Change Civ/Leader Names

[Xichael]

Hey I was wondering how to change the names of Civilizations and Leaders in a normal game of Civ IV BtS. I can only figure out how to change my own Civ/Leader name from the start screen and options menu in game but it wont allow me to change other Civs/Leaders names. I like to play an RP'd game and it makes the game that much more immersible if I could have Vikings as Sweden or Norway, England as Canada or Australia, etc.

Thanks!

 

[Skwink]

This is somthing I have wondered too. It would be helpful for custom scenarios.

 

[mechaerik]

The only way to do this with a game in progress is to open WorldBuilder, export the game as a scenario, and edit the scenario file in notepad to change the names. Then you open the scenario in Civ, and voila- different names.

However, this has the unfortunate side effect of dropping the invested in the tech you (and the AI) are researching, and the of everything you are building (and maybe even the growth bars, can't remember).

A better way to do this is to make a mod and change the names in the XML file.

 

[BobeBrown]

Hey I was wondering how to change the names of Civilizations and Leaders in a normal game of Civ IV BtS. I can only figure out how to change my own Civ/Leader name from the start screen and options menu in game but it wont allow me to change other Civs/Leaders names. I like to play an RP'd game and it makes the game that much more immersible if I could have Vikings as Sweden or Norway, England as Canada or Australia, etc.

Thanks!

You can do this... Go to

C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Assets\XML\Civilizations

Then open CIV4CivilizationsInfos.xml with notepad (This example is for America!)

<Description>TXT_KEY_CIV_AMERICA_DESC</Description>
<ShortDescription>TXT_KEY_CIV_AMERICA_SHORT_DESC</ShortDescription>
<Adjective>TXT_KEY_CIV_AMERICA_ADJECTIVE</Adjective>

Change it to whatever you want, Example.

<Description>Idiot Nation</Description>
<ShortDescription>USA</ShortDescription>

etc etc etc!

Then for leaders, its exactly the same method.

Open CIV4LeaderHeadInfos.xml with notepad

<LeaderHeadInfo>
<Type>LEADER_ALEXANDER</Type>
<Description>TXT_KEY_LEADER_ALEXANDER</Description>
<Civilopedia>TXT_KEY_LEADER_ALEXANDER_PEDIA</Civilopedia>
<ArtDefineTag>ART_DEF_LEADER_ALEXANDER</ArtDefineTag>

Change the Description to

<Description>Alexantard</Description>

Or whatever you want. It will not affect your saved games changing this.

 

[Xichael]

Hey thanks for the responses. I am just having trouble saving my newly edited file as it says the pathing is not correct. On the dropdown menu I only have the options of .txt and All Files but not XML. Please halp? =]

 

[Le Sage]

If you edit the original XML-files the changes will affect all your games after this one too. I suggest you make a backup of the XML-file you're editing, store it in a good place, edit the XML for your ongoing game, and when you want to change back, just copy the backup right back into position.

Just write .xml instead of .txt. and save. Don't forget to do the backup! Do that first before you save your file now!