Changing Game length

[Red Adept]

I'm not sure if this is part of the XML, but is there a place where you can change the starting year and the number of years in the game?

Thanks

 

[BobTheBull]

Look in GlobalDefines.xml. Wish someone could explain what some of the tags in that file mean.

 

[westamastaflash]

Look at Civ4GameSpeedInfo.xml in Assets\XML\GameInfo.

I'd advise you to create a Mod for this or use the Age of Discovery mod and add this file. I made changes to the Marathon Speed in my local copy of it, so now there are 1800 Turns.

There's lots else you can do to customize the speed of the game from this file.

<GameTurnInfos>
	<GameTurnInfo>
		<iMonthIncrement>2</iMonthIncrement>
		<iTurnsPerIncrement>1800</iTurnsPerIncrement>
	</GameTurnInfo>
</GameTurnInfos>

 

[Red Adept]

Look at Civ4GameSpeedInfo.xml in Assets\XML\GameInfo.

Thanks! I appreciate it. There are so many files it's hard to know where to look!

 

[Montjoie]

Tried this, since the "you-must-hurry" taste of Col2 is kind of a pain in the *** in my opinion : I want to play my game the builder way.

Works perfectly but only for the games to be played after having modified this setting.

Anyone knows how to change the game length for a saved game ?

In fact I was very upset to see how a big colony I built had to wait such a looooong time before hitting the 50% needed to launch Revolution despite the fact I had statemen, newspapers and even educational + religious buildings (with the FF providing bells in the two last) up nearly everywhere.

I dislike much, to be frank, the heavy focus on WoI Col2 is based upon. Seriously, why a game with 3 types of (land) units should emphasize so much on a wargame phase ?
Wasn't it the charm and originality of Colonization to be mainly a game of careful building and trade ?

 

[Red Adept]

Now to bring out a new stick to beat this dead horse...

I decided to create a new level for game length. 'Extended', which maintains the elements of the standard game, but increases turn length.

I made the changes in gamespeedinfo.xml and the note at the top of the file implies that some other change needs to be made.

<!-- NOTE: If you remove any of these you need to update GameInfo/CultureLevelInfos.xml. Also you will need to update the GlobalDefines.xml if you remove GAMESPEED_STANDARD -->
<Civ4GameSpeedInfo xmlns="x-schema:CIV4GameInfoSchema.xml">

When I load the mod up, indeed the option is there, but it's missing its name. I checked in CultureLevelInfos.xml and couldn't see where anything in there would be updated based on the gamespeedinfo.xml file (perhaps an artifact of being from Civ?)

Where would I need to go to add the name? Curse there being so many files! Also, is there a 'guide to modding' here that I could pore over?

Thanks again all for the help!

 

[koma13]

I'm not sure but check out CIV4GameTextInfos_Objects_Original.xml. There you have this tags (line 921) for defining game speed names in different languages. I think you have to add a tag for your new game speed there.

 

[westamastaflash]

Also, is there a 'guide to modding' here that I could pore over?

Go to the Civ 4 Modding forums - Civ4 Col is based on the Civ 4 engine so much of the structure is the same.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=177