Changing leaders' names

[coyotito]

Hello,

I'm new to these boards, but I have a question! I recently downloaded a "huge-earth" mod which is awesome, and all I want to change are the AI names but I can't seem to do so. I've tried opening up the CIV4Civilizationsinfos XML file and change where it says "LEADER_Washington", (for instance) to something else, like "LEADER_test" but it won't work. I get this error when I load the mod saying that the info is wrong, and it boots up with the old names.

It's been bugging me for some time now, does anyone here have an answer? Thank you very much!

 

[evliya]

No need to edit the XML file. Here's how you do it.

-Save your game
-Open the saved file with notepad (location: my documents/my games/civilization 4/saves/
-Scroll down until you see the section for player details
-Edit whatever you like: leader name, civ name, art style etc.

 

[Dryhad]

The leader names are in the Leaderheads XML file, not the Civilisation file (actually, they're in a text file, but you can still change them in the leaderheads file). Everything in XML is made of tags, you can't just change a tag and expect it to work, the tag's just an arbitrary label. The LEADER_WASHINGTON tag leads to the LEADER_WASHINGTON Leaderhead info, which includes among other things a tag that leads to Washington's name (in a variety of languages). You can either change the text info or just replace the tag (the whole tag) with your new name.