Question: More than 18 nations in a scenario?

[jamesphillip]

Hello guys i have a question, Is it possible to put more than 18 nations in a scenario? im creating one and I wish I could have more than 18 nations... can I mod it through notepad in the bts file or the game simply won't run or will crash or AI will be dumb? simply, will it cause any conflicts in game?

 

[Shiggs713]

welcome to the forums!

yes it is possible, but you will need to get the 34 civ DLL file. It would be wise to put it in custom assets or make a mod, at least do not overwrite original game files. Then you will need to edit your scenario file (with notepad++ or equivalent) and make it so that instead of going from player 0 to player 17, it'll go from player 0 to player 33, where it list available players/teams at the top of the file.

it can be confusing, i'd recommend downloading the 34 civ dll and also a 34 civ scenario so you can see how it works. There are even higher ones, but remember the more civs and the larger of map, the slower its gonna be. Huge is even too big for some folks.

 

[jamesphillip]

many thanks for the reply. I will try it then. civ34.dll is here on the forums?

 

[Shiggs713]

i'll try to find it real quick un momento

edit:

here ya go

either put it in mydocuments/mygames/beyondthesword/customassets/

or

make a simple mod, say "MYMOD"

so programfiles/fireaxisgames/civilization4/beyondthesword/mods/MYMOD/Assets/

either way

welcome

 

[jamesphillip]

many many thanks for the help and tips! actually i'm putting it in customassets and make a backup of the original file. thanks again!

 

[yogiebere]

Ok I'm making a scenario that has 20 civs and I need this to do it
I tried putting it in customassets (not any of the folders) and it didnt work, I cant see any of the assets to replace it with, so no good (i just see asset0 asset1 asset2 asset3) which are empty folders
I made my own little mod with nothing but the two 1kb files that set it up and the .dll and that still didnt work
Nothing crashes, but it still doesnt let me have more than 18, what can I do?

 

[yogiebere]

BTW: I had already added the civs on notebook, so either I did that wrong or something else is wrong, If i go to custom game it wont let me (not sure if it normally does)

 

[The_J]

I made my own little mod with nothing but the two 1kb files that set it up and the .dll and that still didnt work

No subfolders in there?