Arghhhh, why can't you edit existing saves in the world builder?

[Acoustic]

So, I am a big fan of historical realism and all that nonsense. I got a bright idea today that would bring an important element from RFC into Civilization V: historical spawn dates. Essentially just certain civilizations spawning in at the appropriate time. I was just gonna pick civilizations for certain eras (ie Ancient, Classical, Medieval, Industrial, ect) and spawn them in at the appropriate date. It seems as though I can only import a blank map into world builder and can't do any editing to the actual game. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do?

 

[Acoustic]

Anyone? Anyway to get existing saves into worldbuilder with units and cities, ect?

 

[Gedemon]

It can be done in Lua (loading all civs with the game, "killing" some at start, "resurrecting" them when needed), but I don't understand the link with editing a save game with WB (for a public release I mean, or was your question for private use ?)

 

[Acoustic]

No, just for private use. I don't have much experience in LUA , that's the main reason I thought WB would be easier. I don't mind learning new things, so LUA could be the way to go. Any suggestions?

 

[Gedemon]

you can see an example of use with city states in my Revolution mod.

WB would be easier for your use, but as you've seen it won't load a savegame...

 

[Acoustic]

Which part of the mod should I look at?

Wouldn't it be better to write some sort of map script that involves:

Killing the civs
Resurrecting them based on something?

 

[Gedemon]

nop, a map script is called only once when the game is initialized, you'll have to use an ingame Lua addin.

But I'll try the code I have already made almost 2 years ago (for Rhye and my own dynamic history project) to see if it's still working, update it if needed, then post it, as I won't be able to release my full project *soon*... (but I will surely open a development & design thread asap)

 

[Acoustic]

I'd greatly appreciate it.

Care to elaborate on your project? I see you also have a revolutions mod going, but it has issues of slowing down the game. Something to do with combining all of those?

 

[Gedemon]

But I'll try the code I have already made almost 2 years ago (for Rhye and my own dynamic history project) to see if it's still working, update it if needed, then post it, as I won't be able to release my full project *soon*...

done: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=489843