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Capitalist Missionary
Could someone design a custom Civ creator or give me instructions on how to? Thanks much.
You can actually edit files in notepad or notepad-like programs if it comes down to it. I use an open source program called Notepad++, personally.
What you'll want to do is create a new folder under "Mods" and set up the file structure for the XML documents you want to change, which will be mostly in the folder Assets/XML/Civilizations (you may wish to copy and paste this entire folder from your Civ4 or warlords directory). If you want to add Unique Units and Buildings, you will need to add modified versions of those files as well, but I recommend just sticking with adding the new Civ and Leaderhead first.
Take a look at the structure of the text in Civ4CivilizationInfos and Civ4Leaderheadinfos, make a copy of the text for an existing civilization and paste it in-file, then edit that. Note that you will need to play with some XML in the "Text" folder as well to avoid some XML errors on load (for the civilopedia entries and text output for your new custom civ).