra settlers if I gave a civ a city. I also gave the Incans the wheel and the Incans and Aztecs pottery.

stfoskey12 · Jan 20, 2012

I should get a link out by Sunday, but I might need help with that. Correction: I do need help with that.

stfoskey12 · Jan 22, 2012

How do I edit XML files for the scenario, I can only get the basic map.

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